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Rembrandt 350th Anniversary Summer Stamps FDC

Name: Rembrandt 350th Anniversary Summer Stamps FDC
Brand: Netherlands

Netherlands · 1956 · 10+5c, 20+10c

Two stamps depicting portraits of Rembrandt van Rijn, likely at different ages, issued as 'zomerzegels' (summer stamps) on a first day cover.

Issued by the Netherlands in 1956 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the birth of the renowned Dutch painter Rembrandt. These stamps include a surcharge, typically for charitable causes.

Printing Method

Photogravure

Themes

art painting portrait rembrandt commemorative charity-stamp

Image: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Rembrandt" class="extiw" title="w:en:Rembrandt"><span title="Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)">Rembrandt</span></a></bdi> · License: CC BY-SA 3.0

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