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Van Dijk's : Coats of arms of countries

Series information :

    Issued by : Van Dijk's, the Netherlands

    Date of issue : ?

    Number of stamps/cards : 75 (?)

    Image variants : not in image, but in background colour

Introduction

Van Dijk's was a company based in Haarlem (Schoten), the Netherlands, producing 'beschuit', a type of Dutch toast. I have no furter information on the company.

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

Cards issued :

Not all companies issued all of the 72 cards in the series. The Van Dijk's cards are numbered, but I do not know if all numbers were issued. There is no text on the reverse.

The cards were also issued with different background colours, as seen below for Belgium :

I have only knowledge of the following cards:













 

 

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