-NETHERLANDS

PHILATELY

JOURNAL
of the
American Society for Netherlands Philately
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Philately
THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR NETHERLANDS
PHILATELY Volr.rlrle 1, Nunber 1

septenbe! 1.. L975

?ROM TTIE EDNOR
Boaral of Govetnors Ilele is you! first issue of ou! jour-
Dr. A. M. Benders, Odijk na1. If you like it, tet us knoe. Tf you
Frank Julsen, ?aradise VaL ley don't like it, tell us hovr it can be in-
E. Mattheirs, Bracebrialge, ont. proved. If there are subjects You are in-
Dr. Freal L. Reeal, New Yolk telesteal in alld would fike to reaal about,
write us what it is. We night firld sorne-
Presidenx one who kDo\ds a lot about it.
Rev- Rlcha!:il it- Bennink
3O64 S. JasniDe rf you ale rdonalering about the large
Denver, cO 8O222 question nark on this page, start think-
ing a.bout a LOGO fof, the l\SllP. This could
Vice Presialent be some kind of contest, but \de haven't
Laulence g. Rehn decided yet what the plize shoufd be. Try
443 Stratford Avenue to send a alrawing, rougrh o! firdsheal, and
Elrtrhu!st, IL 6Of26 werfl run a few of the best ones in the
nert issue so that the lrelibers can vote
Secretar9 on it. Ialeas so fa!: windnill stanp with
Paul 8. van Reyen ASNP ilrstead of the value (see the 1963
P. O, Box 555 'sumle!' set)r the Dutch PfT enblen with
l'lontclair, NJ O7O42 ASNP inEteaal of PIT -

faeasu,:et CONTENTS
;rohn W. Van Buskirk
l1 Park P lace Woold valr de Plesitlent 2
Nel' York, NY 10007 The Netherlanals Philatelic Cilcle 2
Word of Welcone, by Drs. A vajr aler
willigen 4
Nethetlands PhifateTg is publ i shed Surinan NVPE 213-Scott 183 4
quarte!1y by tbe American Society The First Air Mall Issu€ of curacao .I
for Netherl-ands Philately, P.O.Box Castles on Netherlantls Stamps L2
555, Montclair, NJ 07042 T'vro Tlpes of Phosphorescence 14
About this issue 15
O copyright 1975. rhe ASNP. lpru
Book Review
16
insiale back cover
(Opinions expressed in the various
articles in this journal are those Mvertisingr, Advertising rates will- be
of the lrritets and .ot necessarily sent on lequest to the EFito!, Netheriands
endorsed by the ASNP or this jour- Philatelq, P.O. Box 555, uontclair, NJ
na1 . ) o to42.
Woord van de President
During the sevelrteenth century there ldas a saying, "GoaI created
th€ h€avens and the earth, but the Dutch cleated the Netherlands." The V,
spilit of Dutch indepenalence floweleal aluri.g their Golden Age' ulyie1d-
ing against the ravages of the sea. The result \tas a prouat, deternined,
pelhaps even stubborn people who developeal coloDies throughout the
rdorld as inilications of their wiale influence. Interest in the history
of the Dutch Republic runs high anoDg those of us, alirect tlescenalants,
even in Arlerica. l4aDy others filtal thenselves atttacted to this little
countly irith its strength of chalacter and wealth of cultule.
Philatelic interest in the Ietherlantls anal Colonies has ebbed and
flowett throughout the years, nuch like the tiales of the sea. In the
New worfal, !.hich ealIy Dutchnen heipeal to settie anii o-ganize' theie
has not been a unifying organization for all collectols of Netherlands-
related naterial. speciaLists, l'ho have diligently studied and describ-
ed various facets of Nether.lanals philately, have nanaged to fol.m a
nunber of clubs antl gloups. Yet, the general collector, while being
linited ill resoulces, both ln telms of resealch and financ€s, has had
no opportunity to obtain the selvices of a flational organization.
fo filf this neeat, the Anerican Society for Netherfands Philately
has been borD. Thanks largely to a smafl group of dedicated persons,
ASNP is in lts early infancy. Lik€ anythlnq at thj.s stage of growth,
the society neeals nourlshment, suPPort, and time to ilevelop.
To noulish the idea rre must rely on your creativity. Those of us
idho have been i,rvolved in initiating the society have sone basic ideas
but lde need you, the menbers, for guiding and directing our glowth.
Therefore. showei us with your ideas. Eor support we are alepenalent on
the total eenbership. A fen peoPle can start the organization's fiist
few steps. but to plovld€ fo! stanina over the long hauf !,te must have
volunteels for nany unheraldeal tasks. If you have time and intelest'
especially if you have research or articles for ou! joulnal, shale
these with your fello\,f members. !.inal1y, we need tine. There nay be a
tenptation for some of us to expect perfectionr or at least "gold nedal"
quality, fton ou! society and its publications. we wifl arrive at ,na-
turity in ilue tine, but not without sone mistakes, a few failures, and
perhaps even a hole or two in the dike. Donrt run without first trying
to use your own thumb.
An amazing nurnber of you have joined Prior to our first journal.
Thank you for your confialence; it inspired us. sone of you have pre-
felred to wait until you :.eceive tbis first issue. we unalelstanal. Let
us kJrow your reactions; bette! yet, join us lron alrd hefp to make ASNP
what you want it to be.
To everyone of you "wELKoMt"
*icharal J- Bennink

