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Years of Issue: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008-2010 2009 2010 2010-2011 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 years unknown

A number of these stamps was ordered at the Dutch postal services (TNTpost - PostNL) by private persons. I don't know the number of stamps in a series or the exact date of isssue of these stamps which were ordered by private persons.

2003

2003 (1): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Two stamps of 0,39 euros showing two locos. One is the so-called Camel and the other is an e-loco from the 1200 series. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline No entry in official catalogue.

2003 (2): Personalised stamps with tram in Ouddorp A stamps of 0,39 euros showing an RTM tram in Ouddorp. RTM stands for Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij, the Rotterdam Tramway Company. Immediately after the discontinuation of the RTM tram services in 1966, a surprising amount of equipment was saved from the demolition hammer with the help of enthusiastic private individuals. A unique museum was created: the long distance tram company of the RTM. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline No entry in official catalogue.

20-05-2003 (3): Personalised stamps with trams in The Hague. Three stamps of 0,39 euros showing The Hague tram on personalized tab. Designers: Petra Janssen and Edwin Vollebergh print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with phosphorescent beam Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: 14½ : 12¾ edition: 575,000 sheets Catalogue numbers: / Stanley Gibbons MS2314a / Michel 2112-2121KB / Yvert Tellier 2036-2045 / NVPH 2187-2188-2190; complete sheet: V2182-2191 / Scott

20-05-2003 (4): Personalised stamp with tram in Rotterdam A stamp of 0,39 euros showing Rotterdam tram on personalized tab. Designers: Petra Janssen and Edwin Vollebergh print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with phosphorescent beam Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: 14½ : 12¾ edition: 575,000 sheets Catalogue numbers: / Stanley Gibbons MS2314a / Michel 2112-2121KB / Yvert Tellier 2036-2045 / NVPH V2182-2191 / Scott

2004

2004: Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Two stamps of 0,39 euros showing two locos. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline No entry in official catalogue.

2004: Personalised stamp with tab Tab with a model steam locomotive going with a stamp of 0,29 euros. Designer: Eat print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 29 eurocents Perforation: comb perforation 13˝ : 12ľ Catalogue numbers: / Stanley Gibbons / Michel 2274 / Yvert Tellier 2178 / NVPH 2316 / Scott

2005

2005: Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Two stamps of 0,39 euros showing two locos, on the left one from 1946 and on the right one from 1936. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline No entry in official catalogue.

2006

2006 (1): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Two stamps of 0,39 euros showing two locos. An elongated interregion train on a bridge and an e-loco 1600 series. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline No entry in official catalogue.

2006 (2): Personalised stamp: tram A 0,39 euros stamp showing one of the blue trams of the NZH (Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij) Designer: Studio Dumbar print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: 13:13¼ No entry in official catalogue.

2007

2007: Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing two locos, a so-called dog's head and an elongated interregion train with an NOC.NSF (Dutch Olympic committee) advertisement. Designer: Hans van Halem print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline No entry in official catalogue.

2007 (2): Personalised stamps with Märklin train models Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing two Märklin model locos. Designer: Hans van Halem print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline No entry in official catalogue.

2007 (3): Personalised stamps with Dutch trains Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing two Dutch locos. Designer: Hans van Halem print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline No entry in official catalogue.

2007 (4): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Postal Services (TNT) Two stamps of 0,44 euros in commemoration of the opening of the first Dutch railway line: Amsterdam - Haarlem. These stamps were issued in a set of 100 stamps: 2 stamps per historical event. The fifty historical events comprise the canon of Dutch history. They were only available in sheets by subscription. Although they could be used as postage stamps, hardly anybody did so. They were stuck away in collectors' albums. They were included in a catalogue of Dutch personalized stamps and therefore I chose to categorize them here and not as cinderellas. Designer: Studio Dumbar print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: 13:13¼ Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2489-A-57 and 2489-A-58

2007 (5): Personalised stamps with trains A 0,44 euros stamp with old and new trains. No entry in official catalogue.

2007 (6): Personalised stamps with model trains A 0,44 euros stamps with two model locomotives and one industrial loco. No entry in official catalogue.

2007 (7): Personalised stamps with an industrial locomotive A 0,44 euros stamp with an industrial loco, probably French. No entry in official catalogue.

2008

2008 (1): Personalised stamp of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) A stamp of 0,44 euros showing a 600 diesel loco. Designer: Max Kisman print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: various No entry in official catalogue.

2008 (2): Personalised stamps of the Stamp Passion Event in Den Bosch Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing Den Bosch railway station and its conspicuous dragon in the roundabout in front of it. The complete set consists of ten stamps showing scenes in Den Bosch. Designer: Max Kisman print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: various No entry in official catalogue.

2008 (3): personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Two stamps of 0,44 euros: Heemstede, 25 May 1974. TEE train 1003 rode to Switzerland as the last Edelweiss (photograph by Nico Spilt). Tynaarlo, 6 August2005. Locomotor 291 at Café-Restaurant Perron 3 (photograph by Bas Jantzen). Designer: Studio Dumbar print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: 13:13¼ No entry in official catalogue.

2008 (4): personalised stamps with Randstadrail rolling stock Three stamps of 0,44 euros showing Randstadrail trams, operating in the Rotterdam-The Hague area.. Designer: Max Kisman print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: various No entry in official catalogue.

2008 (5): personalised stamps of the National Railway Museum The National Railway Museum at the old Maliebaan station in Utrecht is promoted by these two stamps. Designer: Max Kisman print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: various No entry in official catalogue.

2008 (6): personalised stamp: Hofpleinline centenary In 2008 it was a hundred years ago that the first electric tram of the ZHESM came into service between Rotterdam Hofplein and Scheveningen. No entry in official catalogue.

2008 (7): personalised stamp with Märklin model loco Märklin model of an NS 1200 series loco. No entry in official catalogue.

2008 (8): set of 5 personalised stamps with historical locos A set of five stamps with historical Dutch locomotives. The first shows NS 1643, the third shows NS 3920, the fourth NS 3815 and the fifth NS 5554. No entry in official catalogue.

2008 (9): set of 4 personalised stamps with Philotrain model locos A set of four stamps with Philotrain model locomotives. The first shows NS 3737, the second NS P 4045 mailcarriage 3-axle. Number three is NS P 6021 mail carriage 4-axle and the fourth shows NS Plan-D mail carriage. Philotrain is a manufacturer of handcrafted brass railway models in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. They manufacture rail and tramway models in scales 0 (1 / 43.5) and H0 (1/87) after Dutch and European examples. No entry in official catalogue.

2008-2010

2008/2009/2010: Transport Museum Haarlem Blue tram of the Haarlem Transport Museum. No entry in official catalogue.

2009

2009 (1): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing a sprinter train and Thalys HST. No entry in official catalogue.

2009 (2): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) One stamp of 0,44 euros showing an e-loco 1000 series and one with the club's logo. The third shows the NS Head Quarters/Main Office building in Utrecht No entry in official catalogue.

2010

2010 (1): Personalised stamps Antverpia Stamp Expo This stamp of 0,44 euros shows Thalys alongside the platform at Antwerp Central Station. It was issued on occasion of the Antwerp 2010 international Stamp Exhibition "Antverpia" by TNT post, the Dutch postal services. The event was held in the Belgian city of Antwerp from Friday April 9th till Monday April 12th in 2010. Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2563-C-8

