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Netherlands.

Steve Hiscocks wrote:
Hexagonal telegraph stamps of the same design but of various values were issued from 1877 to 1903 and used up to 1920 — a period of 43 years. They
were used both internally and sold to the public. On use the most common cancellation was a neat round hole of 5mm diameter together with a cross
in blue crayon. Other pencil cancellations are known. Also known are square holes, which are scarce, and Post Office hand stamps which are very scarce.

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1877 - 1903 White wove paper. No watermark, perf. 13½
Values overprinted in black (cents) or red (guilders).

Most of set used, courtesy of Henri Bertrand (Riqueton on delcampe).

 

25c, H7	used 25c, H7 (broken "2" ?)	1g, H11 Mint	2g, H12 Mint
Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions Europe.	Image courtesy of Rolf Lamprecht.	Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions Europe.

 

1g, H11 Specimen courtesy of Robert (stamprobert on eBay. 2 g, H12 Specimen courtesy of Robert (stamprobert on eBay.

Hisc. Description Mint Used H1 1c dull mauve and black (1.11.79) 16.00 5.00 H1a         imperf. (proof) 100.00 - *H1b         value inverted (only one known) - - H2 3c dull mauve and black (1.11.79) 16.00 5.00 H3 5c dull mauve and black (1.11.79) 16.00 1.50 H4 12½c dull mauve and black (1877) 80.00 15.00 H5 15c dull mauve and black (1877) 40.00 8.00 H6 20c dull mauve and black (1877) 40.00 2.50 H7 25c dull mauve and black (1903) 400.00 150.00 H8 30c dull mauve and black (1877) 70.00 4.00 H9 50c dull mauve and black (1877) 80.00 4.00 H10 60c dull mauve and black (1877) 80.00 7.00 H11 1g dull mauve and red (1877) 300.00 7.00 H12 2g dull mauve and red (1877) 320.00 40.00 Two unusual punch holes courtesy of K. Zwart.

Telegraph piece from Rolf Lamprecht.

Specimens are about GBP£ 70.00 each.

Hiscocks added the following 3 notes: *Note 1. Only one copy of No. 1(b) is known. Note 2. There are slight shade variations in the series. Note 3. Colour trials (without value overprints) are known in blue, bistre, lilac, yellow, rose and brown. * Jan Verster has informed me that this has now been shown to be a forgery and is no longer listed in the NVPH Catalogue (the Netherlands Speciality Catalogue). I am told that H1b was sold in 1922 in the Ferrari Auction.

 

A set of mostly used, with the 25c unpunched and including a certificate. David Gottesman of the Cinderella Stamp Club tells me that they normally have on offer telegraphic items in their auctions, and that this is an example from their current offerings (ending 7th October 2023). Their website is new and still (21 August 2023) under construction, though does have some information. I for one am glad that they are putting it together as the club is well known and respected. David says "it is a members only auction, at present £18 per year for UK. It is going up to £25 in 2024 but there will then be an option for getting the magazines online at £15 per year."

According to John Barefoot, colour trials were made of sheets with only the top row having value of 50c or 1G surcharged.
These trials were made in grey-bistre, orange-brown, blue, red-brown, rose-carmine, grey, yellow. lilac and green.
He quotes a price without value as £10 and with value as £20. Personally, I think that undervalues them.

Blue colour trial. Courtesy of Paul & Les Bottomley.	Orange colour trial. From Rolf Lamprecht.

The following is a selection of these offered as lot 1343 of auction 654 of Van Dieten Stamp Auctions.

Described as Orange-Brown, as is the 50c to the right.		Blue.
Images courtesy of of Van Dieten Stamp Auctions.

 

Telegraph Seals.

Courtesy of Robert Poposki.

   
2 RIJKSTELEGRAAF seals, and a 'GOUVERNEMENTS POST-EN TELEGRAAFDIENST'.
That's 2 State Telegraphs and a 'Governmental Post and Telegraph Service'.

Steve Hiscocks made a start on cataloguing seals of the world in a book he published in 2007.
It was his hope to update it later, but unfortunately that was not to be.
His original book can be viewed at Telegraph Seals: A World Catalogue. There are links from the pages to my updates.

Alternatively you can view the latest page for The Netherlands.

 

Related items:

1921 Telegram from Penang, Malaysia to Medan, Indonesia Via Eastern.
with a 'Governmental Post-Telegraph and Telephone Service' seal.
 
Images courtesy of sephil.asia on ebay.

 

Stationery.

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Model B¹	Model D.	Model 17 to 1910	Model 17 to 1920	Model 17 to 1930	T 17 to 1940	T 17 to 1950	T 17 to 1960	T 17 to 1970	T 17 to 1980	Model T1	Model T2

 

Model B¹

Royal Telegraphs (Model B¹.), 1859

Courtesy of Les Bottomley.

