Charity Stamps issue, Netherlands, 1940

The Charity Stamps issue comprises 5 postage stamps released by the Netherlands on 11 May 1940. The StampWorld catalogue lists 5 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 351, 352, 353, 354, 355), printed in 5 design types.

Values and colours recorded for the issue: 1½+(1½) C dark brown; 2½+(2½) C dark green; 3+(3) C red; 5+(3) C dark green; 12½+(3½) C blue. Catalogue notes on individual values: 1½+(1½) C: Vincent van Gogh; 2½+(2½) C: Everhardus Johannes Potgieter; 3+(3) C: Petrus Camper; 5+(3) C: Jan Steen; 12½+(3½) C: Joseph Justus Scaliger. Design: Kuno Brinks y Kuno Brinks. Engraving: Joh. Enschedé. Perforation: 12½ x 12. Watermark: 2.

Quantities issued, as recorded: 1½+(1½) C 553.791; 2½+(2½) C 456.786; 3+(3) C 560.665; 5+(3) C 757.651; 12½+(3½) C 441.531. The photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and show stamps of this issue; each is credited individually. Identification note: compare the value, colour and perforation together; shades, perforation varieties and later printings are not separated in this entry. Details follow the StampWorld catalogue page; they have not been checked against the issuing postal administration's records.