Personalized stamps in the Netherlands (2)

Addition to part 1
In the previous newsletter I wrote about the possibilities for making personal stamps and tabs in the Netherlands before 2010. That overview also included the square blue frame with postage value 44 cents, with the comment that we do not have a stamp with a motorcycle image of this variant.
From our personal stamp expert Peter Oomes I received an explanation for this fact: these stamps were only used for own issues of PostNL and the special Hallmark stamps, which were for sale in combination with Hallmark cards. So it has never been possible to make personal stamps with this frame.
Peter himself made an image of a fictional motorcycle stamp with this frame:

Part 2
During 2010, PostNL switched from value indication in (euro) cents to category indications. From then on the rate "1" was used for normal (letter) mail up to 20 grams within the Netherlands, for Christmas mail "December". The personal stamp frames were adjusted for this, but not all on the same date.

July 2010 - April 2018
Completely white stamp with the country name and value indication 1 on two of the edges in gray letters, preceded by a stripe pattern to fill the remaining empty space because the deletion of the word "eurocent". Available as gummed sheets, from 2011 also as self-adhesive stamps in rolls of 100 pieces.
Search name: gray.

September 2010 - April 2012 (end date not 100% sure)
Completely white stamp with the country name and value indication 1 on two of the edges in orange letters, preceded by a series of orange diamonds to fill the remaining empty space because the deletion of the word "eurocent". Available as gummed sheets.
Search name: orange.

November & December 2010-2017
Completely white stamp with on two of the edges in bright red/pink letters with green intermediate fields the country name and value indication December for the reduced postage for Christmas mail. Available as gummed sheets and as self-adhesive stamps.
Search name: christmas.

January 2011 - December 2012
Completely white square stamp with on two of the edges in blue letters the country name and value indication 1, preceded by a stripe pattern to fill the remaining empty space because the deletion of the word "eurocent". Available as gummed sheets.
Search name: blue.

January 2012 - June 2014 (end date not 100% sure)
Completely white stamp with on two of the edges in gray letters the country name and value indication "Europa 1", for sending (letter) mail to other countries within Europe. Available as gummed sheets of 5, with a tab with the blue priority logo attached to the stamp.
Search name: gray.

January 2012 - June 2014 (end date not 100% sure)
Completely white stamp with on two of the edges in gray letters the country name and value indication "Wereld 1", for sending (letter) mail to countries outside Europe. Available as gummed sheets of 5, with a tab with the blue priority logo attached to the stamp.
Search name: gray.

January 2013 - April 2018 (end date not 100% sure)
Completely white portrait stamp with on the bottom side in blue letters the country name, 1x normal and below that in lighter colour up side down. Below that on the right side the value indication 1. Available as gummed sheets.
Search name: blue.

July 2014 - March 2018 (end date not 100% sure)
Completely white portrait stamp with on the bottom side in dark purple letters the country name, 1x normal and below that in lighter colour up side down. Below that on the right side the value indication "Internationaal 1", for sending (letter) mail to countries outside the Netherlands (no difference anymore between inside/outside Europe). Available as gummed sheets, but now of 10 and without priority tabs.
Search name: purple intern.

April 2018 - now (September 2020)
Completely white portrait stamp with on the bottom side in gray letters the country name, and below on the left side the value indication 1 in blue. Available as gummed sheets and as self-adhesive stamps in rolls of 100.
Search name: gray 2018.

April 2018 - now (September 2020)
Completely white portrait stamp with on the bottom side in gray letters the value indication "Internationaal", and on the left side on top the country name in gray letters, and on the bottom a 1 in orange. Available as gummed sheets of 5, with below the stamps a tab with the blue priority logo.
Search name: gray 2018.

August 2018 - now (September 2020)
Completely white portrait stamp with on the bottom side in gold letters the country name, and below on the left side the value indication 1 in gold. Available as gummed sheets of 5.
Search name: gold 2018.

November & December 2018 - now (2020)
Completely white portrait stamp with on the bottom side in red letters the value indication December for the reduced postage for Christmas mail, and on the left side below the country name in gray letters. Available as gummed sheets.
Search nam: christmas 2018.

Next to this there are a few exotics, such as complete silver stamps, but because they have no philatelic significance, they have been left out of consideration here.

Paul Essens

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