 

Model D

Rhijn-Railway Company (Model D.), 1864

Courtesy of Les Bottomley.

 

Model 17

Telegram with pre-filled date of 189_ from London to (Ontvangen te) Rotterdam dated 1890.
15 codes at the top, Nothing printed on the back.

A simple imprint of "Model n°. 17." at the bottom.

 

Telegram from Rotterdam to Amsterdam.
10 codes at the top, year pre-filled as "190..."    Nothing printed on the back.

No visible imprint, but one could have been cut off. Going by pre-filled years and number of codes, it fits here.

 

Telegram with imprint date of 1910 from Cologne to Zandvoort in 1911.
Only 9 codes at the top, year pre-filled as "191...".  Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-left of "Model N°. 17*. / L. 226. 10." for 1910.		The "L." numbers are a bit of a puzzle. They appear on nearly all of these forms from 1910 to 1972, though the "L" was dropped about 1970. Some forms from 1918 to 1920 did not have it. I thought at one time that it related to the Telegraph office the forms were intended for, but the same office had different numbers even in the same year, 1916, L1753 I have examples used at Dordrecht and Vlissingen. Amsterdam for example had 2 numbers in 1933, though they were different styles. I think they must relate to orders from the printer in agiven year. From around the 1950's a 6-digit number plus letter was also added. I listed what I have:
		L226   1910 Zandvoort L412   1910 Sneek L135   1912 bijk. Hobbemastraat, Amsterdam L1265 1913 Leeuwarden L293   1914 Amsterdam L2335 1914 Gouda L1311 1916 Gouda L1753 1916 Dordrecht + Vlissingen     -      1918 Zwolle L2150 1918 Amsterdam     -      1919 Groningen L358   1919 Amsterdam     -      1920 Alphen aan den Rijn L1260 1922 Vlissingen L282   1933 Amsterdam L1045 1933 Amsterdam L1046 1933 Wemeldinge	L2262 1934 Amsterdam L455   1937 Eindhoven L1950 1937 The Hague L2637 1943 Groningen K983 L2564 1944 Gouda K983 L 211 1945 Amsterdam K983 L 3612 1948 Enschede L 2650 1948 Amsterdam L 3991 1948 Niewbuinen L 1310 (808233b) Utrecht (used 1961) L 1223 1962 (206005e) Vught L 1224 1962 (206039e) Arnhem L 2404 VIII 1967 (707598f) Gramsbergen L 1461 V 1968 (806353F) Hoorn(Tersch)     1087 1972 205169F Zwanenburg     1003 1974 405982F Utrecht

 

Telegram with imprint date of 1910 from Amsterdam to Sneek in 1910.
9 codes at the top. Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-left of "Model N°. 17*. / L. 412. '10." for 1910.

 

Telegram with imprint date of 1912 from Amsterdam (on the strip) to "bijk. Hobbemastraat", Amsterdam in 1913.
No "Aangenomen" section needed due to the use of strips. Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-left of "Model n°. 17. / L. 135. '12." for 1912.

 

Telegram with imprint date of 1913 from Berlin to Leeuwarden in 1914.
Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-left of "Model n°. 17. / L. 1265. '13." for 1913.

 

 

Telegram with imprint date of 1914 from Amsterdam to Amsterdam in January 1915.
Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-left of "Model n°. 17*. / L. 293. '14." for 1914.

 

 

Telegram with imprint date of 1914 from Veenendaal to Gouda in 1915.
Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-left of "Model n°. 17*. / L. 2335. '14." for 1914.

 

Telegram with imprint date of 1916 from Amsterdam to Gouda in 1916.
"Nadruk verboden." (Copying forbidden) has been added at the top of the right side. In 1918 it changes to "NADRUK IS VERBODEN". It then stays.
In Belgium, this is implemented by "Law of 13-10-1930" (Form TG7 in the 1950's)
Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-left of "Model n°. 17*. / L. 1311. '16." for 1916.

 

Telegram with imprint date of 1916 from Chicago to Dordrecht in 1916.
Nothing printed on the back. I have another example used at Vlissingen.

An imprint at bottom-left of "Model n°. 17*. / L. 1753. '16." for 1916.

This form appears to be the same as the last except fot having one extra line for the message, and "L1753" instead of "L1311".

 

Telegram with imprint date of 1918 from Zwolle to Zwolle [sic] in 1923.
Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-left of "Model nr. 17*. / 1918." for 1918.No L number.

 

New style State Telegram with imprint date of 1918 from Zandvoort to Amsterdam in 1920.
10 codes. Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-right of "MODEL NR. 17*L. 2150 1918." for 1918.

