2738) "Flower Fields - Typically Dutch", Netherlands: PostNL (Netherlands Post) has issued a Postage Stamp of ‘Nederland 1’: Date of Stamp issue: 20.03.2023:
On 20.03.2023, PostNL has published the third set of stamps in the "Typically Dutch Stamp Series to be released in 2023.
The multi-annual series started in 2020 and, in 2023, will be dedicated to a variety of sights and attractions that are significant for and typical of the Netherlands.
The six identical postage stamps are marked ‘Nederland 1’, the denomination for items weighing up to 20g destined for the Netherlands.
As part of this stamp series, stamps featuring "Museums" (02 January) and "Mills" (13 February) were published earlier this year.
Stamps featuring "Cheese Markets" (15 May) and the "Wadden Mud Flats (14 August) will follow later this year.
About Flower Fields in Netherlands:
The first flower fields were created between Leiden and Haarlem on geest lands around 1850.
Geest land soil consists of sand mixed with clay or peat, a type of soil that proved very suitable for growing flower bulbs.
Such bulb fields can also be found elsewhere in the Netherlands, including in northern Noord-Holland, near Venlo, on Texel, in north-western Friesland, in the Noordoost Polder and on the Zeeland and Zuid-Holland islands.
The flowering of the fields annually attracts around 2 million tourists.
After the crocuses in February, tulips, daffodils and hyacinths bloom from March to May. In late summer, gladioli, dahlias, carnations and asters take over for the next colourful period.
Flowers may be lovely, but really, cultivation is all about the bulbs themselves multiplying underground.
The floriculture of flowers and plants is an important economic sector in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands also plays an important role in the trade of flowers grown elsewhere.
52 percent of the world trade in cut flowers, both home grown and imported from other countries, passes through Dutch hands.
The "FloraHolland Cooperation" is the world’s largest flower auction, handling over 90 per cent of Dutch trade.
The history of Dutch flower culture dates back to the 16th century, when the Tulip first arrived in the Netherlands.
The famous flower originated in the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkiye) and was first planted by Carolus Clusius in the hortus botanicus in Leiden.
Its name, Tulip, also comes from the East.
Ottoman sultans wore the flower on their turban – "dūlbend" in Persian – which is what the word tulip is derived from, meaning white tulip.
The Stamp Sheet:
The "Typically Dutch – Flower Fields Stamp Sheet" features colourful illustrations of stylised Tulips.
Each stamp features three tulips side by side. The stem and leaves of the tulip on the left and right continue on the stamp below.
The iconic shapes of the tulips are grouped in a tight pattern across the stamps.
The pattern is interrupted on the sheet edge. The background of the stamp sheet and stamps is a soft shade of green.
The other colours match the background - purple, yellow and pink for the tulips’ flowers, dark green for the stem and leaves.
Along the bottom of each stamp runs a white strip containing the sorting hook, the year 2023, the country (Nederland) and the denomination (1).
The logo for the Typically Dutch Series is printed above each stamp, with a folded Dutch banner on the left and right.
The Typically Dutch logo appears once more on the top edge of the sheet, while the right edge features a short explanatory text.
The title of this issue on flower fields in the Netherlands is printed in dark green on the sheet border between the large pictorial logo at the top of the stamp sheet and the stamps.
The First Day Cover (FDC) shows cultivated flower fields at left with the title - "BLOEMENVELDEN" (meaning "Flower Field").
At top right is affixed a single stamp cancelled with a special Handstamp/Postmark showing flowers in the centre. The date of cancellation is - "20.03.2023".
Technical Details:
Date of Stamps issue: 20.03.2023
Stamp size: 40.00 mm x 30.00 mm:
Sheet size: 122.00 mm x 170.00 mm
Paper: normal with phosphor print
Gum: gummed
Printing technique: offset
Printing colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK)
Print run: 75,000 sheets
Appearance: sheet of 6 stamps in 6 identical designs
Designers: Adam Lane and Edwin van Praet, Total Design, Amsterdam
Printer: Cartor Security Printers, Meaucé-La Loupe, France
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