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King William III (1817-1890)

Series:

King William III - 1867-1868 - Type II - D

Catalog codes:

Mi:NL 12IID, Sg:NL 22a, NVP:NL 12IID, Yt:Unlisted

Variants:

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Themes:

Famous People | Heads of State | Kings | Royalty

Issued on:

ColnectScrp

Expiry date:

ColnectScrp

Size:

20 x 24 mm

Colors:

Gold

Watermark:

No Watermark

Designers:

Heinrich Nusser (E) | Joseph Vürtheim

Printers:

Joh. Enschedé

Format:

Stamp

Emission:

Definitive

Printing:

Recess

Face value:

50 c - Dutch cent

Score:

87% Accuracy: Very Low

Description:

Type II - D: perforation 14 small holes.

The paper varies from thick and hard to soft and thin to translucent. It is always white but is sometimes tinted by the printing process. Bluish paper is a coincidence. To whiten the paper, bluing was added during manufacture. The amount varied, sometimes too much bluing was added. No special prints were ever made on bluish paper.

The 50 cents should have the original gold colour. this color was created by applying a layer of gold powder to the wet brown printing ink. Over the years, this gold layer has suffered more or less strongly, especially in used stamps, and has partly disappeared, so that the stamps have a bronze-brown, sometimes black blotchy color.

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