Dutch overseas territory
stamps about railways



Netherlands former and present day colonies:
Netherlands Indies Netherlands Antilles Surinam Aruba and Curaçao
Netherlands Indies (Dutch colony till 1948)
Netherlands Indies

1925

Railway Company stamp.

Designer:
print:
paper:
Glue:
Watermark: no
Value:
Perforation:

Not in official catalogue





1933 - 1937

Queen Wilhelmina. The stamps show a goods waggon on the dockside and a railway viaduct.

Designer: Ir. A. Kreisler
print: Johan Enschedé
paper: photogravure
Glue: ?
Watermark: no, except: NVPH 253-265: horizontal rings
Values: 10, 12½, 15, 20, 25, 30, 32½, 35, 40, 42½, 50, 60, 80 cents, 1, 1,75 , 2, 2,50 , 5 guilders
Perforation: L12½
Valid till: 30 - 6 - 1941 (12½, 32½, 42½ cents, 1,75 , 2,50 , guilders) / 31 - 12 - 1945 (rest)

Catalogue numbers:

SG 334 - 345 - 348 - 349 - 350 - 352 - 353 - 354 - 355 - 356 - 357 - 358 - 359 - 403 - 404 - 405 - 408 - 414 - 415
/ Mi / YT /
NVPH 181 -195 - 196 - 197 - 198 - 199 - 200 - 201 - 202 - 203 - 204 - 205 - 206 - 207 - 208 - 209 -210 - 253 - 254 - 255 - 256 - 257 - 258 - 259 - 260 - 261 - 262 - 263 - 264 - 265












2-12-1940

Queen Wilhelmina overprinted Red Cross.

Designer: Ir. A. Kreisler
print: Johan Enschedé
paper: photogravure
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Values: 10 + 5 cents
Perforation: L12½
Valid till: 30 - 6 - 1941
Circulation: 500,000

Catalogue numbers: SG 428 / Mi / YT / NVPH 273





1946

Railway bridge at Soekaboemi.

Designer: Jan Staal
print: Nederlandsch Indische Gouvernementsdrukkerij, Melbourne
paper: offset
Glue: ?
Watermark: crown
Values: 1 cent
Perforation: K14½ : 14
Valid till: 31 - 12 - 1949

Catalogue numbers: SG 484 / Mi 333 / YT / NVPH 317





1947

Railway bridge at Soekaboemi overprinted.

Designer: Jan Staal
print: Nederlandsch Indische Gouvernementsdrukkerij, Melbourne
paper: offset
Glue: ?
Watermark: crown
Values: 4 cents on 1 cent
Perforation: K14½ : 14
Valid till: 31 - 12 - 1949

Catalogue numbers: SG 504 / Mi / YT / NVPH 324





1947

Queen Wilhelmina overprinted.

Designer: Ir. A. Kreisler
print: Johan Enschedé
paper: photogravure
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Values: 45 cents on 60 cents
Perforation: K14½ : 14
Valid till: 31 - 12 - 1949
Circulation: 495,850

Catalogue numbers: SG 505 / Mi / YT / NVPH 325





1947

Queen Wilhelmina overprinted.

Designer: Ir. A. Kreisler
print: Johan Enschedé
paper: photogravure
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Values: 12½, 25, 50, 80 cents
Perforation: K14½ : 14
Valid till: 31 - 12 - 1949
Circulation: NVPH 326: 2,975,600; 327: 589,800; 329: 388,900; 330: 284,750

Catalogue numbers: SG 506 - 507 - 509 - 510 / Mi / YT / NVPH 326 - 327 - 329 - 330





1948

Queen Wilhelmina overprinted.

Designer: Ir. A. Kreisler
print: Johan Enschedé
paper: photogravure
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Values: 15 on 10 cents
Perforation: K14½ : 14
Valid till: 31 - 11 - 1948
Circulation: 495,252

Catalogue numbers: SG 513 / Mi / YT / NVPH 333








Netherlands Antilles

26 - 6 - 1992

Willemstad harbour, container port with railway track.

Designer: Humphrey C. Elisabeth
print: offset, Johan Enschedé
paper:
Glue:
Watermark: no
Value: 80 and 125 cents
Perforation: K14 : 12¾

Catalogue numbers: SG / Mi 752-753 / YT / NVPH 1006-1007





27 - 4 - 2004

Diesel locomotive 1977. First stamp of a series of 6 stamps.

Designer: Robert A. Willems
print: offset, Johan Enschedé
paper: non-phosphorescent
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Value: 10 cents
Perforation: K13¼ : 12¾

Catalogue numbers: SG / Mi 1286 / YT / NVPH 1507








Surinam (Dutch colony till 1975)

November 1945.

From a set of 9:
Goods waggon at bauxite mine in Moengo;
Mine truck at a gold mine in Lore;
Steam sugar-cane train.


Designer:-
print: American Bank Note Co, New York
paper:
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Value: 1 cent, 5 cents, 7½ cents
Perforation: L 12

Catalogue numbers: SG 313 - 319 - 321 / Mi 241 - 247 - 249 / YT / NVPH 220 - 226 - 228







23 - 7 - 1945.

Steam sugar-cane train overprinted.


Designer:-
print: American Bank Note Co, New York
paper:
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Value: 7½ cents + 5 cents
Perforation: L 12

Catalogue numbers: SG 307 / Mi 268 / YT / NVPH 214





1950

Steam sugar-cane train overprinted.


Designer:-
print: American Bank Note Co, New York
paper:
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Value: 7½ cents + 1 cent
Perforation: L 12

Catalogue numbers: SG 383 / Mi 319 / YT / NVPH 284





9 - 10 - 1965

Diesel locomotive and side-dump trucks at the Moengo bauxite mine.
First of a set of 4.

Design: after photographs by Suralco (Surinam Aluminium Company)
print: Johan Enschedé
paper: photogravure
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Value: 10 cents
Perforation: K 13¼ : 12½
Circulation: 273,632

Catalogue numbers: SG 563 / Mi 474 / YT / NVPH 427





12 - 12 - 1973

Surinam Stamp Centenary.
Third of a set of 3.
Postal transport among others by train.

Design: P. Slengard)
print: Johan Enschedé
paper: offset
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Value: 30 cents
Perforation: K 12½ : 13¼
Circulation: -

Catalogue numbers: SG 764 / Mi 665 / YT / NVPH 615





1973

First Day Cover: Child Care Stamps


Design: Bradbury Wilkinson & Cy
print: Bradbury Wilkinson & Cy, New Malden.
paper: offset
Glue: ?
Watermark: no
Value: 30 cents
Perforation: K 14 : 14¾
Circulation: -

Catalogue numbers: SG / Mi / YT / NVPH E101







Aruba and Curaçao
No stamps with railway related subjects