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Honig : Coats of arms of countries

Series information :

    Issued by : Honig, the Netherlands

    Date of issue : ?

    Number of stamps/cards : 75 (?)

    Image variants : not in image, but in background colour

Introduction

Honig is a Dutch company producing soups, sauces, starches etc. The company was founded in 1867 in Koog aan de Zaan and produced initially starch and starch products, such as pudding powder (custard). From 1920 onwards the company also produced soups, sauces and similar. in 1978 the company was sold to CSM and since 2001 it is a brand of HJ Heinz.

The company issued cards with arms of countries. Honig was one of the many companies using this specific series. Others were Kraepelien & Holm, Neelmeijer and Van Dijk's.

Cards issued :

Not all companies issued all of the 72 cards in the series. The Honig cards are unnumbered. I have only knowledge of two cards:


 

 

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