Netherlands 1940 Summer Stamps: Famous Dutch Personalities
Netherlands · 1940 · 1½c, 2½c, 3c, 5c, 7½c, 12½c
A block of six Dutch semi-postal stamps from 1940, each featuring a portrait of a famous Dutch personality, including artists Vincent van Gogh and Jan Steen, writer E.J. Potgieter, scientist Petrus Camper, and linguist J.J. Scaliger.
Issued as 'Zomerzegels' (Summer stamps) in 1940, these stamps likely carried a surcharge to support social or charitable causes during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, celebrating national heritage amidst wartime.
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Image: Staatsbedrijf der Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie (Nederland), Kuno Brinks, E. Reitsma-Valença, Hubert Levigne and S.L. Hartz · License: Public domain
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Perfectly centered, fresh, no faults
Well centered, fresh colors
Nicely centered, minor flaws
Average centering, acceptable
Off-center or visible wear
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