COVER N.94 - NETHERLANDS

Postmark: Zwolle - 4APR22
Posted on the 4th April; received on the 11th April 2022
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A rather ..Royal cover, landed on my letterbox today.  Although being a firm believer in the Republic, I of course have nothing against those  who still defend the monarchy as the best  political system for their countries, and I can understand people feeling attached to their royals  as a cultural and social trait, even if I wouldn’t trade my right to vote for the one who represents me rather than being  represented and the subject  of someone who inherits that  particular circumstance..anyway,  again stamps can further  thoughts, discussions, debate... not bad for a little square of printed paper, right?

Thank you so much Roelof, for a nice cover with several stamps on it and a nice postcard (#72) inside.

Stamps, let to right:

Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand, born in Utrech in 1967, married Maxima Cerruti, an Argentinian, born in Buenos Aires in 1971, on the 2nd february 2002. After the abdication of his mother, Queen Beatrix, William would be crowned King of the Dutch on April 2003.

 

The first two stamps are part of a minisheet of 2 rows of 5 0,39€ stamps celebrating the Royal family, issued on 23JUN2004, and they depict the Royal couple with their youngest of their three daughters, princess   Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, the Princess of Orange, and heir to the throne, born on the 7th December 2003.

Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, is also the subject of the souvenir sheet  with a single 0,39€ stamp issued on 16DEC2003, celebrating her birth.

The last stamp shows the National Monument in Amsterdam and was issued on 09AUG2005 as part of series called Mooi Neerland under which 10 0,39€ stamps were issued in 2005.