2010 (2): Personalised stamps Hertogpost Stamp Expo This stamp of 0,44 euros shows the so-called Moerputten bridge. Moerputten is an area of natural beauty between 's-Hertogenbosch and Waalwijk. It consists of marshland (Dutch "moer", English "moor"), which made it difficult to create a railway line through it. Still the "halvezolenlijn", as it is called, was built as a line for the transportation of goods between 1886 and 1890. In 1950 the passenger service stopped to exist and in 1972 it was closed down all together. Moerputten bridge is still there and may become part of a walkway in the future. De halvezolenlijn (English: half soles line) was called thus, because it connected several places with a flourishing shoe industry. It ran from Lage Zwaluwe to 's-Hertogenbosch. The area it ran through was also called "Langstraat", as the villages and small towns originated as a long row of buildings alongside only a few streets. No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (3): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Several stamps of 0,44 euros showing repectively: an old mailtrain + a new mail train a 2400 + a 600 diesel Thalys + a sprinter SLT a 2200 The Dutch postal service issued information leaflets on the mail trains in Dutch. They open in a new tab or window. They are here (mail trains of the sixties) and here (mail train of 1976) and here (mail train of 1989). No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (4): Personalised stamp of the Dutch society of persons interested in Railwayana (NVBS) Stamp issued on the occasion of the 8o years existence of the association. No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (5): Personalised stamps with historical trams Who issued these? From top to bottom: Amsterdam streetcar 429 line 1 at Prins Hendrikkade + Rotterdam Oostzeedijk (about 1900) Rotterdam horsedrawn tram(about 1900) + Zandvoort tram The Hague tram + The Hague tram (HTM) number 258 No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (6): Tram on a print by Anton Pieck Horsedrawn tram at Damrak in Amsterdam. No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (7): World Cup tram Orange tram on the occasion of the world cup competiton football in South Africa. It shows the line: We are proud of Orange. No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (8): Trams and metros and trains Several personalised tram and metro cars. This particular border was used from 2010 onward. From top to bottom : Utrecht tram + Amsterdam summer tram Rotterdam metro + Abellio NS RET tram (Rotterdam) + Utrecht tram Abellio is a subsidiary of NS for acquiring and profitably operating public transport concessions in the liberalized European market. Abellio provides bus and rail transport in Great Britain and rail transport in Germany and transports 1 million train and / or bus passengers every day. In Great Britain, Abellio implements the rail concessions for urban regional rail transport in and around Liverpool (Merseyrail) and for the rail transport in Scotland (ScotRail), West Midlands and Greater Anglia. Abellio also provides bus transport in London. In Germany, Abellio provides rail transport in the provinces of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Lower Saxony and from mid-2019 also in Baden-Württemberg. No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (9): 40 years Dutch association of railway museum friends The association of friends of the Dutch railway museum issued a sheet of ten stamps in 2010 showing a motor mail train (mP). No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (10): Ferphilex The Ferphilex stamp exhibition was held in Utrecht in 2010. No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (11): December stamps December stamps are less expensive than ordinary stamps, though personalised stamps are always a bit more expensive than ordinary ones. In 2010 the ordinary stamps were 0,44 euros each and the December stamps were 0,34 euros. The pictures speak for themselves I think. Designer: print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 0,44 euros Perforation: 13:13¼ No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (12): several Rotterdam trams and metro trains The following trams are shown: the first Rotterdam tram + RET 708 Rotterdam metro + Rotterdam tram Rotterdam tram + RET tram RET series 206 + modern tram The tram network in and around Rotterdam has nine lines that run daily and two that run on special occasions. The tram network is operated by the Rotterdam Electric Tram (RET). The track gauge is 1435 millimeters (standard gauge), the catenary voltage is 600 volts and the tram network is suitable for one-way trams. The RET has had two tramway companies in Rotterdam as its predecessor, the RTM and the RETM respectively. The RTM (Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij) was founded in 1878. The first horse tram in Rotterdam ran in 1879. The RTM ran until 1904 with horse trams and steam trams in and around the not yet so extensive city. In addition to the RTM, there were two smaller tram companies in and around Rotterdam. In 1882, the Schielandsche Tramweg-Maatschappij opened a horse tram line with 1067 mm gauge from Hofplein via Schiekade and Bergweg to Hillegersberg. The Schiedamsche Tramweg-Maatschappij opened a horse tram line in Schiedam in 1902 from the station via the Koemarkt to the Hoofdplein. This tram line had a gauge of 1000 mm. A new form of urban transport, the electric tram, came with the foundation of the new RETM (Rotterdamsche Electric Tramweg Maatschappij) in 1904. On September 18, 1905, the RETM started using the first electric tram line, line 1 Honingerdijk - Beurs - Park. Electricity was temporarily supplied by an emergency power station. On October 15, 1906, the municipality began supplying electricity from the new power station and the concession began to run for 21 years. The same year, five lines were added. In 1907 and 1908 more lines were added and the total came to nine lines. The maximum was reached in 1930 when the Rotterdam tram had 25 lines. The coaches were dark blue in the beginning, later cream and from the 1930s on yellow ocher. Since March 27, 1907, the horse tram to Overschie was the only remaining non-electric line of the RETM. The horse trams to Hillegersberg and Schiedam also continued to run. These were not part of the RETM network. The horse tram in Schiedam was discontinued on December 31, 1917 without replacement. The line to Hillegersberg became the property of the RETM in 1919. This converted the line in the years 1922 and 1923 to an electric tramline on standard gauge. On the line to Overschie the horse trams were gradually replaced in the years 1924 and 1925 by trams with petrol engines. In 1928 this line was replaced by a bus line. Since 1904, the RTM has exclusively provided transport from Rotterdam South to and from the South Holland and Zeeland islands with steam and diesel trams as well as an extensive fleet of ferries. After several years of negotiations, the RETM has transferred the tram company to the municipality. The Council decision fell on April 4, 1927 and on October 15 of that year, RETM became a municipal transport company and was named RET (Rotterdam Electric Tram). The 1,903 employees are employed by the municipality. In 1905 the first electric trams arrived in Rotterdam, the series 1-20. These motorcars with two slightly curved windows at the top and dark blue painted car bodies with brown side panels and many Art Nouveau motifs, were built by the Belgian firm Metallurgique from Hainaut. They are very similar to the first electric trams in The Hague (also series 1-20). The balconies are open so that the driver is exposed to all good and bad weather. 12 cars had long benches with a total of 20 seats and the other cross benches with a total of 19 seats. In 1912 these trams were painted cream and had closed balconies. In 1922 the 2 curved side windows were replaced by 6 small windows. These trams went out of service in 1931. Motor cars 1 and 11 have been preserved for posterity as museum trams and are ready to drive. The series consisted of two parts, 1-12 and 13-20. Car 11, which is still present, has cross benches, but it was originally car 17. Contrary to what was normal with the RET, that the box number determined the carriage number, for car 11 the truck number determined the carriage number. As in The Hague, the next series of trams for Rotterdam is large due to the enormous expansion of the tram network (see map). The trams from the series 21-126 have three side windows and long benches, in this case with a total of 18 seats. The "" series 21-70 "" was delivered by the Belgian company Ragheno in 1906. Another Belgian company delivered the "" series 71-90 "" the same year and the Metallurgique company also delivered the "" series 91-106 in 1906. "". In 1907 Allan from Rotterdam delivers the "" series 107-126 "". All these trams are delivered in dark blue colour but they are later painted cream. From the start, these trams already have a screened-off balcony. All these trams went out of service in the years 1931 to 1934. In 1908 the tram manufacturer Allan from Rotterdam built a follow-up series: 127-151. These too were first dark blue and later cream. This series was modernized by the RET in 1931 and 1932. They then got the new RET colours black and yellow ocher. In the years between 1938 and 1941 most of them were converted into trailers. The last ones went out of service in 1950. The motor cars 86 and 119 have been preserved as museum trams and are ready to drive. It is worth noting that car 119 also ran in yellow ocher with black. Series 152-176 entered service in 1913. These were trams with 4 side windows with two small ventilation windows