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How to read it
A queen, the years 1898–1923 and CT for cent: the Netherlands.
- 11898 · 1923
- 210 CT (cent)
- Inscription
- 1898 1923 · 10 CT
- Meaning
- CT is cent; 1898–1923 is Queen Wilhelmina’s 25 years on the throne.
- Issued by
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Today
- the Netherlands Flag of Netherlands
- Year
- 1923. Issued 31 August 1923.
- Made by
- Willem van Konijnenburg (design, died 1943)
One fact
Willem van Konijnenburg designed the 1923 silver jubilee stamps for Queen Wilhelmina.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Designer died 1943. 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.
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