Below that is "Nadruk is Verboden" meaning "Copying is prohibited"

 

State Telegram with imprint date of 1919 from Utrecht to Groningen in 1920(?)
Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-right of "MODEL NR. 17*    1919." - No L number.

Below that is "Nadruk is Verboden" meaning "Copying is prohibited"

 

Different Style (using strips) State Telegram with imprint date of 1919 from Vliszingen to Amsterdam in 1919.
Nothing printed on the back.

A different style imprint at bottom-left of "MODEL 17, L, 358. 1919."

"Nadruk is Verboden" is bottom-right.

 

State Telegram with imprint date of 1920 from Amsterdam to Alphen aan den Rijn (on the banks of the Old Rhine), used in 1920(?)
Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-right of "MODEL NR. 17*    1920."

Below that is "Nadruk is Verboden" meaning "Copying is prohibited"

 

State Telegram with imprint date of 1922 from "Elst G"? to Vlissingen, used in 1925.
Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-right of "MODEL NR. 17* L. 1260 1922."

Below that is "Nadruk is Verboden" meaning "Copying is prohibited"

 

 

An asymmetric State Telegram with imprint date of 1933 from Amsterdam to Amsterdam, used in ? - year not stated.
For use by "HOLLANDRADIO"

An imprint at bottom-left of "MODEL T. 17. L 282. 1933."


The back now has a 1933 date-stamp and HOLLANDRADIO information.

 

 

A symmetrical State Telegram with imprint date of 1933 from 'S Gravenhage (The Hague) to Amsterdam, used in 1933.
For use by "HOLLANDRADIO"

An imprint at bottom-left of "MODEL T. 17. L 1045. 1933."


The back has a 1933 date-stamp and HOLLANDRADIO information.

 

 

A symmetrical State Telegram with imprint date of 1933 from Roermond to Wemeldinge, used in 1933(? no indication)
For use by "HOLLANDRADIO"

An imprint back at bottom-right of "MODEL T 17* L 1046. '33." for 1933.


The back has no date-stamp, but HOLLANDRADIO information.

 

 

A State Telegram with imprint date of 1934 from The Hague to Amsterdam, used in 1935.
For use by "HOLLANDRADIO"

An imprint, back at bottom-left of "MODEL T 17. L 2262 - 1934."

 

 

A State Telegram with imprint date of 1937 from Neuilly sur Seine, France to The Hague, used in 1937.
For use by "HOLLANDRADIO"

An imprint, back at bottom-left of "MODEL T 17. L 1950 - 1937."


The back has a 1937 date-stamp, and new HOLLANDRADIO information.


The new information contains more telephone numbers.

 

A State Telegram with imprint date of 1937 to Eindhoven, used in 1937.
For use by "HOLLANDRADIO"

An imprint at bottom-right has "MODEL T 17^* L 455  ’37"

The back has information about HOLLANDRADIO.

 

An asymmetrical, Klein (small) State Telegram with imprint date of 1943 from Oudgastel to Groningen.
Year used unknown.

An imprint at bottom-right has "MODEL T 17 (Klein) L 2637 - 1943"
Underneath that is "Bedrijfsnummer 0/1902/0407     K 983", the Company number.


The back has new, much reduced Information.

 

A Klein (small) State Telegram with imprint date of 1944 from Amsterdam to Gouda.
Used in 1946.

An imprint at bottom-right has "MODEL T 17* (Klein) L 2564 - 1944"
Underneath that is "Bedrijfsnummer 0/1902/0407     K 983", the Company number (as last).


The back has the much reduced Information.

 

An asymmetrical, Klein (small) State Telegram with imprint date of 1945 from Haifa, Israel to Amsterdam.
Used in 1946.

An imprint at bottom-right has "MODEL T  17 (Klein)  L 211 - 1945"
Underneath that is "Bedrijfsnummer 0/1902/0407     K 983", the Company number (as last).


The back has a 1946 hand-stamp, "AFS", and the much reduced Information.

 

An asymmetrical, Klein (KL, small) State Telegram with imprint date of 1948 from Breda to Enschede.
Used in 1949. For use by "HOLLANDRADIO".

An imprint at bottom-center covered by a strip, enhanced has "MOD T  17 (KL)  - L 3612-'48" for 1948.


The back has "HOLLANDRADIO" Information.

 

An asymmetrical, Klein (KL, small) State Telegram with imprint date of 1948 from Liverpool, England to Amsterdam.
Now with a panel on the left for a date-time stamp. Used in 1949. For use by "HOLLANDRADIO".

An imprint at bottom-center has "MOD T  17 (KL)  - L 2650-'48" for 1948.


