1835, Netherlands: Stapless folded letter dated August 20, bearing a high postage rate of 1 franc and 90 centimes, indicating the recipient’s payment for long-distance service to Bordeaux. Features red "L.P.B. 5" marking, denoting the 5th Rayon route, framed by "Hollande par Thionville." Aug 28 arrival cds on reveres.

1861, Netherlands: Stampless letter posted on September 16 from Utrecht, with a 5-10 type 42 CDS, indicating non-prepaid mail. The reverse shows the next-day arrival postmark from Nijmegen, type 38.

 Netherlands, 1835, September 9: Stampless letter from Maastricht to Grave, with a Maastricht CDS (Type 25) on the front and arrival postmark on the revrse.

1854. 5c Blue - MiNr: 1a Pl-I, Steel Blue (back) 4 said margin example, tied by clear GOUDA / FRANCO.  to local cover to Rotterdam, superb

Netherlands, 1854: Domestic rate letter posted from Gouda to Rotterdam, correctly franked with 5c steel Blue (MiNr: 1a Pl-I), paying the rate for up to and including 30 miles. The letter bears the rare Gouda cancellation of Type 30 in black, with the marking "GOUDA 14/4 / FRANCO", indicating same-day delivery. The reverse shows the route CDS, confirming the postal route taken.

1863, Netherlands (Pays-Bas), by sea cover to Rome. A well-traveled cover from Roermond, Netherlands, dated April 7, 1863, red cds (indicating the postage rate will be paid by the receiver).  Addressed to Monsieur R.H. Cuypers, Architect, at the Hospice dell' Anima in Rome, Italy. The cover traveled  by sea and features the maritime semi-circular handstamp "CIVITAVECCHIA DALLA VIA DI MARE,"  in black, used on letters that disembarked at the port of Civitavecchia, Italy. The cover also bears the arrival postmark from Rome, dated April 12, on the reverse.