Netherlands 1937-1939

1937: 5th World Scout jamboree


Date of Issue: 1. April 1937
Designed by: Pieter Frans Christiaan Koch.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 14¼ x 13¼.
Watermark: NL2X

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
1½ C Green/Gray Boy Scout symbol 14.500.000 0.40  0.15  0.10 
6 C Reddish Brown/Gray 14.800.000 1.35  0.40  0.10 
12½ C Blue/Gray 3.900.000 3.40  1.35  0.40 
    Series:   5.15  1.90  0.60 

1937: Summer Stamps


Date of Issue: 1. June 1937
Designed and engraved by: Sem Hartz / Engelien Reitsma⁃Valença.
Printed by: Joh.Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½ x 12.

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
1½+(1½) C Sepia Jacob Maris (1837-1899) 700.000 0.80  0.20  0.15 
5+(3) C Green Franciscus Sylvius (1614-1672) 550.000 4.85  1.35  1.10 
6+(4) C Violet Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) 1.040.000 1.50  0.40  0.10 
12½+(3½) C Blue Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) 500.000 9.30  2.40  0.65 
    Series:   16.45  4.35  2.00 

1937: Children's Stamps


Date of Issue: 1. December 1937
Designed by: Pieter Frans Christiaan Koch.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 14¼ x 13¼.
Watermark: NL2X

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
1½+(1½) C Grey "Laughing Boy" - Frans Hals (1852-1666) 2.050.000 0.35  0.10  0.05 
3+(2) C Green "Laughing Boy" - Frans Hals (1852-1666) 905.000 2.15  0.65  0.30 
4+(2) C Reddish Brown "Laughing Boy" - Frans Hals (1852-1666) 1.060.000 1.60  0.20  0.10 
5+(3) C Bluish Green "Laughing Boy" - Frans Hals (1852-1666) 2.600.000 1.60  0.20  0.05 
12½+(3½) C Blue "Laughing Boy" - Frans Hals (1852-1666) 825.000 9.95  2.55  0.65 
    Series:   15.65  3.70  1.15 

1938: Summer Stamps


Date of Issue: 16. May 1938
Designed and engraved by: Kuno Brinks / Sem Hartz / Engelien Reitsma⁃Valença.
Printed by: Joh.Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½ x 12.

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
1½+(1½) C Dark Brown Marnix of Saint-Aldegonde (1540-1598) 770.000 0.45  0.10  0.10 
3+(2) C Dark Green Ottho Gerhard Heldring (1804-1876) 800.000 0.80  0.20  0.10 
4+(2) C Carmine Maria Tesselschade (1594/1649) 640.000 2.10  0.60  0.55 
5+(3) C Olive Green Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) 1.100.000 3.30  0.80  0.10 
12½+(3½) C Dark Blue Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738) 650.000 7.15  2.70  0.30 
    Series:   13.80  4.40  1.15 

1938: 40th Anniversary of the Reign of Queen Wilhelmina


Date of Issue: 27. August 1938
Designed by: Pijke Koch / Jan van Krimpen.
Printed by: Joh.Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½.
Watermark: NL2X

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
1½ C Black 19.000.000 0.50  0.15  0.05 
5 C Dark Orange 24.000.000 0.65  0.15  0.05 
12½ C Dark Blue 3.400.000 3.75  1.45  0.45 
    Series:   4.90  1.75  0.55 

1938: Airmail for Special Flights


Date of Issue: 22. November 1938
Designed by: A. van Dobbenburgh.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 13¼ x 14.
Watermark: NL2X, NL2Y

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
12½ C Dark Gray Blue Watermark: NL2Y 3.500.000 0.20  0.10  0.05 
12½ C Blue Watermark: NL2X 810.000 0.35  - 0.30 
12½ C Blue Watermark: NL2Y 943.000 0.35  - 0.30 

1938: Children's Stamps


Date of Issue: 1. December 1938
Designed by: Pam Georg Rueter.
Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 14¼ x 13¼.
Watermark: NL2X

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
1½+(1½) C Black Boy with flute and pigeon 2.200.000 0.50  0.15  0.10 
3+(2) C Purple Boy with flute and pigeon 1.120.000 0.80  0.25  0.15 
4+(2) C Green Boy with flute and pigeon 1.060.000 2.25  0.50  0.25 
5+(3) C Reddish Brown Boy with flute and pigeon 2.530.000 2.25  0.15  0.05 
12½+(3½) C Blue Boy with flute and pigeon 840.000 9.70  3.90  0.60 
    Series:   15.50  4.95  1.15 

1939: Queen Wilhelmina (With Watermark)


Designed by: Jan Veth, engraved by: H.Seegers.  Printed by: Joh. Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½.
Watermark: NL2X

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
22½ C Orange 526.000 14.55  4.30  3.85 

1939: Summer Stamps


Date of Issue: 1. May 1939
Designed and engraved by: Engelien Reitsma⁃Valença / Sem Hartz / Kuno Brinks / Hubert Levigne.
Printed by: Joh.Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12½ x 12.

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
1½+(1½) C Dark Brown Matthijs Maris (1839-1917) 644.000 0.50  0.35  0.15 
2½+(2½) C Dark Green Anton Mauve (1838-1888) 500.000 3.00  1.55  0.75 
3+(3) C Red Gerardus van Swieten (1700-1772) 650.000 1.10  0.35  0.30 
5+(3) C Olive Green Nicolaas Beets (1814-1903) 930.000 3.00  1.20  0.15 
12½+(3½) C Dark Blue Peter Stuyvesant (1612-1672) 550.000 5.80  2.70  0.45 
    Series:   13.40  6.15  1.80 
    First Day Cover [SP2784] - - 12.00 

1939: 1200th Commemoration of St. Willibrord's death (658-739)


Date of Issue: 15. June 1939
Designed and engraved by: Hubert Levigne.
Printed by: Joh.Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 12¾ x 14.

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
5 C Green 6.700.000 0.40  0.30  0.05 
12½ C Blue 1.700.000 4.70  2.00  0.75 
    Series:   5.10  2.30  0.80 

1939: 100th Anniversary of the Railway


Date of Issue: 1. September 1939
Designed by: G.V.A. Röling.
Printed by: Joh.Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 14¼ x 13¼.
Watermark: NL2X

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
5 C Dark Green "De Arend" steam locomotive 6.062.000 0.60  0.35  0.05 
12½ C Dark Blue Electric express train 1.254.000 6.45  3.45  1.20 
    Series:   7.05  3.80  1.25 

1939: Children's Stamps


Date of Issue: 1. December 1939
Designed by: Sierk Schröder.
Printed by: Joh.Enschede & Zonen.
Comb.perforation: 14¼ x 13¼.
Watermark: NL2X

ƒ/€ Color: Description: #
1½+(1½) C Black Child with a cornucopia 2.000.000 0.30  0.10  0.05 
2½+(2½) C Olive Child with a cornucopia 600.000 6.10  2.10  0.80 
3+(3) C Brown Child with a cornucopia 1.300.000 0.95  0.25  0.15 
5+(3) C Dark Green Child with a cornucopia 2.300.000 1.30  0.50  0.15 
12½+(3½) C Dark Blue Child with a cornucopia 650.000 3.55  1.60  0.40 
    Series:   12.20  4.55  1.55 
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