door The ‘puntstempels‘ (dot- or numeral cancels) are an interesting collecting field in the Netherlands and the former colonies. Those of Suriname you do not come across every day, and luxury copies are not common at all.
A combination of a ‘puntstempel’ of Suriname together with one of the Netherlands on one item is maybe unique. This item is in the collection of the late Ad de Goede, which will be on auction at René Hillesum Filatelie on September 23.
The rare combination is found on a ‘briefkaartformulier‘ (an official postcard form without stamp imprint), which is franked with a 2½c Suriname stamp and 1-6-1884 sent to ‘s-Gravenhage (The Hague) in the Netherlands. The stamp is tied with a luxury ‘puntstempel’ 204 of Paramaribo. There is a cancel ‘Ontoereikend’ (insufficient) and a T-mark. A big ‘5’ in blue crayon.
The postage due was acknowledged on arrival in ‘s-Gravenhage and there was a 5c postage due stamp glued on, tied with ‘puntstempel’ 44.