above each window. They had 18 seats on cross benches. Due to material shortages caused by the First World War, the "" series 177-201 "" was not delivered until 1921. It concerned two sub-series that differed from each other by a slight difference in length and a greater distance between the two axes. They got their nickname 'Park wagons' because they first came into service on the then neat line 1 to the Park. In 1930 the cars were rebuilt and got the well-known black and ocher yellow equipment, doors and a pantograph as pantograph instead of a tow bar. In the Second World War, 7 cars were changed to trailers and received a 1 for the car number. In 1946 14 power cars were sold to HTM. The other trams went out of service around 1950. As a museum tram, the 192 has been preserved and restored in good condition (ex-sand motor car 2403). In 1924 the Delmez series was delivered, numbered 202-221 and built by Allan. In appearance they resemble the Hague series 800 with their 3 large and 2 three-quarter side windows. They were delivered with two single-axle bogies but during the renovation in the 1930s they got a fixed two-axle undercarriage. They were therefore the tallest two-axle vehicles that have served with the RET. Most trams in this series were taken out of service in 1956 and 1957. The 210 and 220 motor cars have been preserved as museum trams, only the 220 is operational. Between 1929 and 1931, the Rotterdam Electric Tram purchased a total of 170 four-axle electric motor cars. With the extension of line 5 to Schiebroek on January 25, 1969, their regular services came to an end; they continued to serve as rush-hour trams into the early 1970's. A few dozen wagons were used for a long time - the last until 2007 - as work wagons, some have been preserved as museum trams. The RET, which succeeded the RETM, received in its new director Dr. Ing. J.G.J.C. Nieuwenhuis a very progressive man. He modernized the Rotterdam tram with a large series of four-axle trams on two bogies. In 1929, the series 401-450, 12-meter trams, painted in black and yellow ocher, arrived with a large central balcony that accelerated entry and exit. Allan in Rotterdam, Talbot in (Aachen) and Werkspoor in Utrecht built and delivered the trams. Twenty trailers (1001-1020) were delivered by Allan and Beijnes in Haarlem. These were converted into series 451-470 motor cars in 1931. Another large order followed in 1931, the series 471-570, with more powerful engines, so that the RET now had 170 almost identical power cars that could be used on all lines. The 551-570 were built by Beijnes in Haarlem. The series 1001-1020 trailers (second series, built in 1931) were carried on heavily occupied lines 2 and 3. These trams were among the most modern in pre-war Europe. From 1943 a small series of motor cars followed, as one-way cars, the class 301-304, partly equipped with spare motors and partly with the strong engines of the 471-474 because these trams almost always ran with trailers. Two power cars destroyed by fire in 1943 were rebuilt in 1946 as one-way cars, identical to the 301-304, these became the 305 and 306. Four power cars did not survive the Second World War. Until the mid-1960s - in 1965 the weaker four-axle wagons 401-474 and the trailers had already been removed - these trams formed the backbone of the Rotterdam tram company. Many cars have been given a museum destination, including the Electric Museum Tram Line Amsterdam and the Open Air Museum in Arnhem. The 507 resides in Amsterdam, the 520, 535 and 536 reside in Arnhem. After the liberation, the RET purchased two prototypes of a more modern type of four-axle vehicles in 1948, the motor cars 571-572, renumbered 100-101 in 1950. They continued on the pre-war success of the four-axle vehicles. The series 102-135 followed in 1950-1951. This tram type built by Allan was already outdated because for years there had been experiments with other tram types, including trams (four-axle and articulated) with passenger circulation. Only the use of aluminum in the car bodies in this series can be seen as modern. The series had matching trailers, the series 1021-1056 delivered between 1948 and 1951, which formed a beautiful ensemble with 100-135. They were taken out of service between 1968 and 1983. The motor cars 109, 115, 123 and 130 have been preserved as museum trams, only the 123 and 130 are operational. Three of the trailers have been preserved: the 1040, 1042 and 1050. The 1042 is operational as a trailer with the 123, the 1050 is operational at the Tramline Nederlands Openluchtmuseum in Arnhem. In the 1950s the RET was looking for replacement trams to dispose of the last two-axle cars. These became the series 1-15 (1956; four-axle) and 231-244 (1957; six-axle). These two series were built by Wagonfabrik Schindler A.G. in Pratteln, (Switzerland). At the RET they had seen similar lightweight trams in Basel that made a big impression. They also wanted to introduce passenger circulation - get in at the back, pass a seated conductor and get out in front or in the middle. The cars were also the first with a lowered entrance. While for the classic four-axle vehicles two big steps were needed to get in, with the Schindlers passengers could suffice with one small step. Due to the multiple doors, passengers could no longer hinder each other when getting in and out, which accelerated the service. Unfortunately they were notable for their restless gait; they fluctuated. These trams were disposed of between 1982 and 1985. Two have been preserved for the museum, the 15 and 242. After the Schindlers, the Düsseldorf tram factory Düwag became the main supplier to the RET. The series 351-386 was the first bi-articulated series according to this already proven recipe. They were delivered in 1964. The series 251-274 was delivered in 1965 as a single-articulated variant. In 1975 this series was rebuilt into bi-articulated trams and renumbered 301-324. The single-articulated coaches of the series 601-635 built by Werkspoor from a few years later (1969) were almost all rebuilt in the eighties into bi-articulated cars; they received a "1" for their number and thus formed the series 1600. Many of the trams from the series 251-274, 351-386 and 600/1600 are still extensively rebuilt and repainted. Most were disposed of in the 1980s and 1990s; in 2003 they were last employed by the RET. A few trams of the 1600 series ended up in Romania after disposal. The 385, 608 and 1624 trams have been preserved in Rotterdam as museum trams. The 631 is located at the Dutch Open Air Museum tram line in Arnhem. 319 (ex-269) is located on the NDSM site in Amsterdam-Noord. In the 1980s, 100 new articulated trams in public transport yellow were delivered. These trams were numbered in the 700 and 800 series and replaced the old articulated trams from the 1950s and 1960s. These series were of a new concept, the type developed for the RET Floating Articulated Tram Car (ZGT). The 701-750 series has been completely rebuilt, while the 801-850 series uses the traction and control system of the 301-324 and 351-386 series. In the nineties, the Rotterdam colours green and white were introduced as the house colour (later replaced by green and silver). The last trams of the 800 series were taken out of service in June 2012. Some of the 800 series coaches have been sold to Gala?i in Romania. Almost all 700s were still in service until 2012. Of the 700's, the last copies were decommissioned and disposed of in 2015. The 717, 741 and 749 and the 819, 834 and 840 are now part of the collection of the RoMeO Foundation as a museum tram. As part of the HOV concept "TramPlus", the RET has purchased 60 Citadis 302 trams (5-piece) for 100 million euros. The Rotterdam version of the Citadis has a 100% low floor, is 2.40 meters wide and offers a seat for 63 passengers. At 31.5 meters, these were the longest trams in the Netherlands on delivery. On August 25, 2003, the Citadis was officially presented to the public. Since then, these trams have been used on tram line 20, later they were also used on lines 21, 23, 25 and 2. In 2007, the Citadis 2 was ordered, which are slightly shorter than the Citadis 302 coaches and are therefore suitable for the lines that have not (fully) been brought up to TramPlus level: lines 4, 7 and 8. These trams started to run in 2011 and are numbered in the 2100 series. The entire series was delivered in spring 2012; the RET now had 113 copies of the Citadis. In the meantime, one copy with collision damage has been disposed of. [source: wikipedia] No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (13): Personalised Decemberstamp of Christmas scene at the Hanze Line Train at Hanzelijn: The Hanzelijn is a fifty kilometer long railway between the Dutch towns of Lelystad and Zwolle. The railway runs through the provinces of Flevoland, Gelderland and Overijssel and has two newly built stations between the stations Lelystad Centrum and Zwolle, namely Dronten and Kampen Zuid. The name of the line is taken from the Hanseatic League, the medieval federation of trading cities of which Zwolle and Kampen were part. The Hanzelijn, completed in 2012, can be regarded as an extension of the Flevolijn, completed in 1988, which runs from Weesp station via Almere to Lelystad. The operation of both lines forms a single entity and is in the hands of the NS. The owner and manager of the stations and the railway is ProRail. No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (14): Personalised Decemberstamp of a steam loco Workhorse issued by...?? No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (15): Personalised stamp of the duckstad (Duck City) series Donald Duck's nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, playing with a train set. NVPH 2562-Ab-5

