Dutch Railway Stamps: First Day Covers, other envelopes and postcards

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Envelopes with Dutch railway items

Survey of First Day Covers, other envelopes and postcards

The Dutch Stamp Dealer Association (NVPH) started issueing FDCs in 1950 en continued to do so till the present day.

	FDC with 1939 stamps.
	FDC with toy train, 15 November 1948.
	FDC with a stamp showing telegraph poles and a train, 28 June 1952.
	FDC with a stamp showing telegraph poles and a train, 28 June 1952. Cancel for the Stamp Centenary Exhibition in Utrecht showing train and catenary.
	FDC with one stamp showing The Hague post office and railway station and another with tram rails in front of the Amsterdam Exchange building, 25 Aprik 1955.
	Limburg State Mines, 7 January 1963.
	FDC of 125 Years Dutch Railways, 28 July 1964.
	125 Years Dutch Railways, 28 July 1964. Alternative version with cancellation stamps in red.
	125 Years Dutch Railways, Spoorphilex Utrecht, 16-20 September, 1964.
	125 Years Dutch Railways, Spoorphilex Utrecht, 16-20 September, 1964. Envelope for the 15th anniversary of the Dutch Railway Philatelists Society (NVSP).
	125 Years Dutch Railways, Spoorphilex Utrecht, 16-20 September, 1964. Issued in Leiden. Numbered.
	125 Years Dutch Railways, Spoorphilex Utrecht, 16-20 September, 1964.
	Electrification of the line Arnhem-Oberhausen, 18 May 1966.
	Postcard on the occasion of the electrification of the line Arnhem-Oberhausen, 18 May 1966.
	FDC for Uphilex, a national stamp exhibition, May 1966.
	FDC with Summer Stamps 1968.
	Postcard on the occasion of the electrification of the railway line Venlo - Cologne, 26 May 1968.
	FDC on the occasion of the centenary of Culemborg railway bridge, 1 November 1968.
	FDC on the occasion of the centenary of Culemborg railway bridge, 1 November 1968, but this time as a railway letter with railway letter stamp.
	Spoorphilex 1969, 6th international stamp exhibition, 6-8 June 1969. The cancellation is about the electrification of the line Venlo - Cologne.
	Spoorphilex, Utrecht, 6-8 June 1969, with cancel for the the Culemborg railway bridge centenary.
	Spoorphilex, Utrecht, 6-8 June 1969.
	Not an FDC, but an envelope: Spoorphilex, Utrecht, 6-8 June 1969.
	Spoorphilex, Utrecht, 6-8 June 1969.
	Spoormofilex, Utrecht, 6-8 June 1969.
	Railway Museum Utrecht and 60th anniversary of Scouting in The Netherlands, 7-26 April, 1970.
	Amsterdam 700 years, April 1st 1975. The stamp shows the area where the then new Amsterdam underground railway system was to be built.
	Amsterdam 700 years, April 1st 1975. The stamp shows the area where the then new Amsterdam underground railway system was to be built.
	Amsterdam 700 years, April 1st 1975. The stamp shows the area where the then new Amsterdam underground railway system was to be built.
	Amsterdam 700 years, April 1st 1975. This FDC shows all the stamps in the set, including the stamp with the Portuguese synagogue with the underground railway lines on the map of Amsterdam in its design stage.
	In commemoration od a steam train ride from Leeuwarden to Groningen, the steam tram club Hoorn-Medemblik issued this envelope, 16 May 1976.
	envelope of REM (Rijdende Elektrische Museumtram) the Electric museum tram in operation in Amesterdam, cancellation: 28 May 1977.
	Railway line Zutphen - Winterswijk Centenary, 16 September 1978.
	Another envelope for Railway line Zutphen - Winterswijk Centenary, 16 September 1978.
	A third envelope for the Zutphen - Winterswijk Centenary, 16 September 1978.
	175 Years Chamber of Commerce in the Rotterdam area, 17 October 1978. Cinderella!!
	125 Years Valkenburg railway station, 20 October 1978.
	125 Years Valkenburg railway station, 20 October 1978.
