Netherlands 1891-1906

1891-1893: Princess Wilhelmina

Date of Issue: Oktober 1891-1893
Designed by: Heinrich Raeder, engraved by: Heinrich Raeder / E.Schilling.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½.

In 1894, a change in the ink used resulted in more vivid colors. These stamps are worth considerably less and can be found as a separate entry under 1894. Plate printing can be recognized by the finer structure of the image in comparison to the Cliché Pressed.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
3 C	Orange	[Cliché Pressed]	11.740.000	26.35 €	4.70 €	0.45 €
3 C	Orange	[Plate printed]		38.65 €	6.10 €	1.95 €
5 C	Dark Blue	[Cliché Pressed]	149.200.000	21.25 €	3.76 €	0.10 €
5 C	Ultramarine	[Plate printed]		26.75 €	3.50 €	0.10 €
5 C	Blue	[Plate printed]		26.75 €	3.50 €	0.15 €
7½ C	Brown	[Cliché Pressed]	1.935.000	68.50 €	10.70 €	1.50 €
7½ C	Brown	[Plate printed]		89.20 €	13.95 €	4.50 €
10 C	Rose	[Cliché Pressed]	12.670.000	144.95 €	14.60 €	0.35 €
10 C	Rose	[Plate printed]		175.00 €	29.65 €	2.80 €
12½ C	Bluish Grey	[Cliché Pressed]	18.260.000	110.55 €	14.65 €	0.30 €
12½ C	Bluish Grey	[Plate printed]		249.80 €	73.20 €	6.20 €
15 C	Yellowish Brown	[Cliché Pressed]	5.200.000	435.00 €	48.70 €	1.20 €
15 C	Yellowish Brown	[Plate printed]		327.10 €	62.00 €	3.95 €
20 C	Light Green	[Cliché Pressed]	4.700.000	537.50 €	39.85 €	0.75 €
20 C	Light Green	[Plate printed]		495.00 €	45.35 €	2.25 €
22½ C	Dark Green	[Cliché Pressed]	760.000	145.00 €	18.50 €	3.30 €
22½ C	Dark Green	[Plate printed]		193.30 €	26.15 €	9.85 €
25 C	Violet	[Cliché Pressed]	5.065.000	654.95 €	63.15 €	1.40 €
25 C	Violet	[Plate printed]		545.00 €	55.80 €	4.35 €
50 C	Olive Brown	[Cliché Pressed]	1.064.000	2824.90 €	299.95 €	4.70 €
50 C	Sand Color	[Cliché Pressed]		-	278.95 €	16.70 €
50 C	Bright Sand Color	[Cliché Pressed]		2824.90 €	443.00 €	11.50 €
1 Gld	Bluish Violet	[Cliché Pressed]	195.000	3270.95 €	515.70 €	18.30 €
		Series (Black entries only):		8239.90 €	1034.26 €	32.35 €

1891-1893: Princess Wilhelmina (With SPECIMEN overprint)

Designed by: Heinrich Raeder, engraved by: Heinrich Raeder / E.Schilling.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:
3 C	Orange		47.85 €	27.80 €
5 C	Ultramarine		47.85 €	27.80 €
7½ C	Brown		27.50 €	24.75 €
10 C	Rose		47.85 €	27.80 €
12½ C	Bluish Grey		47.85 €	27.80 €
15 C	Yellowish Brown		47.85 €	27.80 €
20 C	Light Green		47.85 €	27.80 €
22½ C	Dark Green		47.85 €	27.80 €
25 C	Violet		97.50 €	35.15 €
50 C	Olive Brown		136.75 €	88.50 €
1 Gld	Bluish Violet		1094.10 €	635.35 €
		Series:	1690.80 €	978.35 €

1894: Numberstamps

Date of Issue: Oktober 1894
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½.

Identical to the issues from 1876 and 1891 but with more vivid colors. Printed on various plates with various paper types.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
½ C	Rose		200.000.000	17.75 €	1.25 €	0.05 €
1 C	Green		300.000.000	13.15 €	0.85 €	0.05 €
2 C	Brownish Yellow		15.000.000	113.30 €	13.00 €	0.70 €
2½ C	Violet		160.000.000	99.90 €	6.00 €	0.10 €
		Series:		244.10 €	21.10 €	0.90 €

1894: Princess Wilhelmina

Date of Issue: Oktober 1894
Designed by: Joseph Vürtheim / Heinrich Raeder, engraved by: Heinrich Raeder / E.Schilling.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½.