2010 (16): Personalised stamp with Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam On Sunday July 4th, 2010 Erasmus Bridge was the starting point of Tour de France. This bridge also serves tram traffic. No entry in official catalogue.

2010 (17): Personalised stamps with Amsterdam public transport: metro and tram Several trams and a metro train of the municipal transport company (GVB). Most of them in special livery. No entry in official catalogue.

2010-2011

2010/2011: Personalized of the narrow gauge railway centre The Narrow Gauge Railway centre is a museum in Erica in the province of Drenthe. Their website http://www.smalspoorcentrum.nl is promoted on the stamps. These three stamps show: Loco 73, a diesel loco from Spoorijzer in Delft, built in 1960. Type RT11 with a Farymann Diesel 1500 rpm. Loco 59, a diesel loco from Motor Rail Bedford (Simplex), built in 1958. Type 30HP with a 35 Hp Motor Dorman 2LB. Loco 55, a diesel loco from Moës Diesel, Waremme, Belgium. probably loco4, a diesel from Motorenfabrik DEUTZ AG, type OME 117F. built in 1939. museum entrance No entry in official catalogue.

2010/2011 (2): Personalised stamps with Dutch railway stations Two stamps: one with Soest station and one with Venlo station. No entry in official catalogue.

2011

2011 (1): Personalised stamps of locomotives Three stamps valued "1" (used for letters up to 20 grammes) showing Dutch railvehicles. The first stamp shows inspection vehicel De Kameel (the Camel). The second shows former Ns TEE diesel loco Nothlander. The third shows Dutch locomotive 3737 (built in 1911). Fourth is an NS 1100 loco. Fifth and sixth are the first Dutch locomotive "De Arend" (The Eagle). Last but not least is an NS 2200 loco. No entry in official catalogue.

2011 (2): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Four stamps valued "1" (used for letters up to 20 grammes) showing steam locos. The first stamp celebrates the 100th anniversary of Dutch locomotive 3737 (built in 1911 by Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel, Amsterdam) The second shows Loco SS 326 (built in 1888 by Beyer-Peacock in Manchester). Both locos are to be found in the Dutch National Railway Museum in Utrecht. The third is an 1100 Bumpnose (Dutch "botsneus") and the fourth a wetlands runner (Dutch "wadloper"). Fifth and sixth are a so-called "dog's head" + an ICE No entry in official catalogue.

2011 (3): Personalised stamps of Rotterdam Public Transport Company RET A set of ten stamps on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the Rotterdam Public Transport Company RET. No entry in official catalogue.

2011 (4): Personalised stamp sheet of the series Cities up to the Present (Steden tot Heden): Goes. By subscription one could get hold of this sheet about Goes. The third stamp on the sheet shows one of the passenger carriages of the Goes – Borsele line (SGB). The railway operates a fleet of seventeen locomotives: nine diesel engines, six steam engines, and two relatively unusual 1,500 volt Alstom electric engines. Additionally, three heritage diesel railcars are in service. The railway's headquarters are located at Goes. From here trains operate to 's-Gravenpolder, Nisse, Kwadendamme, Hoedekenskerke, and finally Baarland. When operating the service using vintage diesel railcars, trains call at all six stations. However, on steam operating days, trains call only at the stations in Goes, Kwadendamme, and Hoedekenskerke. On intensive service days the railway operates both steam trains and diesel railcar trains, but with the same rules about stations. Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2751-Ad-4

2011 (5): Personalised stamp of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) This stamp was issued on the occasion of a swap meeting. It shows a railway bridge near Zwolle. No entry in official catalogue.

2011 ? (6): Personalised stamps with Lego trains The following trains were built with Lego: NS 1200 series + NS Headrunner (Dutch: koploper) NS 1600 series + NS Sprinter NS 2200 series + NS 1100 series NS 300 SIK + NS 6400 series NS mat 64 + NS steam loco 6100 No entry in official catalogue.

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2011 (7): Personalised stamps issued by DE 3 Foundation The foundation DE3's aim is to renovate train 115 of type Plan U/DE-III. Therefore it issued two sheets of stamps showing this type of train. The foundation is no longer in existence. No entry in official catalogue.

2011 (8): Personalised stamps of Christmas trams Funny trams at Christmas: The Hague + Amsterdam Rotterdam + Amsterdam. Tram Railcleaner Rr3 (ex Amsterdam) in het Arnhem Open Air Museum. No entry in official catalogue.

2011 (9): Personalised stamps with winter scene Two winter scenes. No entry in official catalogue.

2011 (10): Personalised stamp with NS logo NS logo. No entry in official catalogue.

2012

2012 (1): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Two stamps valued "1" (used for letters up to 20 grammes) showing Fyra (high speed train) and the first Dutch steam locomotive The Eagle (Dutch: De Arend) as exhibited in the Railway Museum in Utrecht. Furthermore a DH 1 and an Arriva SPURT. No entry in official catalogue.

2012 (2): Horsedrawn trams Who made these? Three horse-drawn tram "carriages". Perhaps the first two started life as rail vehicles and were converted to road usage, but we can't be sure of that. The third stamp shows definitely a rail vehicle. No entry in official catalogue.

2012 ??? (3): blue trams Who made these? A number of personalised stamps with images of the blue tram in all eras. From top to bottom: "De blauwe tram" + Amsterdam line 5, tramcar 40 Amsterdam line 11, tramcar 533 + Museum line Amsterdam - Amstelveen, tramcar 464 Amsterdam line 16, tramcar 401 + Amsterdam line 24, tramcar 465 Voorburg Station, tramcar A327 + Amsterdam line 10, tramcar 404 No entry in official catalogue.

2012 (4): Personalised stamps on the occasion of the opening of the Hanseatic Line These stamps commemorate the opening of the the Hanseatic Line on 6th December 2012. The Lelystad–Zwolle railway, also known as the Hanseatic Line (Dutch: Hanzelijn) connects Lelystad, capital of the province of Flevoland, with Zwolle, capital of the neighbouring province of Overijssel, and provides a direct rail link between Flevoland and the north-east of the Netherlands. No entry in official catalogue.

2012 (5): Personalised stamps for stamp event Filafair 2012 Filafair 2012 was a stamp exhibition plus fair in 's-Hertogenbosch. Some train stamps are to be seen on the stamp shown. No entry in official catalogue.

2013

2013: personalised stamps for the accession to the throne On the occasion of the accession to the throne of our king Willem-Alexander, several tram cars were painted orange: From top to bottom: Amsterdam crowning tram, line 2 + The Hague crowning tram The Hague crowning tram + The Hague crowning tram Utrecht crowning tram No entry in official catalogue.

2013 (2): Two sheets of personalised stamps by PHILARET PHILARET is the stamp collectors association of the Rotterdam Public Transport Company RET. This association issued four sheets with public transport vehicles. Two of these contain 10 stamps with rail vehicles: tram and metro No entry in official catalogue.

2013 (3): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Four stamps valued "1" (used for letters up to 20 grammes) showing a work train (twice, but slightly different), the NS 3205 and the Blue Angel. No entry in official catalogue.

2013 (4): Personalised stamp of the Dutch society of persons interested in Railwayana Electric loco 1254 with NVBS advertising. NVBS = Nederlandse Vereniging van Belangstellenden in het Spoor- en tramwegwezen. (Dutch society of persons interested in Railways and Tramways). No entry in official catalogue.

2013 (5): Personalised stamps with the royal train Two stamps showing the royal train at King's Day in the Netherlands. The regular date is 29 April but if that's a Sunday, the celebration is held on April 30. No entry in official catalogue.

2013 (6): Personalised stamps of the model railway assocition of 's-Hertogenboch With this stamp the 's-Hertogenbosch model railway association commemorates its 35th year of existence. No entry in official catalogue.

2013 (7): Personalised stamps of Postex stamp fair Postex 2013 issued three commemoration sheets, one of which is about mail transportation by rail. Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 3012-C-11

2013 (8): Personalised stamp with a print by Anton Pieck Anton Pieck was a Dutch draftsman and painter who was famous for the way he depicted 18th and 19th century life. In 2012 The Dutch postal services started the issue of 25 sheets with paintings and drawings by this well-known artist by subscription. Each sheet contained 10 stamps with the same image. The last of the set of 25 was called: Anton Pieck musea (museums). In the pictured museum is a replica of the first Dutch locomotive, Arend, to be seen. Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2751-Af-25

2013 (9): Personalised stamps with "work horses" Set of five NS work trains. No entry in official catalogue.

27-05-2013 (10): Personalised stamps with Rotterdam Erasmus Bridge This stamp comes from a sheet of personalized stamps in the series "I love The Netherlands" (Ik hou van Nederland), which could be obtained by subscription from Collect Club. The other sheets were about the Dutch provinces, but there were four extra sheets in the subscription. One of which was the sheet about Dutch cities. There were three city stamps: The Hague, Utrecht and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam stamp shows Erasmus Bridge which is also used for tram traffic. No entry in official catalogue as yet.

