Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
NEDERLAND over a big number 1 and the word CENT.
- 1NEDERLAND
- 21 CENT
- Inscription
- NEDERLAND · 1 CENT
- Meaning
- NEDERLAND is Dutch for the Netherlands; 100 cents made one guilder.
- Issued by
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Today
- the Netherlands Flag of Netherlands
- Year
- 1899. Numeral type, first issued 1899.
- Made by
- Joseph Vürtheim (design, died 1900)
One fact
The low-value “numeral” stamps of 1899, designed by Joseph Vürtheim, stayed in use for more than twenty years.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Designer died 1900. Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
Scan: Nederland postezegel 1cent 1899.jpg on Wikimedia Commons (revision 751567784), licence templates {{PD-US}}, {{PD-old-100}}. Downloaded 2026-10-19, sha256 8936c48d204e…; cropped and cleaned for this site. Facts checked 2026-10-19 against source 1 and source 2. Open review note: “in use for more than twenty years” rests on the Commons category dates (1899–1921 printings). Research record, not legal advice; a human rights review is pending. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