Identical to the issues from 1876 and 1891 but with more vivid colors. Printed on various plates with various paper types.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
3 C	Orange		27.000.000	26.35 €	4.70 €	0.45 €
5 C	Ultramarine		270.000.000	21.25 €	3.75 €	0.10 €
7½ C	Brown		4.800.000	68.50 €	10.70 €	1.50 €
10 C	Rose		25.000.000	144.95 €	14.60 €	0.35 €
12½ C	Bluish Grey		37.000.000	110.55 €	14.65 €	0.30 €
15 C	Yellowish Brown		9.700.000	435.00 €	48.70 €	1.20 €
20 C	Light Green		10.000.000	537.50 €	39.85 €	0.75 €
22½ C	Dark Green		1.280.000	145.00 €	18.50 €	3.30 €
25 C	Violet		8.000.000	654.95 €	63.15 €	1.40 €
		Series:		2144.05 €	218.60 €	9.35 €

1896: Princess Wilhelmina

Date of Issue: 16, July 1896
Designed by: Heinrich Raeder, engraved by: Heinrich Raeder / E.Schilling.
Printed by: Joh. Enschedé En Zonen.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
50 C	Green/Brown	[Unspecified Stamps]	1.000.000	529.75 €	88.65 €	3.85 €
50 C	Green/Brown	[Perforation: 11½ x 11]		572.40 €	87.20 €	11.10 €
50 C	Green/Brown	[Perforation: 11]		-	1373.05 €	74.00 €
1 Gld	Brown/Olive Green	[Unspecified Stamps]	300.000	802.65 €	151.25 €	5.15 €
1 Gld	Brown/Olive Green	[Perforation: 11½ x 11]		501.25 €	92.05 €	9.85 €
1 Gld	Brown/Olive Green	[Perforation: 11]		802.65 €	165.00 €	27.50 €
2.50 Gld	Aniline Rose/blue	[Unspecified Stamps]	100.000	2407.95 €	171.65 €	27.95 €
2.50 Gld	Wine Red/Light Blue	[Issued: Oktober 1893, Perforation: 11½]		3100.00 €	240.00 €	56.45 €
2.50 Gld	Aniline Rose/Blue	[Perforation: 11½ x 11]		2885.00 €	253.35 €	46.10 €
2.50 Gld	Aniline Rose/Blue	[Perforation: 11]		2407.95 €	250.65 €	56.65 €
5 Gld	Green/Red	[Perforation: 11]	34.000	1628.75 €	500.65 €	124.80 €
		Series (Black entries only):		5369.10 €	912.20 €	161.75 €

1898: Inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina

Date of Issue: 6. September 1898
Designed and engraved by: Peter Rudolf Stang / Willem Steelink / Joseph Vürtheim.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 11½ x 11.

First issue of this stamp which has its denomination closer to the edge and a thinner "GULDEN".

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
1 Gld	Bluish Green		148.000	1010.00 €	103.20 €	32.55 €

1899-1913: Daily Stamps - Type 'Vürtheim'

Date of Issue: 1. August 1899-1913
Designed by: Joseph Vürtheim.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Wove Paper. Comb.perforation: 12½.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
½ C	Violet		1.650.000.000	0.45 €	0.20 €	0.10 €
1 C	Red		2.300.000.000	1.85 €	0.40 €	0.10 €
1½ C	Ultramarine	[Issued in 1908]	70.000.000	10.85 €	2.75 €	0.35 €
1½ C	Blue	[Issued in 1913]	240.000.000	4.95 €	1.20 €	0.15 €
2 C	Brown		450.000.000	9.65 €	1.70 €	0.10 €
2½ C	Green		1.500.000.000	6.90 €	1.35 €	0.10 €
		Series:		34.65 €	7.60 €	0.90 €

