Beautiful Netherlands

Number by catalogue:  Michel: 2574  

Perforation type: 14 ¾x14 ¼

Subject:

44 cents. A collage from photos and the silhouettes of Heusden *, among which - post-windmill, that are located in a coastal part of the city.

 

Number by catalogue:  Yvert: 2503  

Perforation: Harrow   Perforation type: 14 ¾x14 ¼

Subject:

The mini-sheet includes 5 stamps of 44 cents.

In its decoration two photos of group of coastal windmills** are used

 

Additional:

Heusden is a municipality and a city in the South of the Netherlands.

 

**Windmills were often built on top of the fortifications of a city. The bastions were high up, so the mill could catch more wind.
Heusden has three windmills in that position. All three are so-called 'post mills', because the whole mill can be turned around a central 'post'. This type of mill was the first built in Holland: they were used from around 1200 AD.
The mills in Heusden are not that old: they were built in the 1970s as part of the restoration and reconstruction of the city's fortifications.

 

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This information has been taken from Flickriver web page

 

Size (of sheet, booklet) mm: 144x75