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The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies, are part of the Lesser Antilles and consist of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea that form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (none of the other Antilles use this term in their name).
The island of Aruba was part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986, when it was granted a "status aparte", and became a separate part of the kingdom.
Head of state is the ruling monarch of the Netherlands, who is represented in the Netherlands Antilles by a governor.
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Main article: History of the Netherlands Antilles Both the Leeward (Christopher Columbus, 1493) and Windward (Alonso de Ojeda, 1499) island groups were discovered and initially settled by the Spanish.
Main article: Politics of the Netherlands Antilles Head of state is the ruling monarch of the Netherlands, who is represented in the Netherlands Antilles by a governor.
Main article: Economy of the Netherlands Antilles Tourism, petroleum transshipment and oil refinement (on Curaao), as well as offshore finance are the mainstays of this small economy, which is closely tied to the outside world.
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 Netherlands Antilles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1954, the islands were promoted from colony to a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as an associated state within a federacy.
A large part of the Netherlands Antilleans descends from European colonists and African slaves that were brought and traded here from the 17th to 19th century.
Although the official language is Dutch, the Netherlands Antillean government officially recognizes the usage of both English and Papiamentu.
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In the 17th history and old families of the netherlands antilles century, the islands were conquered by the Dutch West India Company and were used as bases for slave trade.
The head of state is the willemstad, curaçao, netherlands antilles simpson bay maarten resort antilles beach netherlands ruling monarch of the Netherlands, who is represented in the Netherlands Antilles by a governor.
Delegates of the islands netherlands antilles phone card moldova are represented in the government of the Netherlands Antilles, but each island has its own government that takes care of the daily tasks on politics in netherlands antilles the island.
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Second war tax stamp of Spain, 1875 A war tax stamp is a type of postage stamp added to an envelope in addition to regular postage.
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 What is Netherlands Antilles? : Abaara fun facts and uncommon knowledge - Netherlands Antilles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies, are part of the
Aruba was part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986, when it was granted a "status aparte", and became a separate part of the kingdom.
Netherlands reported on a future status for the Netherlands Antilles.
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 Netherlands Antilles - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The rest of the population consists of Caribbean Indians, Europeans and Asians.
Antillenhuis (http://www.antillenhuis.nl) - Cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles' Plenipotentiary Minister in the Netherlands
You can find it there under the keyword Netherlands_Antilles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netherlands_Antillesandaction=history).
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 Rhode Island Postal History - 1928-30 Netherlands Antilles to East Greenwich, Ri - North German Lloyd Liner "Columbus"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The card was sent from the Netherlands Antilles, (Curacao) to Miss Alberta Cole in East Greenwich, Rhode Island from her friend Daisie.
The stamp is 10 cent Carmine, (Queen Wilhelmina) issue of 1928-30, Scott #97.
The Netherlands Antilles are a group of islands located north of Venezuela in the West Indies.
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 Nebraska, Netherlands, Netherlands Indies & Nevada Covers, Cancellation Collections & Postal History
He almost always used commemoratives, and those stamps which were rectangular were oriented vertically -- permitting the dial portion of the cancel to be easily read.
Our illustrations only show the stamp and cancel to conserve on bandwidth, but everything is on full-size postcards that were mailed at the post offices indicated with contemporaneous stamps.
JAN 5 1957 bold Stillwater cancel on 3-c Liberty stamp franking #6 cover on Greenwood's Groceries and Notions stationery, enclosure is Postmaster Horace Greenwood's handwritten annotation of a cancellation collector's request, decorated by numerous good examples of the Stillwater cancel within.
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 Netherlands Antilles Encyclopedia Articles @ 216.92.85.60 ()   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Both the leeward (Alonso de Ojeda, 1499) and windward (Christopher Columbus, 1493) island groups were discovered and initially settled by the Spanish.
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 Articles - Netherlands Antilles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1954, the islands were promoted from colony to a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as an associated state.
The highest point is Mount Scenery, 862 metres (2,828 ft), on Saba (also the highest point in all the Netherlands).
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 Postage Due Stamps From The Netherlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Like in other countries in The Netherlands postage due stamps are not used anymore.
Instead, the addressee receives a card on which the postage due has to be affixed and he is asked to...
Return To Catalogue - Netherlands - Postage due stamps (TE BETALEN PORT) Note: on my website many of the pictures can not be seen!
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