Netherlands & Colonies

NETHERLANDS Stamp, Scott #23, 5c 1872 L@@K	-	$0.99	21m
NETHERLANDS SHEETS OF TEN #448 450 MINT	2	$21.52	39m
Cameroun 1934 frontside franked PPC to MOENGO!!		$60.00	42m
Curacao unused 2 1 2c imprinted PC VF		$15.00	45m
Curacao 1873 NVPH 5 3 imperf. proofs UNG(as issued) VF		$110.00	45m
Curacao 1889 NVPH 16-17 MLH VF		$27.00	45m
Curacao 1906 NVPH 42-43 UNG VF		$75.00	45m
Curacao 1915 NVPH 54C P.11 1 2 MLH VF		$115.00	46m
Curacao 1929 NVPH 90(2x) small cover CANC:Aruba VF		$15.00	46m
Curacao 1934 NVPH 107+111 on cover Aruba-New York		$20.00	46m
Curacao 1939 NVPH 128-129 R-cover ARUBA-Nashville		$20.00	46m
Curacao 1943 franked censored cover to Surinam F AF		$30.00	46m
Curacao 1947 NVPH Airmail 69-88 CANC VF		$225.00	46m
Curacao 1948 NVPH Due 34-43 MLH VF		$180.00	46m
Curacao KortebalkCANC ARUBA NVPH 89 VF		$30.00	46m
Curacao NVPH 102 Hamburg-Am Linie D.Phrycia VF		$35.00	46m
Curacao NVPH 102 Hamburg-Am Linie D.Phrycia VF		$35.00	46m
Curacao ShipCANC ..EZUELA NVPH 65 VF		$30.00	47m
Curacao ShipCANC KNSM EL Libertador NVPH 109 VF		$20.00	47m
446) NETHERLANDS, 1952, "Stamp Exhibition", cpl. set		$30.00	50m
447) NETHERLANDS, 1950, Mi.Nr. 552-57, cpl. set of 6		$24.99	50m
448) NETHERLANDS, 1956, "Rembrandt" cpl. set of 5		$20.00	50m
NETHERLANDS COVER, WWI+CENSORE 1919		$14.99	1h
Haiti 1911 franked cover to NY and Dutch ShipCANC		$20.00	1h
Indonesia 1967 4R misperf and no colour yellow		$40.00	1h 3m
Indonesia 1969 ZBL 644 misperforation bloc MNH VF		$75.00	1h 3m
Indonesia 1971 ZBL Bloc 696 MNH VF		$40.00	1h 3m
Indonesia 1982 ZBL Bloc 50+51 MNH VF		$75.00	1h 3m
Indonesia 5 Red Cross misprints MNH VF		$50.00	1h 3m
Jap.Occ.Neth.Indies 1943 imp PC special cancel VF		$40.00	1h 7m
Jap.Occ.Neth.Indies 194? Servicecover postmarks		$30.00	1h 7m
Java+Madoera 1946 ZBL 23A UNG(as issued) VF		$33.00	1h 8m
Java+Madoera 1946 ZBL 41A+42A UNG VF		$100.00	1h 8m
The Netherlands first day cover 1951 N.V.P.H. nr E5	-	$120.00	1h 10m
Neth 1903 PPC BIEZELING to KADZAND		$30.00	1h 16m
Neth 1904 PPC DE-COCKSDORP to Prins Hendrik Polder		$45.00	1h 16m
Neth 1917 cens. PofWarcover Camp Harderwijk to France		$20.00	1h 17m
Neth Indies 1922 uprated PC Balik Papan to The Hague		$6.00	1h 17m

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