The Netherlands Philatelic Gircle

Ia 1945 five enthusiasts of Dutch stanps net in Glasgord anal alis_
cussetl the fordration of a study group to further the known interest in
Dutch stanps and postmarks. The outcore was the fornation of rbe sxutlg
v
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 CircTe of EoTfanat & CoTonies' an autocratic body conttolleal and lun by
the founalers. Articles and notes on diffetett aspects of Dutch phiLate-
fy were published in G.O.G., a nagazine Produced by a Glasgow sta$p
dlealer.
Th€ cilcle glew in numbers and in January 1954 a ne$ anal alenpclatic
:onEtitution was dlawll up and the name chalrged Eo tEE IIETflERLANDS
rrThe
PEIL-
IIELIC CTRCLE nith the publication of their own journal, Nethet-
Lands Philatelist. rl
The society as constituteal therefote celebxated its coning of;9e
:his year and can look back on a teasonable lecord of achievenett airal
)!og!ess in all aspects of Dutch Philately. Pelhaps one iten which tnay
)e singled out was the transl.ation into Englisb of the Netherlands
;pecialist CataLogue up to 1965, undertaken by pernission of the NVPH,
Lhus enablj.ng many rnenbels handicaPPed by a lack of knowledge of the
Language to go more deepfy into the issu€s. co-operation with Dutch
rriters andl pubtishe!s has enabled translations fron the Dutch phila-
telic press of many stualies, to which rnust be added articles by the
menbers, thus rnaking "The Netherlands Philatelist" a magazine of con-
siale!ab1e philatelic j.nter.est.
A Nel's Lette! covers genelal society busiliess and notes, personal
anat philatelic, while stalrps themselves ale catered fol in an Exbhange
Packet anal pei.ioalic auctions fo! mernbets. There is an extensive libl.aly
in both Dutch anat English on Nethellands philately which is naale good
use of by the nemberB.
An annuaf congles6' Ithich incorporates the A.G.M., is gene!al ly
held j.n ApliL.
lbe Netherlanas PhiTateTic Citcfe sent the fofl.owing nessage to xhe
\r' i
A,9IVP
At the Netherlallals Congress I spoke to the nernbers on the folnation
of you! nev society ana it \tas agreetl rne woulal co-operate with you in
the exchange of infornation. published by us, with the usual ackllottl-.
edgenent, we a!e also sugqestirlg that any stuaties being unalertaken
be publiciseal by both societies in ortle! that interesteal membels nay
contlibute rdith the enal view of ar.tanging publication. It is with
this in ninal that r ah senaling a copy of the listing so fa! recorded
by us on the 'large roundr of N.E.r. anal trust you will be in a po-
sition to publicise it so that aalalition6 fron your nembels nay be in-
clutled.
!'inally we idoulal like to wish you anal your new society every suc-
cess anal I rdill personally be Pleaseal to act as you! rePlesentative
in creat Britain to co-ordinate the wolk of the two societies.
W.L. llorton
lnnediate PaEt Pl.es ialent
The Nethe!1ands Philatelic clrcle

Dts. A. van ilet Wiffigeh etho is noX ohfy Xhe canceTTation anal postrI€rk edltot of
the Maandblad but aTEo tuns the expettizaXion setvice of the "Bonil," kinilTg aent us
a llotil of llefcome. We are vety gtaXefpT fot Xhis gesture and tope ttEt it boiles we77
for the future. IX proves that our negt effotta to enbance anil encouEage lvetherlands
phiLateLg in Anelica are aeer as an iryortant fitrk ih a itotTilwiile netvozk of infot-
nEtion fot the coTTector of NetlrerTands statrps. P-lease Xutn the Fage for Dts. A. van
ilet wiTJ.igen's Tettet.
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Word of Welcome
It goes \rithout saying that people who want to have furl anal plofit fron thei!
lrobby should have gooal information available.
Ihis also applies to stamp col.Iectors, because those who have passed the first
stage of just savjng (in a notebook or Pritnitive albun) anal who are getting intelest-
ed in various aspects of philately - if they teally want to becohe serious philate-
1ist6 - lril1 not only look up the value of their stamPs in catalogs, but !til1 also
fee] the desire to kjrow more about paper varieties, printing teclmiques, colora, per-
foratiofls, pulpose and rates at which stamps have been useal, cancelfations, postal
nechanization, -fakes ard other vatietions, each according to their oien PLeferences.
The existing litelature is not rea1ly conPlete fot these Purposes and often -
especially in foreign corsrtlies - not avaifable.
lrhat's why it is a lucky circufiEtanee, esPecially for the nenbers of the Anefi-
can society for Nethellands Philately, that now a new joutnal wiU aPpear, lthich, we
tlust, wilL be fillett by and for these nenibers, \ i.th those iterns anonq which evety
speciaList witl fiDd sonething to his tiking '
of the nany nillions of letters, Post calds and Printed{iatter sleeves r hich
through the years have be€n used in the Nethellanals anal sent to other countries from
the Netherlands only a very small part - except for the purel'y philatelic itens -
has been saved, but journal al.ticles caD alralr attention to sPecial aspects which haal
not been Dotetl befote, so that it can be proveal that collecting stallps on entire
pieces is preferabfe to the soaking off of the stamps as fast as possible.
we hope tbat this journal, too, may help a lot to enabfe Anetican (anal Possibly
other) philatelists to enjoy their _ lucktly peaceful - hunting lnstincts for rlew
acquisitions of the Netherlanals and its overseas parts of the Kingalon.
we gladly wish the authors and the Publisher a great succ€ss with their initia-
tive.
Itre Hague, July 1975 Drs. A. van der wifliqen

