2250) Nieuwkoopse Plassen, Netherlands: Experience Nature Stamp Series: PostNL (Netherlands Post) has issued a Stamp Sheet set of ten Stamps depicting ten inhabitants of the Nature Reserve: Date/Year of Stamp set issue: 17.02.2022:
About Experience Nature – Nieuwkoopse Plassen:
On 21.02.2022, PostNL has brought out the "Experience Nature - Nieuwkoopse Plassen issue" - a sheet of ten stamps in ten different designs.
The denomination on these stamps is ‘1’, the denomination for items weighing up to 20g destined for the Netherlands.
The stamp sheet about the Nieuwkoopse Plassen is part of the multi-annual Experience nature 2021-2023 series, and is the second issue this year.
In the series, four stamp sheets are issued every year, each comprising ten different stamps. The stamps feature images of plants and animals in unique Dutch nature reserves across the country.
In 2022, it is the turn of the provinces of Zeeland, Zuid-Holland, Limburg and Gelderland.
The stamp sheet issued earlier this year (03.01.2022) was about Fort Ellewoutsdijk in Zeeland.
Later this year, stamps will be issued featuring the chalk landscape of the Sint-Pietersberg in Zuid-Limburg (13.06.2022) and the Leuvenum Woods on the Veluwe in Gelderland (15.08.2022).
The Nieuwkoopse Plassen, situated in the centre of Zuid-Holland:
The 21.02.2022 issue focusses on the low peatlands of the Nieuwkoopse Plassen, situated in the centre of Zuid-Holland.
The Nieuwkoopse Plassen nature reserve covers an area of around 1400 hectares, most of which is owned by Vereniging Natuurmonumenten.
The lakes were created by peat extraction, which started in the 16th century.
In addition to the larger Zuideinderplas and Noordeinderplas, it also has a number of smaller lakes and watercourses with names such as Maarten Freekenwei, Weide van Vliet, Armengat, Bleigaten, Poeltje and Noordse Plassen.
This expansive low peatland bog is home to numerous unusual plants and animals. For example, the area is home to significant populations of purple herons, fen orchids and Tundra voles.
In addition to its lakes, ponds and watercourses, the area also has many reed beds, especially in the eastern part.
This is also the location of Lusthof De Haeck; an old remnant of swamp forest with paths, bridges and views of the surrounding lakes.
The Nieuwkoopse Plassen are still under development. The Ruygeborg – a new natural area between Nieuwkoop and Noorden – has been in development since 2012, for example.
In combination with the Groene Jonker – a wetland area created near Zevenhoven in 2008 – it is now an ecological link with the Vinkeveense Plassen.
The Stamp Sheet:
The stamp sheet also features many more images of flora and fauna from this area. These are featured as transparent images in a separate graphic layer: spoonbill (top right), white water lily (top centre), gadwall (top centre right), grebe (centre left) and bitterling (bottom left and right). These transparent images cross the perforations and connect the stamps with each other and the sheet edge.
On the sheet, the ten plants and animals are depicted in their natural environment, each on their own stamp.
In some cases, the image or background colour continues onto the adjacent stamp and onto the sheet edge. All photos are incorporated in a graphic layer of different-sized overlapping circles, which break through the boundaries of the perforations.
The circle pattern returns as small droplets on the sheet edge and the tabs. There is another graphic layer on top of the circles featuring transparent images of animals and plants from this area. The monochrome images are almost abstract and link the stamps.
The two First Day Covers FDCs issued in the set showcasing five stamps each.
The two Presentation Packs (PP)
Technical details:
Issue Date: 21.02.2022
Designer: Frank Janse, Gouda
Printer: Cartor Security Printers, Meaucé-La Loupe, France
Process: Offset
Colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black
Sizes: Stamp Size(s): 40.00 mm x 30.00 mm
Sheet Size: 122.00 mm x 170.00 mm
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