Netherlands - Molly

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE We offer a combined shipment when you purchase multiple different items, with an additional cost of only $0.50 per extra item ($1 for international shipping). We reimburse over-payments on shipping charges! Please contact us if you need more details. Molly - Sheetlets PostNL is issuing the Molly stamp sheet, featuring illustrations by Francien van Westering, on 12 February 2024. Each of the five personal stamps bears the denomination ‘1’ for post weighing up to 20 g with a destination in the Netherlands. The stamp design was created by art director Yvonne Warmerdam of Gouda-based Orange Licensing. A sheet of five stamps costs €5.45. The cat Molly is the main character in illustrator Francien van Westering’s columns and books. Van Westering first came up with and drew Molly when she was a child. It was not until later in life, after making a career and name for herself as the ‘cat artist’ of the Netherlands, that she brought Molly back to life. She did so in columns in the women's magazine Margriet and children's magazine Bobo Magazine, as well as in books that she wrote and drew about Molly. Molly goes on little adventures in the countryside, loves nature, wears flamboyant dresses and doesn’t go anywhere without her hat with flowers on it. The stamp sheet and Molly stamps feature different illustrations by Francien van Westering starring the cat Molly, while a large drawing of Molly in a hammock covers the sheet border. One of the stamps has a cut-out of this illustration. The other four stamps feature drawings of Molly with flowers, Molly with flowers and a cat at her feet, Molly sitting against a tree and Molly with a wheelbarrow with two cats in it. Of the five illustrations on the stamps, two fill the entire picture plane and three are individual illustrations. The three stamps with an individual illustration feature flowers against a white background. The Molly logo serves as the title of this issue on all stamps and at the top left of the sheet border. The font for the value indication ‘1’ and Netherlands is a design from 2018 by font designer Martin Majoor of Arnhem. The typography at the bottom left of the stamp sheet is based on the 2017 Baskerville Regular font by Legion Fonts, inspired by the letters of English type designer John Baskerville (1706-1775). The design of the Molly stamp sheet was created by Yvonne Warmerdam, art director of Gouda-based Orange Licensing. Warmerdam is intimately familiar with the work of Francien van Westering, the creator of Molly. "Orange Licensing was founded in 2014, which means it is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. We have represented Francien from the very start. Until now, we have mostly used her lifelike cat drawings, but recently began also using her Molly illustrations – first on greeting cards, followed by Christmas cards and now on this stamp sheet." Specifications:Stamp size - 30 x 40 mm (wxh)Sheet size - 170 x 122 mm (wxh)Paper - normal with phosphor printGummed - gumPrinting technique - offsetPrinting - colours cyan, magenta, yellow, blackEdition - Number of sheetsAppearance - sheet of 5 personal stamps in 5 different designsValue - indication value indication 1 for mail up to and including 20 grams with a destination within the NetherlandsDesign - Yvonne Warmerdam | Orange Licensing, GoudaIllustrations - Francien van WesteringArticle number - 840019

Price: 12 USD

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End Time: 2024-12-27T19:28:06.000Z

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