f
Surinam NVPH 213-Scott 183
there appear to be onLy two articles that mention ttre valieties of the 7! ct on
I
10 c ove4)rint, issued June 26, 1945. The first oDe appeared i^ Nexherlanals anil Co-
I lonial PhiTateig, Vo1. xr, No. t, page 4, october 15, 1945). The second (in Dutch)
I in tbe lvede-r.landsch Maandblad voot Phjfaxeiie in June 1956, pages 113-115. A correc-
I tion appeared in septeniber 1956 on page 196. The filst article is inconplete, while
j the second has nore ihfornation anal is tabulated be1ow. This infoflnation has been
I confimed by exardning two enlarqed photoglaphs (negative and positive) of a com-
I plete sheet anal seveial blocks of stamps.
I There is one variety that is not lrentioned and that is the double overplint, of
nhich one is upside aloir'n (vaD Dieten auction, rebrirary 7, 19?5, lot No. 3244)-
I
The originaf sheets consisteal of 1OO stahPs, ten ros/s of ten, A total of 2O0,0O0
stamps wis 6verplinted, thus 2,000 sheets. The positions ate given by nunlcering the
top row 1 - 10, the second 11 - 20, etc. (see siirplified teconstruction on the next
pase ) .

MAJOR VARTATIONS
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smal1 c (3.0 taf1, the largre C is 3.3 mn ta1f) indicated by 'c' on reconstruction
'[n
 t 2 t3 4 lt ls i9 fo Starnpswith srnall ic':
c c c c CcCC \os. 2, 8, 24, 28,
34, 35, 34, 46. 62t
11 t2 13 I4 t5 l6 I7 19 20 89 and 99.
c G c c c c c c cc
Stamp no. 53 (see pho-
2l 22 23 24 26 27 ^^; 29 30 to) has the top knob
c c c of the cu:al ldssing
(the rc' looks llke
31 32 33 34 35 36 31 38 39 40 tElt of a zelo) .
c c c c
Blackout ba! (nomal
42 44 45 46 47:4a 49 5o L 2 x 8\ !B) consists
c c c cc c of two short bars (2 x
-: 4 rn)
5I 52 54 55 57 58 60 Stasps ldth tno bars:
c c c c c, c c nos. 4?-63 inclusive
...:: and no. 65.
61 '10
c c in the nun-
Va:aiation
elal I of r!':
7L 72 73 74 '15 7A 79 80l 1. IJong foot insteaal
c c, c c c c c of short (nos. 72
L r antl ?4 (see pho-
--i r82 ls3 184
i
i
81 as a9 90i to on foll.owinq
ccccc c cl IEge) . The lebgth
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I
is not consistent
95 97 99 99 f00 for the other po-
c ci c c aitions. This '1'
with the long foot
is also thlnner
than the others
2. !'1at top instead of a pointed top (no. 12) (Eee photo)

Variation in the nleeral 2 of rtr:

Thick and lough (no. 93).
Variation in the nuneral ?:
1. With a straight top (no selif or "upswittg" to start): stanps nos. 2, 24 and 91.
2. wtth a thick sloping top (stamp no. 92).
3. very fat ? with a base of 1 !t!l iflsteaal of I mr: stamps nos. 13, l?, 18, 40, 53,
65, 6A, 69. 93 ard 97.
4. Top bar with a cu!1ed end (stare no. 34).
Variation in the fraction ba!:
1, Length (not p-ecise as given below):
A. Sholt, 4l rllrl long. staeps nos. 12, 17, 33, 5I, 59, 62 ard
99
B. Long, 5*fiun Lo[g: stamp no. I
C. Notnlal, 5 llll long: a1l other copies.
2. Position
Thele aloes not aFpear to be any rhtrme nor reason as to whe-
ther the fraction bar is high or 1ow. If there was only one
setting of the overprint (it appears that way), then aturing
rr' the printing one or more of the bars shifted position (def-
initely for nos. 34 and 39). The definition for thighr frac-
tion bar is one that is leve1 with the botton of the r2r or
5
11 T2 13 14 l5

'7r '72 73 74 75
 hiqher.
gl PI,ATING
A sinplifj.ed layout of the sheet with sone of the above-nentioned varieties is
given on page 5. stamps of this sheet can best be pLated by the flalds that apPea! in
the ove4)rint nu€rals and fettels, coupleal witb the varieties aa listeal. A nlnbe!
of tlEse flaws are indicated beLorr. The alrawings may not be entlfely accu:aate aa far
as the €xact positton of the flaw is concernetl, but they can be coDPaleal wlth those
' that can be seen in the photoglaphs on the plecealing page anal the Photo of staop no'_
, stErtrrp 4: nick ln 7 and broken bal of the t
no
stanp no. L5: flat t
6tanp no. 53: broken 2
stalrp no. 7l: no tail to the t
sta[p no. ?2: lough left ealge of t
stamp no, 8l: nick in t
stanps nos. a4 arrd 85: nicks antl rouglrness in t'6
EaloLd F. !:acDonalal

small ntck
nick\t
(2L'
7

(33) t tni ck
*"*"" ,
t, "n' '
"*J"** ct nick
breaJ<

t2s' Ct.
127't
"" tail to t

Itick
(37' 7:"::: (3s) tC
Q*"i.:.