2014

2014 (1): personalised stamps on the occasion of Filafair in 's-Hertogenbosch, 14 and 15 March, 2014 The organisation issued two stamps with railway related subjects. They are two from a series of eight. The first stamp shows 's-Hertogenbosch railway station which was destroyed in a bombing raid on 16th September 1944. The other shows the tram station which is no longer there either. PostNL issued two sheets for the Amazing Filafair. One of them shows a stamp with the tram station. Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 3012-C-16

2014 (2): Paparazzo stamp sheet, 22nd August 2014 Paparazzo is a monthly issue of personalised stamps starring comic character Paparazzo, a creation by comic writers and drawers Pieter Hogenbirk and Herman Roozen. The first sheet was issued on 30th April 2013. The sheet about the celebration of 175 years of Dutch Railways was numbber 10 of 2014. Designers: Pieter Hogenbirk and Herman Roozen print: Glue: Watermark: no Value: 1 Perforation: Article number: 740017 Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 3012-Aa-19

2014 (3): Railway Klimmen - Voerendaal Centenary, 8th November 2014 On the occasion of Limphilex 43, a stamp exhibition organised by the Limburg based association of 't Fakteurke, two stamps were issued to commemorate the centenary of the railway line Klimmen/Ransdaal - Voerendaal. No entry in official catalogue.

2014 (4): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) The first stamp shows the royal carriage, the second a diesel 2900 series, the third the so-called Block Box (Dutch: blokkendoos) and the fourth shows a TRAXX: Transnational Railway Applications with eXtreme fleXibility. No entry in official catalogue.

2014 (5): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Three stamps issued on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the association. No entry in official catalogue.

2014 (6): Personalised stamp of The North Netherlands Train and Tram Museum (NNTTM) The museum is situated in Zuidbroek in the province of Groningen. The stamp shows the museum building, a former railway station. No entry in official catalogue.

2014 (7): Personalised stamp of HTM (Haagsche Tramweg-Maatschappij), The Hague Tram Company On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of The Hague Tram Company, HTM, these stamps were issued (from top to bottom): horse tram + steam tram motor car 819 + motor car 265 motor car A327 + trailer 505 motor car 164 + motor car 810 motor car 90 + motor car 57 motor car 215 + trailer 14 P.C.C. 1145 + P.C.C. 1180 GTL8 + GTL8 with collision nose randstadrail tram No entry in official catalogue.

2014 (8): Personalised stamps of the open day at NedTrain in Leidschendam On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Dutch railways NedTrain held an open day on October 4, 2014. No entry in official catalogue.

2014 (9): Personalised stamps of the train parade in Amersfoort On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Dutch railways there was a train parade in Amersfoort from 16 to 21 October 2014. No entry in official catalogue.

2014 (10): Personalised December stamps line-up of NS 1600 locos + NS DD-AR tram scene + train in the snow Two model trains MAT 64. trains at Amsterdam Central station + NS 2200 NS 2600 + ICE NS ICM + NS Sik NS SLT + NS TRAXX E 186 NS VIRM + NS wetlands runner No entry in official catalogue.

2014 (11): Personalised stamps with Märklin models The first stamp was issued to congratulate Dutch Railways on their 175th anniversary. The second is an NS 1200 model in special livery. No entry in official catalogue.

2015

2015 (1): Rotterdam Erasmus Bridge On the occasion of the start of the Tour de France in Utrecht in 2015, PostNL issued a sheet on the 4th of July. On the second day the cyclists passed Erasmus Bridge at Rotterdam. This bridge has tramrails. Tram number 20 uses them to get from Rotterdam Central Railway Station to the IJsselmonde quarter. The stamp in the centre of the sheet shows Erasmus Bridge. Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 3012-D-66

2015 (2): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Four stamps respectively showing an 1100 series loco, the Camel, a 2800 series loco and a Lint of Syntus (company). No entry in official catalogue.

2015 (3): Six Dutch locos The following locos are on the stamps: elongated interregion loco + NS mat 57 NS TRAXX E 186 + NS 1200 series NS KLM intercity Headrunner (Dutch koploper) + Thalys No entry in official catalogue.

2015 (4): Personalised stamp of The North Netherlands Train and Tram Museum (NNTTM) Blue Angel at Zuidbroek Station. No entry in official catalogue.

2015 (5): Personalised stamps commemorating the end of MAT 64 trains Four stamps to commemorate the last rides of MAT 64 trains in The Netherlands. No entry in official catalogue.

2015 (6): Personalised stamps commemorating the last train ride on Delft viaduct This stamp commemorates the last rides on the Delft viaduct. The new station building was built underground, so that the viaduct was no longer necessary. No entry in official catalogue.

2015 (7): Personalised stamps with HTM R-net trams HTM uses the name R-net since 2 November 2015 for its trams. HTM stands for Haagsche Tramweg Maatschappij (The Hague Tram Company). R-net is a co-operative project of several transport companies, like Abellio, Arriva, Connexxion, EBS, GVB, HTM, NS and RET. Their aim is to get metro, tram, bus and train services in the whole of the so-called Randstad - the area comprising the provinces of South and North Holland and Utrecht. No entry in official catalogue.

2015 (8): Personalised stamps with railway station buildings These stamps were issued by several private persons, associations, organisations and the like. All of them were probably issued in 2015, except Soest station (the second) and Venlo which were probably issued in 2013. The following stations are shown: Amsterdam (twice) Baflo Delft (three times) Dordrecht + Groningen Groningen (twice) Haarlem + Lisse Purmerend + Rotterdam, old central station Rotterdam, new central station + Rotterdam Hofplein 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) + 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) Hollands Spoor 's-Hertogenbosch (Old and new by night) Soest (twice) Venlo + Vught Rotterdam Beurs station No entry in official catalogue.

2015(9): Personalised stamps with international trains A few trains serving on international routes. No entry in official catalogue.

2016

2016 (1): Personalised stamp sheet of the series Cities up to the Present (Steden tot Heden): Roosendaal - rail yard By subscription one could get hold of this sheet about Roosendaal. This city serves as a regional railway hub. The international trains from Amsterdam to Brussels call at Roosendaal, as does the Amsterdam-Vlissingen (Flushing) intercity. There is also a stop-train service to Antwerp. Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2751-Ad-53

2016 (2): Personalised stamp sheet of the series Cities up to the Present (Steden tot Heden): Arnhem - Zijpse poort By subscription one could get hold of this sheet about Arnhem. The middle stamp shows the Zijpse Poort (Gate) with a steam train passing. Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2751-Ad-59

2016 (3): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) Four stamps showing (from top to bottom): the green train, the Leeghwater 18, Captrain 6601, a measuring vehicle. No entry in official catalogue.

2016 (4): Personalised stamp of The North Netherlands Train and Tram Museum (NNTTM) Mouse as conductor. No entry in official catalogue.

2016 (5): Personalised stamp of the International theme group Railways (IME) The "Internationalen Motivgruppe Eisenbahnwesen" IME held its 49th congress in Leiden. The stamp to commemorate the occasion shows Leiden station. No entry in official catalogue.

2016 (6): Personalised stamps of R-Net (Randstadnet) R-net (or Randstadnet) is a collaborative project between governments and carriers in the Randstad in the area of 'high-quality public transport'. On behalf of these parties, until 1 April 2015, a public transport agency for the year 2028 was drawn up by OV-bureau Randstad for regional public transport by bus, tram, metro and train. The first stamp shows a 2011 and 2012 at NedRail in Leidschendam and the second shows a test drive of 2010. Furthermore a number of R-Net Stdler FLIRT trains from Albellio on the Gouda - Alphen line. No entry in official catalogue.

2016 (7): Personalised stamps of NS Stadler FLIRT trains Four stamps with FLIRT 3 trains. No entry in official catalogue.

2017

2017 (1): Personalised stamps of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Association (NVSP) This year this association issued six stamps: a Stadler FLIRT - Fast Light Innovative Regional Train + a bulb car loco 451 + ballast wagon loco 162 + Stadler (GTW) from "Breng" No entry in official catalogue.

