Postal rates Archives – Netherlands + Philately

Behind the window

by René Hillesum30 March 20216 January 20210

Postcards and picture postcards which were under-franked were presented in a window envelope to the addressee. This because otherwise there was a chance that the contents were read without paying the postage due. These window envelopes with postage due stamps glued on are not very …

by René Hillesum28 February 202119 April 20210

You should almost ignore this picture postcard. No exciting picture at all, simple stamp and no postmark of interest.

by René Hillesum4 March 202023 February 20200

On January first, 1922 the uniform postal identity card was introduced, as agreed on the Congress in Madrid of the Universal Postal Union in 1920. The cards were uniform for all member countries and were produced in Switzerland. In basic they were the same (a …