part Di6sittg
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 TheFirSt Air Mail Issue of Curaqao
u,.
Perhaps the first iDdication that culagao was to be con-
necteal by air to the tnainland came in a report in the
New York paper ?he worTd of sunday, Januaty 6, 1929, in
which the plans of Pan Arnerican Airways i{erd spelled out'
The newspape! stateat that the route l4iami-cristobal, c'z'
woultl be openeal on iranuary 9. Actually, the first flight'
by charles lindbergh, took place on Bebrrary 4.
A map given with the newsPaPer article showed that a
ful.ther connection to Culacao lgas a "projected €xtension'
A Look at lhe stamp iltustlatetl above - to collnehorate the 35th amiversary of the
regular service Curagao-MiaDi v.v. - shows the flightptan: frc'n Curacao to Balran_
quiUa (coloml5ia), to caltagena (colotrbia) to cristobal, an't fron r-here to Misni'
itr. trlarkinq on the iirst-ffight cover. "cuLacao-New Yo!k" is technically in-
"p""i.f
.or.._.t. th" nail ;as unloaded in llia.tni anit furthe! tlansporteal by air to all points
in the U.S.
The filst Plane - a 2-engine S-38 amPhibian with a top speed of 110 niles' a
loaat capacity ie :,ooo ]'b=. and (officiaftv) roon for 8 passengers - left Miamj' on
;rulretsanalarrivealincuracaoJulre2L'Thereturnflight,thefirstflightasfa! that
as curaqao raras concerneal, left June 23. The cove! illustrated befow makes clearRe-
to
this fl"ight haal been announced in PlentY of time Prepare special envelopes '
narkably enough, sone of the postmarks strcw an invelted 6 for June, naking the can-
cel reaal 23 SePtenbel 1929.
rt is rerarka.ble too how little is known about these early flights' A visit to
the PanAn U.brary in New York tlid not reveal how often this f1ight in either ditec-
tion took place. Another question which came up in legard to the accuracy of the
a.love-strowir stamp r,tas: rs it true as a book olr the Tercentenary of curaeao stated
thatthescheatuleitassuspentletliDlg3l?APelusalofflightsche'lulesforl93land
1932 sholvs, indeed, that Pan-erl suspended the diLect flights to curagao, but we also
coulal not find out how long this suspension lasteal.
' As the illustratett cover also sholrs, oralinarl' postage starnps wele used for this

rROM.
FAANCISCQ LO AATO
C!RA€Aa, D. *. i

MR, FRANCISCO Lc)BA'Tc).,

P. O. g()x N(). 13<)8.
C:RISTOBAL. C Z.

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United Portrait Co.

1652 Ogden Avenue

Station C Chicago, lllinois

first flight. It was not until July 5, that a Government Resolution of July 4 ,(Pub7i-
catie-B7ad No, 56) became availa.ble, stating that:
1. letters to cristobaf, weighinqr not tnore tha. 10 grans, would requile 50
anal for eacb additional 1O grams or part threof. another 50 cents.
2. letters to the u.s. to a total weight of 10 gralns &'ou1d cost I guildert fo! each
adalitional l0 grams o! part thereof, anothei 1 guilaler.
3. fo! a'I} extra 15 cents lettels could also be registereal.
This lesolution becarne valid the day after its release, but woultl be aPPlieal fron
June 22, inclusive.