2017 (2): Personalised stamps Végé Thtse stamps were issued for Végé, a supermarket chain. The first one shows NS series 7701 - 7744 from 1905. The second NS series 5001 - 5103 from 1945. The third NS series 8501 - 8515 from 1915. The whole series consists of 61 stamps and was created bij C.F.Riem. Only one sheet of ten stamps per locomotive exists. See the full set below. No entry in official catalogue.

2017 (3): Personalised stamps with postal rail vehicles These stamps originate from a sheet of ten stamps with postal vehicles of all sorts. Three of them contain a railway related subject: a postal train from 1938, another from 1965 and the third from 1989. No entry in official catalogue.

2017 (4): Personalised stamp of the VPPV VPPV is "de vereniging van persoonlijk postzegelverzamelaars" the association of personal stamp collectors. No entry in official catalogue.

2017 (5): Personalised stamps of two mat64 locos MAT 64 plan V + MAT 64 plan 1 No entry in official catalogue.

2017 (6): Personalised stamps all sorts several NS trains, including: Head runner + Thalys a line-up of trains + a car wash for trains two Fyras No entry in official catalogue.

2019

2019: Personalised stamps Flevorailway The Weesp–Lelystad railway, also known as Flevolijn, is a railway in the Netherlands operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and owned by ProRail. The line runs from Weesp, North Holland to Lelystad, capital of the neighbouring province of Flevoland. It currently has seven stations, these are (southwest to northeast): Almere Poort, Almere Muziekwijk, Almere Centrum, Almere Parkwijk, Almere Buiten, Almere Oostvaarders and Lelystad Centrum. Almere Strand was closed in 2012 and Lelystad Zuid is due to open before 2025. Work began on the railway line in 1980. Originally, it was planned to run straight through the Oostvaardersplassen. After protests from environmentalists, the transport minister decided that the line was to pass outside this nature area. As a consequence, this detour is, because of its form, now colloquially called the bath tub line. In 2008, it was announced that the line's capacity will be extended to 12 trains per hour in either direction. To achieve this, it will be doubled to four tracks. No entry in official catalogue.

2019 (2): Personalised stamp Postex 2019 On the occasion of stamp exhibition and fair Postex 2019 in Apeldoorn. No entry in official catalogue.

2019 (3): Personalised stamps with all kinds of locos It is not clear who issued these personalized stamps. The following locos are shown: EETC 1254 NVBS + loco owned by H.E. Oving's Iron and Steel Company the "camel" + NedTrain 704 Nedtrain Monica + NS 1010 and 1122 NS 2412 + NS 2530 NS 2801 + NS DE3 and "camel" NS Hippel No. 508 + NS MAT '46 nr. 904 NS PEC mail carriage + NS 1312 The Dutch postal service issued an information leaflet on the PEC in Dutch. It is here (opens in a new tab or window). RailExperts 1251 + Railion R9903 railpro 603 + RailPromo ex NS 1215 Amsterdam RFF 5 Hippel from Rotterdam Rail Feeding + Veolia MaK G1206 Loco nr. 1509 NS E 189 114 Traxx at Tilburg CS station + NS 180 No entry in official catalogue.

2019 (4): Personalised stamps of VVNSM The association of friends of the railway museum in Utrecht issued three stamps in 2019: DE-III (1934) + NS 20 Camel ("Kameel") + E-loc 1010 DE-III (1934): The photograph for this stamp was taken by Peter van der Vlist on August 4, 2009. On the left we see (unmistakably) the 'grande dame' of the streamline stock, the DE3 from 1934. At the time, the train set was taken out of service at NS with the number 163. It was part of the group of last active DE3s that finally had to leave in the early 1960s due to the arrival of the Plan U trainsets series 111-152. With the numbering back to the original number, it would therefore be DE3 33. The train set number 27 was chosen. And that has to do with the fact that motor car 157 was included, with the original number 27, when the train set was transferred to the museum. Next to the 27 is the Nestor, the original HSM 89, the later NS 1010. On November 24, 1964, the locomotive came to the Museum. Next to the Nestor is the 326, the locomotive currently installed on track 1. The Friends contributed to the refurbishment of the 326. NS 20 Camel ("Kameel"): The friends of the Railway Museum issued a second personal stamp, again this time in sheets of five with the gold frame. This second edition was issued following the transfer of the Camel to the museum. The image was taken from a photo by Peter van der Vlist showing the Camel at the signal box in the museum. E-loc 1010: The friends of the national railway museum issued a third and final personal stamp for 2019, again this time in sheets of five with the gold frame. This third edition was issued with an image of the first NS e-locomotive that came onto the track in 1948 in the 1000 series. One copy of this series has survived and is in the museum: the 1010. The image was taken by Piet Meijer on June 23, 1989 during the manifestation “Trains through time” on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the railways in the Netherlands. This locomotive is unfortunately no longer in service, but came into service in 1949 and was put aside in 1982. [source: newsletter VVNSM] No entry in official catalogue.

2019 (5): Personalised stamps of NVSP (Dutch Association of Railway Philatelists The NVPS issued eight stamps in 2019, the year of their 70th anniversary: An Rnet flirt 3 + Eurostar DE 3 + loco 500 loco 1300 + a new generation IC For the celebration of the 70th year of their existence: logo + cross rails at Blauwkapel No entry in official catalogue.

15-12-2019 (6): Personalised stamps of VVNSM The association of friends of the railway museum in Utrecht also issued a stamp for 2020: Farewell to DDM-1 on December 15, 2019: On December 15, 2019, the Dutch Railways said goodbye to its first double-decker, the DDM-1. In a specially organized farewell ride, part of her former work area was driven in collaboration with the NVBS. The ride started in Amersfoort, after which it drove back to Amersfoort via Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Haarlem, Zandvoort, again Haarlem and Amsterdam via Lelystad and Zwolle. The choice was made for 7208 with the pulling and pushing force 1768. The reason for this is that the Bvk "Elephant" of this train composition was already owned by the Railway Museum. However, this was taken back into active service when the rolling stock was reactivated in 2016, so that her career as a museum carriage was postponed by three years. This photo was taken on December 15, 2019 under the imposing roof of Haarlem station by Martijn Bijvoet. [source: newsletter VVNSM] No entry in official catalogue.

2020

2020 (1): Personalised stamps of VVNSM The association of friends of the railway museum in Utrecht issued the following stamps in 2020: e-loco series 1500: This e-locomotive is of British origin and was taken over by NS from British Rail to reinforce the domestic service. In Britain this locomotive was known as BR 27003 "Diana", put into service in 1954. In the Netherlands these 6 locomotives (1501 to 1506) were put into service in 1970. They practically had a monopoly on the line The Hague CS - Venlo in passenger transport and were taken out of service in 1986. The 1502 and 1505 then went back to England to be included in museum collections there. This issue is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the association of friends of the national railway museum: it was founded in the same year in which the 1500 series entered service at NS. Due to the fact that the 1501 entered service with NS fifty years ago in 2020, the locomotive temporarily found a place in the national Railway Museum. On July 1, the locomotive was delivered by the Fairtrains 1304. The image on the stamp: the 1501 was a guest in the workshop in Tilburg on November 25, 2006. That day the locomotive brought two 1100's of the SGB in Goes to Tilburg on the occasion of the presentation of the book about the series 1100. The photograph was taken by Harry Peters. SGMm 2133: In the autumn of 2020, the 2-car train set City Regional Equipment (Stads Gewestelijk Materieel) 2133, launched at the time as the new Sprinter, plan Y, was added to the collection of the national Railway Museum. Before the modification to this equipment, this set entered service as SGM 2023. The image on the stamp shows SGMm 2133 “in the wild”, on August 13, 2018 and therefore still in circulation, in Wijchen. The photographer is Leon Schrijvers. [source: newsletter VVNSM] No entry in official catalogue.
2020 (2): Personalised stamps with Dutch Eurostar Eurostar trains travel from Amsterdam to London through the Channel tunnel. No entry in official catalogue.
2020 (3): Personalised stamps with trams from The Hague Public Transport Museum Seven trams from the Public Transport Museum in The Hague. The stamps were made by C.F.Riem, whose site is: personalstampsite.nl. The trams are (from left to right, top to bottom): tram 819 built in 1927 tram 265 built in 1920 tram 1022 built in 1952 tram 164 built in 1908 tram 1304 built in 1971 tram 810 built in 1927 tram 37 (?? should be 57 I think) built in 1923 No entry in official catalogue.

