Netherlands 1871 Letter Card - Dutch Lion National Symbol

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  • Issue: January 1, 1871. The first Letter Card in the Netherlands.
  • Type: Letter card with denomination 2,50 cents
  • Printing color: Lilac (both Symbol and ornaments)
  • Lay-out: 3 lines for adress, extensive "NOTA" at the bottom.
  • Design: .......
  • Size: width 122 mm, height 87 mm
  • Paper: "Creamy"



Vlissingen (English: Flushing), the Netherlands, 1 JAN 1871. First Dutch Letter card, issued 1 jan 1871, canceled here on the first day of issue. Collection of Jan Boon.
Letter card from 1st emission, sent from 's-Gravenhage to Haarlem, November 1871.
Letter card from 1st emission, sent from Almelo to Amsterdam, August 1872. Arrival mark of Amsterdam.
Letter Card sent from Zaltbommel (morning) to Haarlem (afternoon the same day), January 1874. Postal Stationery 1871.