If we look in the catalog, we see that three vafues eere overprinted with LUCHT-
PoST and the values 50 ct., 1Gld., and 2 cld., lvhich corresponales with the single
letter rate to the canal Zone, atrd the single anal double rate to the u.s. T,et us
first look at Nos. 2 and 3. They are overprints on the 20 cents blue and 15 cents
olive, both of which had been replaced on April 13, 1926, by the 20 cents olivegr.een
and the 15 cents light blue, but then subsequently replaced by these values in the
entitef,y new altered .lu.bilee set of 1928. There vrele probably thousands,of these olal
stamps left in the warehouse of the post office in culatao. But for the No. I the
last current 121 cent stamp was used, most Likely because the original f2l cents, if
sti1l available ilr quantity, was also blue. Thus the 121 cents overpriDt is the only
one !,/ith two varieties in the original
sta.np: one printed on prepared (shiny)
paper; the other not.
The overprinting itself nost like-
ly took place at the printing plant of
t}re CuraQaosche CooranX, ar,d alue to the
linlited equiFnent the sheets of 100
starnps were first torn in half, so that
we fjnd any printing valielies, for in-
stance on the first row of stamps, re-
peated on the sixth rolr of the whole
sheet. Apart fron minor varieties, the
catalog Lists a major one in both the
guilder values- on the fifth stamp
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of the fourth rot' of the half sheets, the "I" in cla. sas
actually a capital 'rIr (aee photo). As thele were -9,504 L-
I cld. sta$ps sold, this error ian only occur on 190 atanps.
The 2-c1d. stamp which sold ?,60? copies occurs 152 tilnes
l.v
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vrith the najo! GIal error. rhe photograph of the cove! \rith
the whofe set 6hons that on the 14th of October, the Last
day of use, this error had ltot been aliscoveleal yet!
Another. erro!, probably af,so repeated twlce per f00
copies, is the broke! left foot of the I in 1cld., which
L, occuls on the nil!t}! stanp of the second low (see photo of
t:
a block of foui that lras auctioned at Rietdijkrs, Malch
I 30, 197]) .
the cover sholen at the top of the previous page is addresseal to the Canal Zone,
and must have iTeighed eore than IO grams r since the total plepaynent is I guifater,
consisting of an adalitional 35-cent stanp (NVPH No. 99) on a stanpeal envelope of 15
cents, plus a so-ct. air !lai1 stanp. The tack shows .rn Aru.ba return aaldress, but the
stamps are cancbled in Curaeao. This eeans that th€ sender happened to be in Curaeao
when the J,ette! nas nailed.
The cover adallessed to ulriteal Portrait Co. in Chicago shows a l-clal. stamp ptus
an aalditional ls-cent stamp rlecessary fo! registry. Obviousty fighter than lO glarns.
The cover carries on the back a lliami arrival. poslaark, an air mail ar:.ival cancel
of chicago-Re9'y, and abother Chicago-I€g'd harking. The dates are intelesting: the
letter was nail.ed Septedbe! 25, arlived in Miami Septernber 30, in Chicaqo October 3
and at station c october 4, L929,
Remarkably enough, the 2-cld. stamp singly on cover dbes not seem to exist. The Cana-
dian dealer Bileski, who has been in the stamp business for ove! 50 years, stated
that he had never seen this 2-c1d. stamp on cove!.
The end of this air nail set was already in sight, mainly because, as the ,specja-Z
CataJoq stat€s, it was feared that these stamps would be couterfeit€d to the aletri-
nent of the post office. Thus, on the 19th of October 1929, a covelnment Resotution
was published, alated October 77 (FubiicatiebTad No. 76). which stated that the air
rnail stamps wel.e invalidated starting October 15, but that unalamageal copies could be
returned to the post office in exchanqe fol non€y or current stanps.
Even though this resolution alial not appea! untif October 19, it nust have been
knordn that octob€r 14 was the last day of validity, as is prove! by the cove! illus-
trated at the bottorn of the previous page. The sane person sent a nufiiber of covers
$/ith the entire set to the same Poste Restahte adalress in cristobal. register€d, so
that they ll'oulal eventually be leturned to hiln. At auctions I have seen at feast four
identical- covers except for the fact that this one has the 2 cld. misprint.
Since all the covers to the U.S. that I have seen haal a backstamp of !liam-i. two
covers which showed up at auction sone tine ago nade me suspicious. Both rrere. aal-
dressed to the same dealer in New Jersey, and neither one showed a Miami postnark,
althouEh one had a l,'err-afk Parcel Post cancellation. Renarkable !
Anothe! interesting thing: Some years ago a Dutch auction house had a set of the
first ait mail stamps (not on cove! or on piece) canceled with a SABA postralk. As
the resolution of JuIy 4 distinctly states that these ait mail stamps ltrere only sold
at the post office in Cura9ao, we have to assutne the following: soheone bought the
stamps in Willenstad, sent then by boat to Saba, !,rhe!e they \dete either favor-can-
celed, or perhaps canceled on a letter, which then tlaveleal by boat to Curaqao after
which the letter traveled to its alestination, by ai.! nail. This sounds unlikely, to
say the least.
Very dangerous counterfeits exists; these staftps should always be €xpertizetl.
If any reaaler can throw ftore light on any detail i.'hich the author has not suffi-
v ciently- researched, please do. We can all lealn froh these exchanges,
?aul E- wan Reven
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 Gastles on Netherlands Stamps
It! May 1951 the Dutch goverlrnent issued the usual set of ,'sunnel
staeps," the additional revenue going to cultuj.al anal welfare o].ganiza_
tions, The five stamps portray five castles fron among the
loughly three hunalled. The 2 cent shows gi.l-lenraaCt castLe incountry,s
the ;ro_
vince of Llbburg, neaf, ven1o, stilf inhabited by a private fahily: The
5 cent gives a view of Betg Casxje in the eastern part of celdelland,
situated in the to$n of 's-Heerenberg. The Casf,-le of Hetnen which is
founil in the Betuw€ is sholrn on the 6 cent. The lO-cent stanp pictures
RecJrteten Cast-le trhete the count of Rechteren still holds srday. Finalfy
the 20 cent gives a picture of lloermond Castje, in the Zeelantt isle of
Schouwen, near Renesse -
Since the castleE ill the Netherlands are not too well knolrn _ ex-
cept fo! a feir uhich have recentty figureal in K!!,t aalvertisenents _ fot:
the sirnple teason that most are fairly well off the beaten track and
otherwise inaccessible, a few details on the castles pictureat might be
appreciated.
EiTTentaaal Cast_Ze has not as yet been stualiett extensivel.y. It is
known that the preserlt building dates Iargely from the eighteenth cerl_
tuly, *hen an existing snatl keep (one defensible towet, which consti_
tuted the entire ca6t1e) rdas rebuilt, or tather , hitlden a\ray in an irn-
Posing structule irith four corner tow€rs set in a lroat. A planneal stualy
on the monunents of South-Limbulg will plobably have a lot nore to say
about gi 11enlaad -
Bergh CastLe, the nain toirer of which is shor,rn
on the stanp, has been thoroughly investigateal be-
cauae of a fj.!e whi.ch gutteal the castle ill 1939.
This gave archeologists a chance to excavate to
thelr healtrs content and the results were rather
spectacula!. In the center of the Low a:.tificial
hilf on which the castle stanals,
the renails were found of a laige
round tower, probably built sonetime around 1200, and
solre old walfa. Before the to$er was totatLy alenof-
isheal, a large hal1 was built next to it, but this
hall also succunbed, although parts of the tower and
the first ha1l a].e found in the basenent of the pres-
ent castle.
When the round towe! anal haII were alestroyed, a
na€sive rebuilding program was undertaken. on the sur:-
viving foundations of the ha11 another alonestic buil-al-
ing was constructedl anal the entile castle was surround-
eal by an extrernel.y thick, ten-sided l,'aLl, lrith littld tul.rets at every
second colner. In the beginninq of the fifteenth century the heavy tow_
er was built whi.ch is shor,rn on the stanp. Around 1600, \,vhen the domes_
tic acconrnoalations within the castle proveil to be
insufficieht, all extra storey was aataled to the
hall, and some 25 yeals tater a trianguLar wilrg
ias built out into the rnoat on the east side. The
counts Van den Bergh, one of whon tnarrieal a sis-
ter of WiLliah of Orange, ptayed rather a dubious
role tluring the Dutch lrar of independence, and
the family consequently turneal to the German Em-
plre rather than to the court of the staalholatex N DERLAND
E
tr
at The llague.
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 In 1.735 a alisastrous fire realuceal the castle to a ruin, but the
ordner rebuilt it, destroylng the surrounalinq \da11, andl genelaLly ain-
I plifying the loof constluction, which up to that tine had shown a !a-
ther charming diversity of gables and inalepenalent 1itt1e loofs, signi-
fylng successive building pe!i.oals. At the end of the eighteenth centu-
ry the van den Berqhs alied out anal their possessions were inherited by
the Catholic blanch of the Eohenzolletns, who, of course, having plenty
of acconnoalation in Gernany, did not care too much fo! this rather
grim building in an isolateal co:.ner of the Netherlanals- In 1912 it was
solal to Mr. (later Dr.) Van Heek, a wealthy textile nanufacturet' who
nas also the guiding spirit behind the Trdentsch lttuseun in Enschede' a
nu€eun fanous for its early-Dutch works of art.
Dr. van lle€k gradually restoreal the nore-or-less dilapidated
castle ufltif it becane a comfortable hoee for hin and his fanily. ID
1939, whil€ D!. Van Eeek was out of th€ country, he received a tele-
gram announcing the total destruction of the castle by file, noat of
the art wolks having been saved, honever. Although the situation vas
lather difficult during the war yeals, D!. Van Ueek managed to restore
the castle conpletely in a few years, the result being an inplovement
upon the situatlon in the l93o's. since it i3 stil] a private resi-
dence, it cannot be visited.
ou! third castle, that of Eernen, belongs to the "F].iends of the
celaterland Castles," anal can be visited, since the largest Pa.t is a
museun, aDaI onLy an aPartnent in the castle is occupieal. Eel.nen Castle
nas lucky in that aluringr the Eighty Yearsr War the castle was in th€
hands of a Catholic noble fanily \those alonicile was in the Southeln
Nethellanals {nolr Belgium) so that it was inhabiteal only by a caletaker
alral !,ras not renovateal or "spoileal" during the succeealing c€ntu!ies. In
I 1938 the owner, irkv:.. Den Tex, donateal the castfe to the "Fliends,"
$rho enbarked on a restoiation proglanr which nas hampereal first by the
l.rar anal late! by constantly rising costs and lack of lroney. lloweve!,
by 1964 the restoratiol was finished. so that the visito! can now aee
a unique featu!e ir Dutch castl-e architecture, nanefy a cove!ed rtall-
walk flom the foulteenth centuly,
The castle of Eernen has a very conpllcated building histoly, which
however 1n esselrce is very sinple. The original castle, built around
1350, consisteal of a wa11ed courtyard and a huge towe! on one corne!.
within the courtyard there wer.e a few half-tinbereal builali.ngs which
eere successively replaceal by brick "wings" so that by 1555 the entire
courtyaral was built up, leaving only a very snall interior court. The
rounal tone! !.hich sholrs on the stanp to the right was afso added on
aluring one of these buildiDg canpaigns. The two turrets on the left
are o!iginal. During the last century the Ereat to'iv-
er. the walls of which beinqr ten :eet thick had been
hollowed out on the inside to rnake more roon, collap-
sed during a storn. It lras alenolisheal anal the founda-
tions now form a terrace above the glounal.
Rechteren Cast-Ze coDsists of three distinct Pa!ts
which are visible io the stamp: a large builaling, pro-
bably thiiteenth or fourteenth century io alate, a big
towe! - plonj.nent in the stanp - dating florn the four-
teenth century, and a connecting wing between towe!
and maj.n building fro'x 7726, restored at the end of
\l the last centuly. At lhat time the top of the tone!
was also "medievalized," that is, provialeal with "rea1" Gothic al.tow-
foops and the like. At a recent resto!ation these refinenents, which
can sti11 be seen on the stanp, have beelr lenoveal. Rechteren Cast1e
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was built .on an isfand between two branches of the IJsel Rive!, near
Dalfsen in Overijsel. As it is a private lesidence, it too cannot be
visited.
Ou! last castle, tttoernond CastTe, started from humble beginnirlgs.
The nain palt of this smal1 castle folned a gatehouse
u
to a cartle ehich most likely rdas never bui1t. On two
sides of the buildinq one can still see the old archedt
openings which have since b€en bricked up- In the
grounds of the castle some years ago wele founal the
founalations of a very 1ar9e circutar castte, dating
fron the thirteenth century, a possessiolr of the lords
of Renesse. This castLe lras destroyeal alound t3OO, but
the remains have been "consolialated." which neans that
the foundations bave been restoreal to above ground I€v-
el so that they are visible to visiiors. While ihe ar-
cheologists were digging around. they uncovered the
remains of a second castle, much smal1er, consisting rnainly of on€ hafL
with two adjoining roullal torders. These founalations have also been con-
solialated. The gatehouse, alating froD the foulteenth centuly, was re-
built aa a alwefling in 1513, and subsequently enfarged with projectinq
wings, nhich carl be seen on the staftp to the left antt behinal the taII
stair-torrer, built in 1612. When the f953 ftood hit the isle of Schou-
rden, liloeiamotral Castl€ rrhich was then a boarali[g school rdas evacuated by
tbe pupils. Sinc€ then it has had a clteckered histoLy, but its exist-
ence at least is assuled. At this tit[e we cannot say for sute whether
it can be visited, but the grounds are open to the publ.ic.
lor our leaders who want to visit Dutch castles when in the Neth-
e!1ands, theie are a few snall guitles availabte, one of which j.s being
publlsheal by the Shell Oil Co. If you ale unfaniliar !.ith the Nether-
Labals it is best to take a native Dutchfiran along who can help you to
final the isolated spots in which many casttes are founat, o! who can
final out which trains anal buses get closest to the castles you \rant to
visit-
Paul E

