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<\/a>On the left edge of the sheet, under the provincial name, is a map of the Netherlands depicting the provincial boundaries. The relevant province is picked out in colour.<\/p>\nThe sheets will be issued on four dates, as follows: Details on the 22 March<\/span><\/strong> set are posted here<\/a>. In addition to the usual stamp release schedule, PostNL also has an annual personal stamp release schedule. This programme is flexible. It allows PostNL to respond to topical The design of the personal stamps for the The Netherlands from the Air series was created by Huub de Lang and Anne Schaufeli of studio26 in Velp. They designed stamps for PostNL before, but this was the first commission for a series. \u2018With a huge topic this time,\u2019 says Anne Schaufeli. \u2018The brief was to depict the Netherlands from above on 12 stamp sheets using existing photographic material. One province per stamp sheet \u2013 that was our starting point. Then we developed our concept, as usual. The main thing that struck us is that if you look at the Netherlands from above, you notice that everything is cultivated down to the square metre. This malleability of the landscape is reflected in the subdivision patterns that you can often only see clearly from the air. The land was divided and delimited through subdivision, revealing the intervention of man. This is really characteristic of the Netherlands. We found the balance between man and nature to be an excellent theme to pursue further. This is typical of our approach: first we plan, Based on the concept they had drawn up, Schaufeli and De Lang established the selection criteria for the photos. \u2018We decided to use the themes of architecture, buildings, infrastructure, nature and water,\u2019 Schaufeli explains. \u2018As these are pretty broad terms, we were able to use a large variety of images. For each province, we first looked at which landmarks would qualify. This included logical candidates such as the Afsluitdijk, for example, plus the Delta Works, the windmills at Kinderdijk and the Ridderkerk intersection, of course. But the search for images also threw up all kinds of surprises. Like the Natte Ogen art installation in the Haringvliet near Winschoten and the green cathedral at Almere.\u2019<\/p>\n Dutch photographer Karel Tome\u00ef specialises in aerial photography. Schaufeli: Following our advice, PostNL contacted Tome\u00ef to ask if he would like to participate in this series of According to Schaufeli, other criteria also played a part in the selection of the 60 photos for the 12 stamp sheets. \u2018We didn\u2019t want too much repetition. Like 12 bridges, for example. And each stamp sheet had to give an equivalent overall picture. That was a bit of a puzzle, to say the least. The angle at which the photos were taken is important. We would have preferred them all to be taken straight from above, but that does not work in all cases. For example, if you want to feature a tall building. However, our aim to get as many pictures taken straight from above sometimes ended up with amazing results. Take the Groninger Museum, for example, which makes a very different impression from the air than it does from the side.\u2019<\/p>\n Technical Details:<\/span><\/strong> Issue: The Netherlands from the Air Appearance: 12 sheets of five different personal stamps marked \u2018Nederland 1\u2019, the denomination for post weighing up to 20g sent to an address within the Netherlands Design: studio026, Velp Photography: Karel Tome\u00ef, Eindhoven In … Continue reading <\/a>Item number: 820031 Groningen 22 March
\nItem number: 820032 Friesland, 22 March
\nItem number: 820033 Drenthe, 22 March<\/a>Item number: 820034 Overijssel, 14 June
\nItem number: 820035 Flevoland, 14 June
\nItem number: 820036 Gelderland, 14 June<\/a>Item number: 820037 Utrecht, 13 September
\nItem number: 820038 Noord-Holland, 13 September
\nItem number: 820039 Zuid-Holland, 13 September<\/a>Item number: 820040 Zeeland, 15 November
\nItem number: 820041 Noord-Brabant, 15 November
\nItem number: 820042 Limburg, 15 November<\/p>\n
\nDetails on the 14 June<\/strong><\/span> set will be posted here.
\nDetails on the 13 September<\/span><\/strong> set will be posted here.
\nDetails on the 15 November<\/span><\/strong> set will be posted.<\/p>\n<\/a>developments and requests. Each issue is designed based on a fixed layout with a fixed number of personal stamps. The stamps are available while stocks last on the webshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>then we work it out. This way, we could also find images that could represent the Netherlands in the same way on all stamp sheets.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/a>stamps. So he started looking for images with the concept and themes as guidelines. Sometimes the image we were looking for could not be found, other times he came up with pictures we were not expecting. Or he would send us a beautiful image, but the content just didn’t fit the concept. And vice versa. We ended up looking at masses of pictures.\u2019<\/p>\n
\nSheet size: 102 x 148 mm (wxh)
\nStamp size: 40 x 30mm (wxh)
\nPaper: normal with phosphor print
\nGum: gummed
\nPrinting technique: offset
\nPrinting colours: cyan, magenta, yellow, black and blue
\nPrint run: 5,000 sheets per issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"