| Added by |
Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Blue Juliana (Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980. She was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry. She was married to Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, with whom she had four children: Princess Beatrix (born 1938), Princess Irene (born 1939), Princess Margriet (born 1943), Princess Christina (born 1947). During the Second World War she lived in exile with her children in Ottawa, Canada. She became Queen of the Netherlands with her mother's abdication in 1948 and was succeeded by Queen Beatrix after her own abdication in 1980. |
| Face value | 0.25 Cents |
| Catalog code (Michel) | NL 623XyA |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier NL 603a AFA number NL 624F NVPH NL 623b Unificato NL 603F |
| Series | Queen Juliana-Type Profile left |
| Stamp colour | grey ultramarine |
| Watermark | Circles Type 2 Multiple [Up] |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Designer | S.L. Hartz |
| Paper type | phosphorescent paper |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Printed by | Joh. Enschedé |
| Perforation | comb 13½ x 12¾ |
| Height | 25.00 mm |
| Width | 21.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |