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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Album of Dutch Stamps
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Album of Dutch Stamps

Artifact IDMO 1946.98.1
Object Type Album, Stamp
Date1934
Mediumpaper, ink, adhesive, ribbon
Dimensionsoverall (closed) H 12 1/4 in x W 11 1/2 in x D 3/8 in (31.1 cm x 29.2 cm x 1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA softbound album of cancelled and non-cancelled Dutch stamps, 1923-1934. The album has cardstock covers and is bound by a red, white, and blue striped ribbon finished with a bow. Printed on the front cover is the State Coat of Arms of the Netherlands below which is a handwritten ink inscription: A tribute to / Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt / from School Children of Holland / July 1934.
The interior of the album has 13 pages holding 147 stamps from the Netherlands, as well as Dutch colonies including the Dutch (Netherlands) East Indies, Curaçao, Netherlands West Indies (Netherlands Antilles), and Suriname.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 25, 1945. It was donated as a bequest of FDR to the Library in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesStamp Collecting Materials (National Archives Identifier 749938)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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