3190) "Dogs - Typically Dutch", Netherlands: PostNL (Netherlands Post) has issued a Postage Stamp of ‘Nederland 1’ in its "Typically Dutch Stamp Series", which commenced in 2020: Date of Stamp issue: 12.02.2024:
PostNL released the Typical Dutch - Cows stamp sheetlet on 02.01.2024.
The issue was the 1st of this year in the Typically Dutch series. The multi-year series started in 2020 and will be dedicated in 2024 to the animals we know best and are closest to us.
The 6 identical stamps have value "Nederland 1" for mail up to and including 20 grams with a destination within the Netherlands.
In the Typically Dutch series, stamp sheets will appear later this year on the subjects of dogs (February 12), horses (March 25), songbirds (May 13) and cats (August 12).
On 12.02.2024, PostNL has published the "Typically Dutch – Dogs Stamp Sheet".
This issue is the second in the Typically Dutch series this year.
Typically Dutch – Dogs was designed by Adam Lane, Executive Creative Director Edwin van Praet and Concept Director Huub van Veenhuijzen from Total Design in Amsterdam.
The design was created using artificial intelligence and features figurines in the shape of Delftware pottery. The second issue in the Typically Dutch series is about dogs and was published on 12.02.2024.
A dog is a mammal that belongs to the canine family and a domesticated subspecies of the wolf.
For many years now, man has used the dog as a guard dog, companions, shepherd dogs, draught animals, police dogs, assistance dogs and hunting dogs. The Dutch love dogs.
The precise number of dogs in the Netherlands is unknown, but estimates suggest around 1.9 million, which works out at one per four households on average.
Across the world, there are around 350 breeds of dog. Roughly one quarter of all dogs in the Netherlands are purebred.
Their interests are safeguarded by the Dutch Kennel Club, which keeps the pedigree records.
A small number of purebred dogs are typically Dutch, such as the "Drentsche Patrijshond", the "Stabyhoun", the "Dutch Shepherd", the "Kooikerhondje", the "Markiesje", the "Saarloos Wolfdog", the "Schapendoes" and the "Frisian Water Dog".
Koninklijke Hondenbescherming (the Dutch Society for the Protection of Dogs) feels a responsibility towards all Dutch dogs.
Since 2013, the society has championed the legal requirement to have all new dogs in the Netherlands chipped. Since 2021, breeders are also legally obliged to register their puppies and apply for an EU passport for them.
The Stamp Sheets:
Each stamp on the Typically Dutch – dogs stamp sheet features two dogs sitting next to each other on their hind legs.
The portrait takes the form of a figurine made from shiny Delftware pottery.
The image of the two dogs was created using the AI programme Midjourney, which produces images based on textual descriptions.
At the bottom of each stamp is the sorting hook, the year 2024, 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. Another cutout of the stamp image is repeated in a larger size on the left sheet edge.
The Typically Dutch logo is repeated again on the top sheet edge, alongside with a brief explanation of the relationship between man and dog in the Netherlands to its right.
The Nexa Thin and Nexa Rust (Svet Simov, Fontfabric, 2012) fonts have been used for the text on the stamps and stamp sheet.
Typically Dutch – dogs was designed by Total Design. This Amsterdam-based design agency has been responsible for the Typically Dutch series since 2020. For the 2024 series, PostNL asked Total Design to expand on the Delftware theme by combining photography and illustrations. Delftware did end up on the stamps, but with a contemporary twist.
Technical details:
Issue Date: 12.02.2024
Designer: Adam Lane, Edwin van Praet and Huub van Veenhuijzen from Total Design, Amsterdam
Printer: Cartor Security Printers, Meaucé-La Loupe, France
Process: Offset
Colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK)
Size:
Stamp size: 40.00 mm x 30.00 mm.
Sheet size: 122.00 mm x 170.00 mm
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