	The last train letter, 30 April 1979.
	Marine Corps [1]: Remember the raid on Rotterdam 10-5-1940. On the envelope the railway bridge next to Willemsbrug (William's Bridge = a railway bridge) is visible.
	Marine Corps [2]: Remember the raid on Rotterdam 10-5-1940. On the envelope the railway bridge next to Willemsbrug is visible.
	Marine Corps [3]: Remember the raid on Rotterdam 10-5-1940. On the envelope the railway bridge next to Willemsbrug is visible.
	Traffic and Transport, 26 August 1980.
	Traffic and Transport, Trumpet Dealer's FDC, 26 August 1980.
	BBA Centenary. (Brabantsche Buurtspoorwegen en Autodiensten - Brabant Tram and Coach Service), 1980
	Traffic and Transport, 26 August 1980.
	Conference of Passenger Rail Transport Companies about rates, The Hague, 17-24 September, 1980.
	FDC with Dr. Abraham Kuyper, who was responsible for the anti strike law which also affected railway workers, 14 October, 1980.
	FDC for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Rotterdam electric tramway, 19 September 1980.
	Second FDC with RET 453 for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Rotterdam electric tramway, 19 September 1980.
	Third FDC for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Rotterdam electric tramway, 19 September 1980.
	FDC with export stamps, one of which (the 45 c) showing Kijfhoek marshalling yard, 20 October, 1981.
	Official Opening of the line Den Haag - Leiden - Schiphol - Amsterdam, the so-called Schiphol line, 1 June 1981. Schiphol is the Dutch national airport.
	Official Opening of the line Den Haag - Leiden - Schiphol - Amsterdam, the so-called Schiphol line on June 1st, 1981.
	One more envelope for the official Opening of the line Den Haag - Leiden - Schiphol - Amsterdam, the so-called Schiphol line on June 1st, 1981.
	40th anniversary of the leisure club of the Municipal Transport Company in Amsterdam, 10 February 1982.
	envelope for the festivities of 500 years of river crossing (IJssel Bridge) in Deventer, 7 May 1982.
	Opening of Hemspoor railway tunnel making Hem bridge obsolete, 28 May 1983.
	Centenary of Zaandam - Purmerend railway line, 1984, with a drawing of loco nrs. 801-8026 (Ajax - Deukalion).
	Envelope on the occasion of Oranje Nassau School project about railways, 17-05-1984. This is a school in the German village of Zeven with a small Dutch community with Dutch schools, Dutch associations, Dutch residential areas, Dutch shops, Dutch church services and a Dutch youth center.
	40 Years Liberation. One of the stamps shows The Birma Railway line which cost the lives of many Dutch prisoners. 5 May 1985.
	40 Years Liberation. One of the stamps shows The Birma Railway line which cost the lives of many Dutch prisoners. 5 May 1985.
	On the occasion of the opening of the Spijkenisse metro station on 25 April 1985.
	The last link in the line Schiphol - Amsterdam was completed 30th May 1986.
	Completion of the line Schiphol - Amsterdam: 30th May 1986.
	Opening of the so-called Flevolijn from Amsterdam to Almere on 29th May, 1987 14 October 1987.
	Opening Flevoline, 29-05-1987.
	envelope for the opening of Flevoline, 29-05-1987.
	Another envelope for the opening of Flevoline, 29-05-1987.
	10 years of Amsterdam Underground, 14 October 1987.
	Ten years of Amsterdam metro, 14 October 1987.
	Another envelope for ten years of Amsterdam metro, 14 October 1987.
	And yet another envelope for ten years of Amsterdam metro, 14 October 1987.
	Opening Flevoline: Amsterdam - Lelystad, 28 May 1988.
	Opening Flevoline: Amsterdam - Lelystad, 28 May 1988.
	In 1977 the first part of the Amsterdam metro system was established. It ran from the South East to the city centre. FDC: 2 November 1988.
