1937 Summer Stamps featuring Dutch Personalities

Netherlands · 1937 · Set of 1½+1½c, 2½+2½c, 5+3c, 12½+3½c

This set of four semi-postal stamps features portraits of notable Dutch figures: painter Jacob Maris, physician Franciscus Sylvius, writer Joost van den Vondel, and scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.

Issued as 'Summer stamps' (Zomerpostzegels), these semi-postal stamps included a surcharge to raise funds for charitable or cultural causes, while commemorating significant Dutch historical and cultural contributors.