TwoTypes of Phosphorescence
As you all probably know, tno types of phospholescent pape! have
been used for Netherlands stamps. Befo!e the introauction of phosphor-
escent paper, the paper fo! NethelLands stanps usually containeal sone
substance causing a sLight bluish lulrinescence unaler ultraviolet light
in the dark. The diffelence bet\deen luminescence and phosphotescence
i\ is that tbe gfow in the alark of the fatter continues for a bit lcss or
a bit &ore than a seconal after you switch off you! ultiaviolet tanp.
i Phosphorescent paper (lrithout watermark) was first useal in 1962 fol. 3
atarnpa solal at the couala post offlce (4, 8 and 12 ct, NVPH Nos. ?74-
7761i \t L967-I969 (rdith waternari() for five stanps (].2, !5t 20, 25
and 45 ct) soltt in Rotteralan (NVPE Nos. 618a, 6!9a, 627a, 623a, 62Aa),
and soon afterirards fo! seven aalditional values in the olal gueen,Juli-
ana (Ha!tz) type. Unaler ultlaviolet light these stanps irl the dark
l L4
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 showed a bright yellordish gtow that would last when the O.v. lanp is
switched off ..To see this clearly, the roon, of course, shoulal be dark.
As the new Juliana Regina stalrps appeared i! denohinations
vi:::,':.;: it"i: :: ji:i ;i:::;i; iiti."ll*!';nt""i:"::";l::- rffil
phorescent stanps (though brighter), but the alj.fference i5 lE tll
*':"il.i:: 3#: ;l:."1::"1":;i:; :i::":"::: :fi';"::;"::::- IEIJ
cent, but bluish instead of ye11ow.
The guililer va1ue6 in the Juliana Reqina type' Printed on Violino
paper, do [ot show phosphorescence.
so far, \dhat I tolal you is probably nothinq new to you. Ilowever,
here cones the catch.
rn ttte first p1ace, the 25 ct Juliana Regina rias issueal merely in
booklets. When it first appeareal in 1969 there wele soon ttto velsions:
On nonphosphorescent pape! (NVPH booklet 64), and on the olal yellowish
phosphorescent paper (NVPll booklet 64a). (The sihgle stanps have NVPH
nunbers 939 and 939a.)
In 1972 these 2s-ct stanps (NVPE No. 940) also appealed in booklets
on the new bl,uish phosphorescent paper, fot iDstahce, setenant with the
s-ct orange van Krinpen stanp (NVPH booklet 69). 1! daylight the later
25-ct stanps appeared rlro!e !eal insteaal'of the original olange-real.
Recently, however, I have seen copies of th€ 50 and 60 ct Juliana
Regina printeal on the o1d yelloltish phosPho!escent pape!. These stalrPs
haal been sold as nerd issues, so they probably !.ere flotrr early printings
of these alenoloinatj.ons in theJuliana Regina type. Later prihtings all
are on the bluish phosphorescent paper.
The questions about which I am puzzled now are the fo11o\ting: (t)
Do yet other alenominations in the ;Iuliana Regina type exist on both
types of phosphorescent paper? (2) Are the yeLlowish phosphorescent va-
rieties lather conmon, or are they a rarity?
who has any ansrners? And who has extra coPies of the yellowish phos-
phorescent variety of the Jul.iana Regina stanps that he or she is kti11-
ing to serl ne? Mint or used'
Dr. F.J- Belinfante

