Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2020 8:49:21 GMT -5
On 28 January 2013, Queen Beatrix announced she would abdicate the throne in favour of her son Willem-Alexander.
Breaking with tradition, he named himself King Willem-Alexander and not Willem IV. The name Willem or Wilhelmus (William) has been used by rulers of the House of Orange since the 16th. century. William of Orange “the Silent” led the Dutch insurgence against the King of Spain (1568 – 1648). Since then, the House of Orange (Nassau) has ruled the Netherlands at intervals either as monarch or as stadholder. One of the stadholders even became king William III of Great Britain.
Willem-Alexander acceded to the throne on 30 April 2013 and definitive stamps with his effigy were introduced on 27 November 2013. The stamps are self-adhesive and sold per 10 or 5.
For inland mail, two stamps have been issued. A blue stamp with the number one pays the inland postage for mail falling in the first weight-step (up to 20 grams). A red stamp with weight step indicator 2 pays the inland postage for letters and postcards not bigger than C4-size falling in the second weight-step (20 - 50 grams). Two blue stamps will also pay postage for such items. The system is explained in tables printed on the stamp cards. It even extends beyond the first two weight steps. The third weight step (50-100 grams) and fourth weight step (100-350 grams) require stamps adding to 3 and 4 respectively.
On 30 November 2013, a third, grey stamp was issued paying international priority postage for a weight step. Again, one stamp pays for international priority postage falling in the first weight step, two stamps pay for international priority postage falling in the second weight step, etc.
27-30 November 2013, Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander definitives
Breaking with tradition, he named himself King Willem-Alexander and not Willem IV. The name Willem or Wilhelmus (William) has been used by rulers of the House of Orange since the 16th. century. William of Orange “the Silent” led the Dutch insurgence against the King of Spain (1568 – 1648). Since then, the House of Orange (Nassau) has ruled the Netherlands at intervals either as monarch or as stadholder. One of the stadholders even became king William III of Great Britain.
Willem-Alexander acceded to the throne on 30 April 2013 and definitive stamps with his effigy were introduced on 27 November 2013. The stamps are self-adhesive and sold per 10 or 5.
For inland mail, two stamps have been issued. A blue stamp with the number one pays the inland postage for mail falling in the first weight-step (up to 20 grams). A red stamp with weight step indicator 2 pays the inland postage for letters and postcards not bigger than C4-size falling in the second weight-step (20 - 50 grams). Two blue stamps will also pay postage for such items. The system is explained in tables printed on the stamp cards. It even extends beyond the first two weight steps. The third weight step (50-100 grams) and fourth weight step (100-350 grams) require stamps adding to 3 and 4 respectively.
On 30 November 2013, a third, grey stamp was issued paying international priority postage for a weight step. Again, one stamp pays for international priority postage falling in the first weight step, two stamps pay for international priority postage falling in the second weight step, etc.
27-30 November 2013, Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander definitives