	The railway ran straight through the Dutch city of Tilburg, causing gigantic traffic problems. Vehicles had to wait at the railway crossings for a quarter of an hour to half an hour and sometimes even longer. Therefore the railway was hightened up to a level that roads could go under the railway line. But that involved building a new railway station. Work on the project began in 1957 and was completed in 1965. The envelope shows the new station with a spectacular prawn crackers (¨kroepoek¨) roof. FDC: 1 October 1988.
	1988: Tilburg has been a railway connected city for 125 years.
	For the preservation of steamtram Hoorn - Medemblik with loco 7742 Bello, 1989.
	National Stamp Day 1989, Amsterdam 14 October 1989.
	150 Years Dutch Railways, 20 June 1989.
	Trains through Time, event on the occasion of 150 Years Dutch Railways, 22 June till 6 August, 1989.
	Trains through Time, event on the occasion of 150 Years Dutch Railways, 22 June till 6 August, 1989. A different design this time.
	Venlo station, built in 1958. FDC on the occasion of 150 Years Dutch Railways.
	150 Years Dutch Railways and 40 years Railway Workers Union, 1989
	150 Years Dutch Railways, 1989
	With the opening of the Zalmplaat station - Spijkenisse route on 25 April 1985, the north-south line of the Rotterdam metro network underwent an important expansion. Spijkenisse was given a direct connection to the centre of Rotterdam. The Spijkenisse-centrum metro station is built around a viaduct, with the platform resting on delta-shaped steel girders. FDC: 15 September 1989.
	The first KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on 7 January, 1992. Detroit metro on the envelope.
	Opening of Willemspoor tunnel, making Hem lift bridge obsolete, 15 September 1993.
	Opening of Willemspoor tunnel, making Hem lift bridge obsolete, 15 September 1993.
	Opening 'Zuidtak' Southern branchline round Amsterdam, 21 May 1993.
	Opening 'Zuidtak' Southern branchline round Amsterdam, 21 May 1993. A diferent design.
	In remembrance of the extension of the metro line, whereby Capelle aan den IJssel became metrostad (metrocity): 26 May 1994.
	FDC Spoormophilex + Ferphilex, Utrecht 30-8/1-9- 1996.
	Spoormophilex + Ferphilex, Utrecht 30-8/1-9- 1996.
	From our neighbours: A Belgian FDC with Thalys cancellation and stamp, 3-6-1996.
	FDC with bridges, the stamp on the far right shows the Rotterdam Erasmus Bridge, 6 August 1996.
	NS sports day at Papendal, 4 September 1997. Issued by the Dutch Association of Railway Philatelists (NVSP).
	French FDC with Thalys cancellation, 1 June 1997.
	First postal ride Haaksbergen - Boekelo line (MBS), 18/19 April 1998.
	Belgian FDC with Thalys, 17 January 1998.
	Another Belgian FDC with Thalys, 17 January 1998.
	A Belgian envelope with Thalys, 19 January 1998.
	A Belgian envelope with Thalys and a different cancellation, 17 January 1998.
	A Belgian envelope with Thalys and again a different cancellation, 17 January 1998.
	A Belgian envelope with Thalys and one more cancellation, 19 January 1998.
	A Belgian envelope with Thalys and a cancellation from Mechelen, 17 January 1998.
	FDC: Centenary of the Dutch Employers' Organization, with a photograph of gears from the Stork machine company, 7 September 1999 .
	FDC: Rotterdam cultural European capital with Erasus Bridge, 14 March 2001.
	Limphilex, Reuver 27/28 October 2001.
	80 years of Phila Venlo, 2003.
	Postex, Apeldoorn, 15/16/17 October 2004.
	FDC with personalized December stamp, 25 November 2004.
	Personalized stamp on the envelope with traffic sign for a railway crossing, a so-called Andreas Cross, 25 November 2004 .
	FDC with Beautiful Netherlands Collection 1 containing a stamp with the Rotterdam Erasmus Bridge, 14 October 2005.
