For several consecutive centuries, the Netherlands profitably exploited the country's goods and products as a colonizer of the Dutch East Indies. During the looting of Batavia (later Jakarta) in 1945, an Indonesian boy goes with a nearly rolled-up Dutch...
Collecting envelopes transported by airplane on the maiden flight to a new destination was a favorite pastime from the very beginning of aviation. During the Second World War, it was difficult to continue doing so,...
As a young twenty-something, I was very interested in modern history and painting. It was therefore a surprise to see two stamps from 1967 from Indonesia showing paintings by an artist I did not know: Raden...
From the early 1920s, regular test flights took place in the former Dutch East Indies to transport mail within the archipelago. Initially, these flights were carried out with aircraft of the Naval Air Service, but from October 1928, flights were operated by the KNILM....
The transport of letters and postcards by air became increasingly common from 1927 onwards. Consequently, establishing air freight charges for the transport of postal items became necessary to stimulate air mail transport. This happened everywhere...
The series of stamps depicting Queen Wilhelmina for the Dutch East Indies, designed by Professor Jan Veth, was issued starting in September 1903. Not all denominations were released on the same day, but spread over several years. The 15-cent value (without...
Stamp collectors who look beyond the shortcomings in the pre-printed stamp album search for stamps with perforation variations, among other things. And sometimes they make surprising discoveries. For instance, a few years ago, in a stamp circulation from an association, I came across a stamp...
Because I received a receipt bearing two 1-guilder airmail stamps and a 75-cent airmail stamp, I went looking for more information about the stamps featuring an image of 'Mercury'. The receipt was for...
In a small stamp packet I received as a budding collector, there were a few stamps from Labuan. I didn't know exactly where to look for the country, but my father told me it was part of North Borneo. Not belonging to the...
From 1935, the American aircraft manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company built a new type of aircraft, the DC-3, also known as the Dakota. In the Netherlands, the first DC-3 was purchased by KLM in 1936, which christened the aircraft the Ibis...
On May 10, 1940, German troops invaded the Netherlands. Following that invasion, several thousand Germans and approximately 500 members of the NSB were rounded up in the Dutch East Indies and placed in camps. It was a precautionary measure by the Indies authorities. This was done by the...
The following notice appeared in the Soerabaiasch Handelsblad of March 14, 1907: 'For stamp enthusiasts. Separate stamps will soon be issued for Java and Madura and for the outer possessions, with the understanding that an overprint on the stamps will show...
Just like in the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies also had long bar stamps. However, in a different design, namely with hatched segments. The stamps were manufactured by the Royal Mint in Utrecht. The impressions of the stamps are best appreciated on...
No, the title does not refer to some illness or state of mind, but to matters that are important to collectors of plate errors on stamps. A section titled 'Plate Errors' is included in the Special Catalogue of the NVPH. Not...
Mail items with 'something special' always catch my attention. Like an envelope that was sent from Ambon (Amboina) on December 18, 1934, and arrived in Bandung on December 25, 1934. Despite Christmas, no Christmas thoughts occurred to the civil servant who...
The frequency of scheduled flights used to transport mail was much lower in the 30s than it is today. I therefore looked through my collection at the connections between Amsterdam and the Dutch East Indies and vice versa during that period. That is how it came...
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