2020 (4): Personalised stamp with Alstom Hydrogen train Coradia iLint is the world's first hydrogen-powered train. This zero-emission train emits low levels of noise, with exhaust being only steam and condensed water. The iLint was designed by Alstom teams in Salzgitter (Germany), the centre of excellence for regional trains, and in Tarbes (France), the centre of excellence for traction systems. Alstom has performed ten days of tests of the Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train on the 65 kilometres of line between Groningen and Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands. The tests follow 18 successful months of passenger service on the Buxtehude–Bremervörde–Bremerhaven–Cuxhaven line in Germany, where total of 41 Coradia iLint have already been ordered. The latest tests make the Netherlands the second country in Europe where the train has proven itself a unique emissions-free solution for non-electrified lines. In October 2020, Alstom and the Province of Groningen, local operator Arriva, the Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail and the energy company Engie signed a pilot project agreement to test the Coradia iLint, the world’s first passenger train powered by hydrogen fuel cells, in the Netherlands. DEKRA, an independent testing inspection and certification company, has been appointed test leader. This series of tests is being performed at night at up to 140 km/h without passengers. For the purpose of the tests, a mobile filling station has been erected by Engie for refuelling the Coradia iLint with completely green – sustainably produced – hydrogen. No entry in official catalogue.

2020 (5): Personalised stamps with NS ICGN 602001, the new 2020 IC in test colours. The Intercity Nieuwe Generatie (Intercity New Generation), or ICNG is an electric multiple unit trainset planned to be operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen for high-speed intercity services in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is built by Alstom based on their Coradia Stream platform. The NS began procurement of a new intercity trainset in July 2014. The respondents were Alstom, Siemens, Bombardier and Stadler. In May 2016 NS announced that Alstom had won a contract for around 80 trainsets. At the end of May, the contract was finalised to include a total of 79 trainsets including 49 5-car units, 30 8-car units, and 2 8-car units equipped for operation in both the Netherlands and Belgium. An additional order for 18 8-car units was later placed to operate international intercity services between Amsterdam and Brussels, bringing the total number of Belgium-equipped units to 20. The first train arrived in the Netherlands on the 23rd of May 2020 to begin testing on the Dutch railway network. No entry in official catalogue.

2020 (6): Personalised stamp with NS SM 90. The electric SM'90, "stopping-train" or commuter rolling stock of the 1990s, was short-lived. The SM'90 EMUs (railhopper) ran on the line Zwolle – Emmen. Only nine prototype trainsets were built as the intended successor to Mat '64. Due to engine and airco failing and an increase in the number of passengers, NS chose to buy more DDM coaches. In the early years of their service, the trainsets were ridden with trouble. All nine trainsets have been taken out of service in December 2005 and were demolished. No entry in official catalogue.

2021

2021 (1): Personalised stamp with TEE. Trans Europ Express, DE4 NS1001: The first stamp of this year in the series that is issued by the Association of Friends of the Railway Museum is a beautiful copy with the TEE train set as the motif. The photo (from the archive of the NVBS Rail Collections Foundation) shows DE4 1001 and was taken by J.A.Bonthuis on June 5, 1974 on the site of the former NS line workshop in Utrecht. The board of the Friends worked for a long time to buy two carriages of the equipment on Dijksgracht from the TEE Foundation. Ultimately, this did not lead to the desired result. Five carriages were purchased by the Dutch Transport Museum in Nieuw Vennep, which announced that the restoration plans are being worked (February 2021). [source: newsletter VVNSM] No entry in official catalogue.

2021 (2): Personalised stamps with NS Vectron IC and NS Vosloh G400B. Left: NS Vectron IC Right: NS Vosloh G400B In September 2020, the Dutch Railways announced that it would lease two Siemens Vectron locomotives from the German company ELL. The NS wants to use the locomotives for the deployment of the NightJet to Vienna. Now that this international train is still not running, the NS has decided to run the new Vectron locomotives every day in the IC Berlin. These will drive back and forth to the border town of Bad Bentheim where the locomotive is exchanged. The Vossloh G400B is a B diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive. The G400B is technically identical to the G322, except for some details like different final drives. It was renamed as G400B to fit in the new numbering scheme used in the 4th generation programme. Vossloh built 6 stock locomotives for leasing, used by different operators. A second batch of 13 locomotives was built for Dutch train maintenance company NedTrain. These locomotives are slightly longer due to the fitting of extra coupling equipment, and are used to shunt trains around their workshops. No entry in official catalogue.

several years (exact year of issue unknown)

several years (1): Personalised stamps with private company locos In several years there were issues with private company locos: ACTS 5814 Class 66 + ACTS-VOS ex NS 1255 another ACTS-VOS ex NS 1255 + ACTS 7105 LOCON 201 + LOCON 401 class 66 LOCON 9702 Hippel + Strukton Nicole ex 1824 van NS en Locon HUSA 1609 + HUSA 1751 loco Botlek NL + Strukton 303001 and NSR 2011 Strukton 303008 and NSR 2010 ACTS Nederland BV was a Dutch railway company. The abbreviation originally comes from Afzet Container Transport System. On February 5, 2011, activities were continued by Husa. LOCON Benelux B.V. was a Dutch rail freight transporter, established in Zwolle. The company was founded in 2010 by LOCON A.G. (the already existing German branch of the company) and Haetberting B.V. In April 2011, LOCON Benelux B.V. got her railway license for the Netherlands. On April 2, 2011, the first freight train ran under its own license between Venlo and Vlissingen. In May 2012, the company acquired a license to perform private passenger transport in the Netherlands. In August of the same year, the first closed passenger train was operated by LOCON Benelux B.V. and drove from Utrecht to Emmerich. On July 14, 2017, Locon Benelux B.V. was declared bankrupt by the court in Zwolle. Husa Transportation Railway Service (HTRS) was a Dutch private rail freight carrier, part of investment company Husa Capital Group. The company was founded in 1989 as ACTS for the benefit of the Sales Container Transport System. In March 1998, ACTS started to independently provide train services. This made the company the first competitor in the Netherlands for NS Cargo. In 1999, thirteen locomotives were bought in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The Dutch locomotives were from the ex-NS series 1200. This series was saved from demolition by two railway interested parties. NS wanted to demolish all 1200 locomotives immediately, but thanks to the competition law, it was possible to retain a number of 1200s for ACTS. At the time, 76 container carriers were also purchased, with which the first container shuttles were driven for Vos Logistics from the ports of Rotterdam to Leeuwarden and Veendam. In the years that followed, ACTS became the largest private rail freight transporter in the Netherlands. At the end of 2010, Husa Railway Services became full owner of ACTS and in 2011 the company was renamed Husa Transportation - Railway Services (HTRS). On January 3, 2014, entrepreneur Rob van Gansewinkel announced that he would stop running trains on February 1, 2014. The activities in the Netherlands were dismantled and the contracts transferred to existing companies. The activities in Germany were sold. Strukton is a construction and rail company involved in the design, financing, construction, management and maintenance of infrastructure and accommodations. Strukton Rail develops, installs and maintains track systems with the aim of making the track optimally available, reliable, safe and measurable. The operating fields of this operating company are rail infrastructure, rail equipment, information systems, data acquisition, data management and consultancy. Strukton Rail had a train workshop in Zutphen. This workshop, located at the IJsselspoorbrug, had become too small for the increasingly larger machines. Strukton Rail and Arriva Nederland built a larger workshop that opened on October 4, 2012. [source: wikipedia] No entry in official catalogue.

several years (2): Personalised stamps from Philamaxx Philamaxx is a webshop for Philately & Postal history. It started as a stamp shop in 1936. PhilamaxX has built up a good reputation in the sales and development of Personal Stamps (PPZ) with trains. Some of their personal stamps are shown here. railway wagon 3 Hoefijzers Bier + accident crane NS 1200 + loco line-up "koploper" + 1960's seal No entry in official catalogue.