The back has a 1946 hand-stamp, "AFS", and new "HOLLANDRADIO" Information. Also an unusual seal advertising summer postage stamps.

 

A State Telegram with imprint date of 1948 from Sheffield, England to Niewbuinen.
Used in 1949. For use by "HOLLANDRADIO".

An imprint at bottom-right has "MODEL T  17*  - L 3991 - '48" for 1948.


The back has only the new "HOLLANDRADIO" Information. Also the State seal.

 

An asymmetrical State Telegram in green, with a small undated imprint, probably 1960 or 1961 from Driebergen to Utrecht.
Used in 1961. For use by "HOLLANDRADIO".

An imprint at bottom-left has simply "T  17* - L 1310 (808233b)".


The back has a new "HOLLANDRADIO" Information panel in black, an address strip, and the State seal.

 

An asymmetrical State Telegram in green, with a small imprint of 1962 from Tilburg to Vught.
Year of use unmarked. For use by "HOLLANDRADIO" ?

An imprint at bottom-left has "T  17 - L 1223 - '62 (206005e)         52" for 1962.


The back the "HOLLANDRADIO" Information panel in black, an address strip, and the State seal.

 

An asymmetrical State Telegram in green, with a small imprint of 1962 from Hamburg to Arnhem. Used in 1963.
Date-stamp panel on left. For use by "HOLLANDRADIO" ?

The large rectangular date-box would have been added by the recipient.

An imprint at bottom-left has "T  17 - L 1224 - '62 (206039e)        2" for 1962.


The back the "HOLLANDRADIO" Information panel in black, an address strip, a telephone cachet, and the State seal.

 

A State Telegram, with a small imprint of 1967 from Harderwijk to Gramsbergen. Used in 1968.
Nothing printed on the back.

An imprint at bottom-left has "T  17* (200.000-VIII-'67) - L 2404 - 707598f " for August? 1967.

 

A State Telegram, with a small imprint of 1968 from Harlden to Hoorn(Tersch). Used in 1969.

An imprint at bottom-left has "T  17* (130.000-V-'68) - L 1461 - 806353F" for May? 1968.

The back has a large "TELEGRAM" and the receiving office stamp. Now with a P.T.T. seal.

 

A State Telegram, with a small imprint of 1972 from Cittavaticano (Vatican City, Rome) to Zwanenburg. Used in 1987 ?!

An imprint at bottom-left has "T  17* - 1087 - '72 - 205169F" for 1972.

The back has a large "TELEGRAM" and a new P.T.T. seal.

 

An asymmetric, green State Telegram, with a small imprint of 1974 from Saarburg, Saar to Utrecht. Used in ?
Date-stamp panel on left, but year not included.

An imprint at bottom-left has "T  17 - 1003 - '74 - 405982F       8 " for 1974.

The back has a large "TELEGRAM" and an address strip.

 

Model T 1

I suspect that all of these were for use in the extensive Dutch East Indies (Now Indonesia). Certainly the later ones were bi-lingual.
Interestingly I have seen nothing from the Dutch West Indies.

 

A Telegram of the Government Posts, Telegraphs and Telephone Service was used in 1923, from The Hague to Balikpapan, Borneo.
The top-left panel is the Indonesian version of the panel at top-right. Nothing on the back.

The top-right has :

 

A Telegram of the Government Posts, Telegraphs and Telephone Service was used in 1930, from Bandoeng (Bandung, West Java) to Buitenzorg (Bogor), West Java.
This is totally in Dutch. Nothing on the back.

The top-right has the Form number, with now an impint at the bottom-left reading "L. E. 30—10—9—188.".
     

 

An asymmetrical Telegram of 1935, used in 1936, from Batavia (Jakarta, Java) to Buitenzorg (Bogor), West Java.
The top flap advertises Boat Telegrams.

Impints at the bottom-right read "E. 1935—214—A 0/20—80.           St—1073—34".

The back is bi-lingual.

 

An asymmetrical Telegram of 1937, used in 1937, from Singapore to Buitenzorg (Bogor), West Java.
The top flap advertises Boat and plane Telegrams.

Impints at the bottom-right read "E. 1937—211—A 0/20—80.           St—1939—36".
     
The back is bi-lingual.

 

An asymmetrical Telegram of 1938, used in 1938, from Palembang, South Sumatra to Soerabaja, East Java.
The top flap reads "Laat uw telegrammen telefonisch afleveren geen extra-kosten." meaning "Have your telegrams delivered by phone at no extra cost.".

Impints at the bottom-right read "E. 1938—377—A 0/20—80.           St—2975—37".
     
The back is bi-lingual.

 

 

Model T 2

Printed in red. There is a feint date-stamp, that with enhancement looks like 1927.