About this issue

As you can se€, we bad ao nuch material pelhaps not all what you haal expected,
that we haal to use the insitle back cove! for- the lelnainde! of an article and the
book review. LuckiLy, we did not have ads planrreal for that space. But ads ate very
irportant to the futi.D.e of our journaf. Ad€. you miqht say, are the lifeblood of a
great rnany publlcations, for without aals you $oulali't have the$. so .,. we are des-
perately looking for an Mvertisement Manager for the journal. Is there anybody in
the ASNP who thinks that he or she ldght like to alo this kind of work?
Laurence Retln nil1 be the ChailBlan of the Editorial Comittee: We also have al-
reaaly one volujrteer nehber, Mrs. Geolgann Francis, who is healtily welcohett! Anybodly
eLse?
Our next issue trill be due around Decenbe! 1. that is, it witl be nailed arounal
the middle of NoveDber. If you think that you haven't recelved your issue, pLirase
_ .. write the editori it trdght have gotten lost tn the nail. Contributions or articles
V for this issue shoulal leach the ealitor alurfurg october, prefelably early in th€ month.
lte will also lesune our salf ads
- freef5- for neribers in that Decedber issue.
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APRL
lthe Anerican Philatelic Research Library nas incolporate'l in 1968 as the research
antl etlucational airn of the Arelican Philatetic society. The APRL is the lesult co1- of \,
the longt-exPlesseal wish of thousantls of collectols since the energence of stamp
lectlng as i najor hol:by. It has b€en recognizeal for 'Iecatles that a national phila-
telic iibrar!' ,ntti.ft "ooia exist to selve the neetls of selious philatetists, regald_
1e6s of thei; place of lesidence, ltou1d be a boon to al1 stamp coltectors and a tre-
rnen.lousboosttothehobby.TheAPRI].isnowfullyoperationalan.loffersallcollec-
tols an6 research.t" " ,o.l1th of philatelic research natelial without any nelibership
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nail for a 50+ fee per book to cove! postage and handling ' Mefiibels of the APSo!
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others irith a 50C ninimun charge.
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ri. iift.ty guartefly, PhiLateTic Lixetatute Review, has been an authoritative
and va1ua.b1e souice or i.nforroation concerning philatelic litetature for many
years.
rornerly pubfished by the Philatelic Literature Association before its rnerge! with
trre arnr, L 1969, the Revielt has Published outstanding biblioglaPhies of publish€d
naterial on numerous philatelic subjects. h aaLlition, lrany articles of great in- \a
telest anal conprehensive levie\ts of cu!!ent, r'ortttdi'le Philatelic publications
to listing
ate
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Libla!]' acquisitiona. 'levote'l

