This will just be a post with all the stamps that I added to my collections in January 2023
January 1st
Netherlands 1852 King William III 5 cent pair
The first stamps issued in the the Netherlands in 1852. A nice pair. There are 6 different plates of this stamp.. once I figure out which plate this is, I will add it here
Netherlands 1907 Postage Due set
Overprints on the M. A. de Ruyter set of 1907. There are 2 types of the fraction stamps
Netherlands Juliana and Number stamps from Booklets
These stamps are from several booklets
January 23
Switzerland 1923 airmail stamps
Michel number 179/184. I think these are real beauties....
Europa CEPT various years
These will go towards completing my Europa CEPT collection from 1956-2000, still have a long way to go......
Austria 30 year anniversary of Carinthian plebiscite
1950 Michel numbers 952/954, Scott number B269/B271
Switzerland 1915/1921 Tell tête-bêche pairs
Michel 138 type II, 158, 160a
I love tête-bêche pairs... of course the real nice ones to have are the French Ceres and Napoleon ones
Netherlands 1952 Stamp Centenary of Dutch Postage
Scott# 336-39 NVPH 592/595
There are 2 sets with identical stamps but in different colors. There were only 205,700 sets issued of the 4 pictured here. The ones in different colors were issued by the millions... 242 million for the 2 cent stamp (in violet color instead of brown)
Netherlands 1872 King William III 2.5 Guilders
NVPH number 29, Scott number 33. This is the first 2 color stamps issued in the Netherlands
Netherlands 1893 Princess Wilhelmina 2.5 Guilders
NVPH number 48, Scott number 53
And here they are side by side, father and daughter :-)
Netherlands 1920 Queen Wilhelmina 10 guilders surcharged with 250 cents
NVPH number 105, Scott number 105... look at that.... the same catalog number