	Train series of 14th October 2005 on the occasion of the reopening of the Utrecht Railway Museum.
	FDC with five stamps for mail to foreign countries inside Europe, one of which shows the lost luggage art work in Rotterdam, 2 January 2006.
	FDC with five stamps for mail to foreign countries outside Europe, one of which shows a train rushing past, 2 January 2006.
	FDC with ten stamps for domestic mail , one of which shows the disused railway bridge "De Hef", 11 December 2006.
	Queen Beatrix opens the Betuwe Line , 16 June 2007.
	FDC with sheet Beautiful Netherlands collection 1 containing Utrecht and NS building, 17 October 2007.
	Youth Philately Days, 29 and 30 March, 2008. The envelope shows the former Maliebaan Station, which nowadays houses the national railway museum.
	FDC with Beautiful Netherlands collection 1 with Roosendaal, 16 June 2009.
	FDC with Beautiful Netherlands collection 1 with a train visible above the stamp on the right, 23 May 2011.
	FDC with part of the "Heemschut" centenary stamp sheet, 22 August 2011, with "Noord-Zuid-Hollands koffiehuis" in front of Amsterdam central station and St.-Servaas bridge in Maastricht.
	FDC with durability stamps, which should draw our attention to recycling and environmental awareness, 01 September 2011. One stamp shows a suitcase with the text: "travel consciously, let the environment relax". That's what the train does for us. An other stamp shows a bus, but the text also applies to rail travel: "Go forward fast with electric transport".
	FDC with the Dutch Bos atlas, parts 1 and 2, showing railway lines, 18 June 2012.
	opening of the Hanzelijn, a connection between Lelystad and Zwolle, on 6th December 2012. The envelope shows Kampen South Station. The personalised stamp shows a Plan Z train, the so-called koploper.
	FDC with a sheet for the 125th anniversary of ARCADIS, 28 January 2013. The upper envelope shows a stamp with the ecoduct (ecological viaduct) at Zanderij Crailoo near Hilversum. The lower envelope shows a stamp with Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station.
	FDC with part of a stamp sheet about the peace palace in The Hague, 09 September 2013. One stamp shows a locomotive in one of the stained glass windows of the building.
	Two FDCs for the 175 years Dutch railways commemoration sheet, issued on 8th September 2014.
	FDC with some Dutch bridges, three of which are railway related, 30 March 2015.
	FDC with Naardermeer nature reserve and two stamps with a train crossing this terrain, issued on 28 April 2015.
	FDC for the borderless Netherlands stamps: relationship with the USA, 14 September 2015.
	FDC with the 2015 children's stamps sheet with a toy train on the sheet edge, 02 November 2015.
	FDC with Beautiful Netherlands collection sheet on which we find Arnemuiden train station, 23 May 2016.
	FDC commemorating the 100th anniversary Schiphol Airport, issued on 12th September 2016. On one stamp (lower left) you can see the rolling staircase leading down to the platforms of Schiphol Airport Light Railway.
	FDC commemorating our king's 50th birthday with one stamp showing part of the "Willemsbrug", 24 April 2017.
	FDC with one stamp showing an industrial building in Rotterdam with tram tracks, 11 September 2017.
	Dutch Bridges, 26-03-2018. FDC showing the railway bridge crossing "Oude Maas" near Dordrecht.
	National public transport FDC, 19-08-2019.
	International public transport FDC, 19-08-2019.
	Stamp Day FDC, 16-10-2023 with tram rails (below left).

Here is an overview of the first day envelopes issued by the NVSP (Nederlandse Vereniging van Spoorweg Philatelisten / Dutch Association of Railway Philatelists) from 1964 to 2009.

Last update of this page was on 11-07-2024

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