1899: Queen Wilhelmina

Date of Issue: 1. August 1899
Designed by: Louis⁃Eugène Mouchon, engraved by: Daniël Eduard Cornelis Knuttel / Louis⁃Eugène Mouchon / Heinrich Raeder.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
3 C	Orange		16.000.000	38.95 €	9.20 €	1.05 €
5 C	Rose		1.900.000.000	3.25 €	0.80 €	0.10 €
5 C	Rose			3.65 €	1.05 €	0.10 €
7½ C	Brown		330.000.000	1.50 €	0.40 €	0.15 €
10 C	Grey		375.000.000	11.45 €	2.95 €	0.10 €
12½ C	Blue		235.000.000	8.85 €	1.85 €	0.15 €
15 C	Brown		25.000.000	392.90 €	51.45 €	1.20 €
20 C	Green		26.000.000	747.15 €	55.25 €	0.40 €
22½ C	Brown/Olive Green	[Unspecified Stamps]	14.000.000	24.55 €	4.60 €	0.35 €
22½ C	Brown/Olive Green	[Perforation:11½ x 11]		15.75 €	5.80 €	0.30 €
22½ C	Brown/Olive Green	[Perforation: 11½]		18.45 €	4.80 €	0.85 €
25 C	Red/Blue	[Unspecified Stamps]	75.000.000	29.05 €	4.70 €	0.15 €
25 C	Red/Blue	[Perforation:11½ x 11]		24.95 €	5.80 €	0.30 €
25 C	Red/Blue	[Perforation: 11½]		24.95 €	4.40 €	0.35 €
50 C	Green/Brownish Red		8.900.000	352.30 €	49.80 €	0.35 €
		Series (Black entries only):		1613.60 €	182.05 €	4.10 €

1899-1905: Queen Wilhelmina

Date of Issue: 1. August 1899-1905
Designed and engraved by: Peter Rudolf Stang / Willem Steelink / Joseph Vürtheim.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 11½ x 11.

The 1 guilder issue is almost identical to the stamp issued on 9/6/1898, however the denomination is further from the edge and has a thinner "GULDEN" text.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
1 Gld	Bluish Green	[Unspecified Stamps]	9.600.000	390.45 €	32.65 €	0.20 €
1 Gld	Bluish Green	[Type II, Perforation: 11]		322.90 €	27.50 €	0.25 €
1 Gld	Bluish Green	[Type II, Perforation: 11½ x 11]		386.15 €	37.50 €	0.25 €
1 Gld	Bluish Green	[Type II, Perforation: 11 x 11½]		368.60 €	30.40 €	0.25 €
1 Gld	Bluish Green	[Type II, Perforation: 11½]		395.00 €	31.25 €	0.25 €
2½ Gld	Dark Violet	[Unspecified Stamps]	970.000	275.60 €	42.50 €	0.90 €
2½ Gld	Dark Violet	[Perforation: 11]		280.85 €	58.50 €	1.05 €
2½ Gld	Dark Violet	[Perforation: 11½ x 11]		280.85 €	49.75 €	1.05 €
2½ Gld	Dark Violet	[Perforation: 11 x 11½]		275.00 €	49.10 €	0.90 €
2½ Gld	Dark Violet	[Perforation: 11½]		249.90 €	54.00 €	1.30 €
5 Gld	Purple Red	[Unspecified Stamps]	450.000	679.85 €	115.15 €	1.95 €
5 Gld	Purple Red	[Perforation: 11]		629.90 €	115.30 €	2.15 €
5 Gld	Purple Red	[Perforation: 11½ x 11, Isseud on 1-8-1899]		702.10 €	133.75 €	3.85 €
5 Gld	Purple Red	[Perforation: 11 x 11½]		695.00 €	128.00 €	2.60 €
5 Gld	Purple Red	[Perforation: 11½]		623.25 €	115.50 €	2.05 €
10 Gld	Orange	[Perforation: 11]	15.500	1686.75 €	420.20 €	256.70 €
		Series (Black entries only):		3032.65 €	610.50 €	259.75 €

1901-1906: Queen Wilhelmina

Date of Issue: 14. June 1901-1906
Designed by: Louis⁃Eugène Mouchon, engraved by: Daniël Eduard Cornelis Knuttel / Heinrich Raeder.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
3 C	Olive Green		430.000.000	2.00 €	0.50 €	0.10 €
17½ C	Violet		2.000.000	77.75 €	20.25 €	4.25 €
		Series:		79.75 €	20.75 €	4.35 €

1906: The Struggle Against Tuberculosis

Date of Issue: 21. December 1906
Designed by: A.J.Derkinderen, engraved by: Heinrich Raeder.
Printed by: Joh.Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½.

The price of the canceled stamps are for stamps that were canceled on January 31, 1907 with cancelation code 10-12N. Stamps with a different cancelation have a higher value of 5x for the 1C, 17x for the 3C, and 10x for the 5C.

ƒ/€	Color:	Description:	#
1+(1) C	Red		1.000.000	38.50 €	12.75 €	1.25 €
3+(3) C	Olive Green		1.000.000	134.35 €	15.70 €	0.70 €
5+(5) C	Purple Grey		1.000.000	176.20 €	17.45 €	0.70 €
		Series:		349.05 €	45.90 €	2.65 €

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