Li xetatute C Tear inghotse

one of the rosi populat featu!€s of the Phi'latefic dterature Reyie'I ls the
Philatelic Lltelature clearinghouser wherein melibers nay a'Ivertise literature for
sale, o! Publish thel! want lists fot needed llt€rature' It is an excellent way to
uuilit youi oi'n plivate refelence ljlt:.ary or to aispose of duplicate material'
'
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state college. PA l6ao1. A6 soon as rde have achieved "uDit" status ldtldn the APS'
allfirenbelsoftheASNPwi].lbeab!.etobolrowbooksan.lperio.licalsthroughour
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_"t.rtI'ttt
lou
out have available'
! a list of books anal roaterial which meribers
Below we i'il1 tist the Nethellands natelials at P].esent availqbfe from the
APRL:

speciaTe cataTogns (NVPS), 1938, 1939 suppl., l94O' 1949' 1953' 1955; 1961' 1967
and
1969 eds. (in Dutch)
ItlanuaT of xhe Stamps of NetbezTanals ' Nethe'lanils In'lies ' Cutagao,
anilgutjnarn bY A.
Althur Schiller anal ilohannes de Kruyf, New York, 1940
ebi.s Catafog, Ivetlrel.-lands anil Ovetseas Tettitoties, athster'lam' 1950
The Stamps oi Aelqiutr, Luxenboutg ' Nexherlands, stanley Gj-bbons Ltd.,
(in Dutch)
London, 19?t
v
l6 '
 CataLogue ana .Cuiile of tbe PoEtaL stationetg of the Kinglton of the NeXhetTanals, by
John van Deth, Blaricufi, 1948
mfo rssues of the Netll€tfanils, by Surton E. Bauder, Chicago: Netherlands Dhilatelic
V society, 1974 (tst ed.)
Docfinentatie Postintichtingen 1850-1906, by Fra.s Bl-om, The Hague, 19?2 (in DuCch)
Posta.l Boo.klets. NetherJ.anils, Dutch East. Indies, Cutaqao, by Jan Dekker, Chicago:
Netherlanals Philatelic Society, 1969
.9uruner .Starrps of tlj€ NetberLanals, by Christiaan de Moor (1949)
. De Post5tukkeD van NealerTanal, by G.W.A. de Vee!, Deventer, 194? (in Dutch)
Cutaaao, Speciatized, 1"872-1925, by Clarence W. llennan, Chicago, (f925)
?he 19Xh Centutg Stanps of Ho77anal, by Frank W. ,Julsen, Hotton, Kansas, 1939
' IlofTanit, by Frealelick ;r. Melville, Iondon, l9O9
?he NethetTahils t ?he Fizst rssue, by Fred L. Reeal, itune 1952
The Eaffrounil Postnarks on tbe EitsX Jssue of the NethetTahds, by !'real t. Reed, The
Hague, l97O (2nd ed. )
?he Eistorg of Xhe NeXhetfands AntiTLes thtough lts Starnps, by the Postal Selvices
of the Nethellands Antilles, no date (4 pp.)
Netherland6 Centenary Philatelic Exhibition, Jan. 26-t'ebr. 2Et 1953, Philadelphia,
Natlonal PhiLatelic Museum
Valious booklets and leaflets on postal htstory anal special stories of individuaL
po€tage stanps, up to 1963, richly illustrated (NetherLadds)

If you think that the holdings of the APRL on the Netherlanals and overseas telri-
tories are guite meager, you cat! alrays do sonething about it. tou! €alitor looked
through hls fairly snaLl reference library and noticed that he had a aluplicate copy
of a srnal-I book on the 1864 set of the Netherlands, which wiU be donated to the
IIPRIL in th€ nane of the ASNP. Two copies eonrt do ne any good, but it night be of
- \/ use on the shelves of the APRL. My personal copy will always be available for loan
to a fellow nember-

Book Review
Burton E. Baualer, Pot<o jssues of ?he Nethetfanils, Revised Editio!. publ.ication
of Netherlalals Philatelic Society of Chicago, ttay t9?5. Avaitable at 53.50 from tt!.
Julius !,lansbach, 6323 N. Flancisco, Chicago, II. 60645.

Is it real1y necessary to give a review of a book that came out in t4ay 1974, and
which needed a second edition in one year,s time? To pose the question is to answer
it, I think. But, for those of you who do not l<now what poko stamps are, Let ne give
you the authot's alefinition: I'A POKO stanp nol.tllalty shows the cotnbination of three
r, elernents: A loIf or coil stafip, perfotateal with inltials, and affixeat by a nachine.,'
The reviseal edition has nany nrore listings than the first one, lrhile the int!:oducto-
!y material has also been updated.
' This loo-page book is No. 3 in tbe NpS Monograph Serles. Othe! titles in the se-
ries are:
Postaf booklets of the NethetTaads, Dutch East rnalies, anat Curaqao, by JaD Dekke!
The censor nazkings of Sutina:r:. f940-f945, by Fiank W. Jutsen
\rhiLe j.n preparation are:
The phiTaXeTic setvice of t.he tvetier-tands .P??, by Rene Kuypers
photogravute pdnting, by ,Jan Dekke!

l), In our next issue we will revievr lvet}je.r-Zands: The 7872 rssue, a 1974 publication
of the Netherlands and Colonies philatetists of Northern California. The la72 Com-
nittee consisteal of: John Heinans, llat MacDonald, Albert Muller, Frank Ruys, Bert
SchapelhourEn, ceolge Vandenberg, Ralph Van lteerdelr and Fl:a.r* VrooEl.
r1