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First Salvation Army Stamps
Stamps Raise Fund For The Salvation Army
Netherlands Indies
1932
Issue date - 1st December 1932
Withdrawn from sale - 3rd January 1933
Invalidated - 30th September 1933
All values designed by Mas Pringadie
Printed by Johannes Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland on
un-watermarked paper
Sheets of 100, perforated 12½
This was the first stamp issued to be related to
The Salvation Army. When withdrawn from sale the charity premium
had raised 24,073.12 Dutch Florins for Salvation Army welfare work
in Indonesia. An advertising leaflet measuring 240mm by 170mm, illustrating the
set of four stamps was produced and distributed by the Post
Office.
Special machine slogan postmarks were issued to stimulate the sale
of the stamps. Fig.1 was used at Bandoeng and Soerabaja, and Fig.2
at Batavia and Batavia Centrum. These postmarks must have been in
use before the issue of the stamps as examples are known dated
November 1932
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Netherlands Indies 1936
Issue Date - 1st December 1936
Withdrawn from sale - 9th January 1937
Invalidated - 30th September 1937
Designed by A.R.M. Kreisler (The Stanley Gibbons catalogues list
the designer as J. Sjollema, this is incorrect)
Printed by Johannes Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland on
un-watermarked paper
Sheets of 100, perforated 12½
Value: 15c + 5c
Colour: Bright Blue
Issued: unknown
Sold: 150 256
Gibbons No: 379
Scott No: B29
Note:- The 2c + 1c value is smaller
in size that the rest of the set
The second issue to carry a charity premium for the benefit of The
Salvation Army resulted in the sum of 18,947.97 being raised for
Salvation Army welfare work in Indonesia.
Stamps from this set were widely used on covers sponsored by The
Salvation Army, e.g. The League of Nations Conference, Bandoeng
and several First Flight covers.
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