several years (3): Personalised stamps NedTrain Within NS, the Service, Maintenance and Modernization departments are responsible for the maintenance of the trains. Previously this was NedTrain. They took care of technical maintenance and quick service and of cleaning and short- and long-term overhaul. NS Maintenance & Service is the Dutch maintenance company for railway equipment. The company was created after the division of the Dutch Railways, when the Equipment & Workshops department within the NS Group was privatized as NS Equipment. In 1999 the name was changed to NedTrain. In 2017, the management of NS and NedTrain decided to add NedTrain again under the NS. The stamps shown here show trains at the location Zwolle. No entry in official catalogue.

several years (4): Personalised stamps Dutch trains set of four Dutch trains: SLT Sprinter + NS mDDM NS VIRM + NS SGMm Sprinter No entry in official catalogue.

several years (5): Personalised stamps Dutch trains of different companies Dutch trains of different companies: Arriva spurt + connexxion train connexxion train + ICE (Amsterdam-Basel) MP 3028 "motorpost" + new generation sprinter No entry in official catalogue.

several years (6): Personalised stamps with railway related trivial subjects The following trivial subjects: A poster for Albert Heijn coffee + Donald Duck's cousins with a toy train Seal for SKF ball bearings + a 55 cents railway letter stamp a drawing + Trix Express model trains 75 years a train ticket + a poster No entry in official catalogue.

several years (7): Personalised stamps with NS locomotives all sorts The following NS locomotives are shown: Dog's Head ("hondekop") and Blue Angel ("blauwe engel") + Head Runner ("koploper") three MAT 64 trains + NS 1009 NS 150 locomotor + NS 1501 in Electra livery NS 1758 + NS 2108 NS 2225 + NS 2311 NS 2384 cargo + NS 2470 and 1144 NS 297 yellow SIK + NS ICM NS MAT 54 Benelux + NS measuring carriage NS SGM beach sprinter + NS VIRM and MAT 54 and SLT NS 1202 in Berlin blue + NS 1312 NS 227 crane SIK + NS cargo 6511 NS Blue Angel + NS 1000 line-up of NS 1100, 1200, 1300 and 1500 + a number of 1200 locos TEE Northlander (Dutch-Swiss train restored by the TEE Netherlands foundation) + NS 1100 NS 1200 + NS 1700 NS 2200 + NS-Benelux NS Buffalo + NS-DD-AR NS DDZ-NID + NS DDZ NS ICE 3 + NS IDMm NS line-up + NS Mat64 NS SGM + NS SGMm NS SLT + NS TRAXX E 186 NS Y-IRM + NS MAT64 train at Binckhorst The Hague in December 2015 NS 1100 + NS 2400 NS 2600 + NS Dog's Head No entry in official catalogue.

several years (8): Personalised stamps with NBDS locomotives The Noord-Brabantsch-Duitsche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NBDS) was a railway company which provided rail transport between Boxtel in the Netherlands and Wesel in Germany via Uden, Veghel, Gennep, Goch and Xanten. This railway line was known in the Netherlands as "Duits Lijntje" (the German Line). On July 15, 1873, the route from Boxtel to Goch was opened. On July 1, 1878, the second part of the line, the section from Goch to Wesel, was opened. The total length of the line was 92.7 kilometers, of which 52.7 kilometers were on Dutch territory. From Büderich, another 8.2 kilometers of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn (railway) was used, part of the line from Venlo via Wesel to Haltern, Münster and Hamburg. These two locomotives are shown: NBDS 32 (Blue Brabanter) + NBDS 36 No entry in official catalogue.

several years (9): Personalised stamps with various railway related images Here are some stamps with typical railway images: coupled trains + railway accident high voltage gate + railway sign railway crossing + railway carriage transportation by road NS ICM alongside a videotrackinspection vehicle + sign at railway crossing No entry in official catalogue.

several years 10): Personalised stamps with Dutch high speed trains These stamps show High speed trains Thalys and Fyra. Fyra 3x. Fyra is the name of Italian built HST that never ran on our tracks, since it did not meet our expectations. Thalys. Thalys is the name of the HST that connects Amsterdam with Paris. Twice Thalys and Fyra together. Fyra No entry in official catalogue.

several years (11): Personalised stamps with Dutch railway museums The following museums are shown: Diesel 3 and MAT 64 + NS 3737 in the Railway Museum in Utrecht. trains at museum Haaksbergen + a steam loco from museum line Goes Borsele. No entry in official catalogue.

several years (12): Personalised stamps with railway bridges The following bridges are shown: Railway bridge at Akkrum by Akkrum.net + Bridge in Zeeland by ProRail Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam (tram traffic) No entry in official catalogue.

several years (13): Personalised stamps with locomotives of private railway companies The following loco are shown: Rail Terminal Tilburg RTT + Rotterdam Rail Feeding BAM 18 SIK 303 of Railion + TRAXX loco HSL 1800 Amersfoort No entry in official catalogue.

several years (14): Personalised stamps T.E.E. The first stamp shows T.E.E. on a poster, the other in real life. Trans Europ Express (TEE) is the name for a former network of luxury domestic and international express trains in Europe. The concept was started in 1957, according to the idea of F.Q. den Hollander (then president of the Dutch Railways). A special surcharge was payable for the use of the trains. In many countries (especially the DB in West Germany), other networks of long-distance trains were started with the principles of the successful TEE. However, those trains were provided with second-class accommodation, which led to the TEE trains running empty. In addition, TEEs ran in a relationship only once or twice a day while two hourly or even hourly became the standard for Intercity trains. In 1987 the TEE was usually replaced by the EuroCity. No entry in official catalogue.

several years (15): Personalised stamps with trams Several trams from different cities: HTM tram at Leidschendam + tram at The Hague two trams at The Hague + tram in Haarlem party tram at The Hague + modern tram at The Hague old Arnhem tram + unknown tram Randstadrail tram + Groningen tram No entry in official catalogue.

several years (16): various personalised stamps Wadloper (mudflats runner) in Harlingen NS 1010 on a poster + Plan U train No entry in official catalogue.

several years (17): various personalised stamps from a roll I found the following stamps from a roll on the web: Christmas train KLM Head Runner (Dutch "koploper") three NS trains NS Head Runner (Dutch "koploper") NS 1656 December stamp (reduced price): NS train in the snow NS VIRM = Verlengd InterRegio Materieel (Lengthened interregional rolling stock) NS logo NS TRAXX = Transnational Railway Applications with eXtreme fleXibility Goods loco No entry in official catalogue.

several years (18): an outing to the national railway museum in Utrecht A broken down Fyra + mat '24 steam loco 107 + NS 1200 signal box + NS 2400 No entry in official catalogue.

several years (19): a number of Dutch locomotives mat 64 and plan U pair + two heavy duty locos video inspection vehicle + line-up a football logo on a head runner (Dutch "koploper") + NS VIRM No entry in official catalogue.

several years (20): locomotives with special livery ICM Randstadrail + ICM Martinair No entry in official catalogue.

several years (21): locomotive changes its looks Three stamps showing the transformation of a DD-AR into a DDZ. No entry in official catalogue.

several years (22): Personalised stamps with road transport of rail vehicles. These four stamps show rail vehicles being transported by road or waterway. No entry in official catalogue.

several years (23): Personalised priority stamps for Europe in pairs. These four stamp pairs show a few Dutch locos: Intercity VIRM 2200 diesel loco TEE TEE Northlander No entry in official catalogue.

several years (24): Personalised stamps with Coca-Cola Christmas train Commercial stamps from Coca-Cola. No entry in official catalogue.

several years (25): Personalised stamps Leiden tram Historic tram in Leiden with an advertisement for the Leiden newspaper. No entry in official catalogue.

several years (26): Personalised stamps with fastening seals of Dutch railway companies A set of three stamps with the following railway companies: Nederlandsche Spoorwegen, (Dutch Railways) Maatschappij tot exploitatie van staatsspoorwegen, (Company to operate state railways) Nederlandsche Centraalspoorwegen maatschappij, (Dutch Central Railways company) No entry in official catalogue.

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