M. van der Maarel
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1981.ANT.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Netherlands Antilles
1981.ANT.01· piece 2 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Netherlands Antilles (ANT)- Year / date
- 1981-09-16
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 70+25 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- Armando Ravelo
- Printer
- Joh. Enschedé
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14 × 12¾
- Panes
- 50
- Quantity printed
- 250,000
- Size
- 36 × 25 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 981.17
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- AN B190
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AN 451
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AN 638
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- AN 758
Notes
Portrait of M. van der Maarel in a campaign hat and khaki shirt against a green ground and a pale fleur-de-lis. Lettered NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN, 70+25 c, DE ANTILLIAANSE PADVINDERS 1930-1980, STICHTER M. VAN DER MAAREL and 1981.
Series history
The Netherlands Antilles issued three semi-postal commemoratives and a souvenir sheet at Curaçao on 16 September 1981 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Antillean Pathfinders. Each stamp is lettered NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN, DE ANTILLIAANSE PADVINDERS 1930-1980 and 1981.
The 45+20 cents, on a mauve ground, shows a woman in a yellow-green Scout shirt and blue neckerchief with her hand on the shoulder of a boy in a green Cub uniform; a pale fleur-de-lis fills the background. The 70+25 cents, on green, is a portrait of M. van der Maarel in a campaign hat and khaki shirt, lettered STICHTER M. VAN DER MAAREL. The 1.00+50 cents, on dark teal, shows the landhuis at Ronde Klip, lettered HOOFDKWARTIER LANDHUIS RONDE KLIP.
Armando Ravelo designed the set. Joh. Enschedé printed 250,000 of each stamp by offset lithography, comb perforated 14 × 12¾, in panes of 50. The 45+20 cents measures 37 × 26 mm; the other two 36 × 25 mm. The souvenir sheet, 144 × 50 mm, gathers the three designs in a horizontal strip under Sociale en Culturele Zorg 1981; 125,000 were printed, comb perforated 13½ × 12¾ around the stamps. The issue was withdrawn from sale on 15 November 1981.