DUTCH LIFESAVING AT SEA

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DUTCH LIFESAVING AT SEA

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:11 pm

For the 100th anniversary of the Dutch rescue and lifesaving society at sea the Netherlands issued two stamps in 1924.
The stranding of the Dutch sailing ship De VREDE on 14 October 1824 at Huisduinen, Netherland during a severe storm on the Dutch coast in which many ships were lost was the reason that the Zuid-Hollandsche Maatschappij tot Redding van Schipbreukelingen (ZHMRS) was founded in 1824. She operated from Scheveningen to the Belgium border. They later merged with the Noord and Zuidhollandsche Reddings Maatschappyij founded also in 1824 which operated in the North of Netherland, and formed the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM)
To rescue the crew of De VREDE a small row-boat was launched crewed by local fishermen from Huisduinen to rescue the crew of De VREDE, One the first trip 6 crewmembers were rescued but on the second trip on the return from the wreck, the small boat was turned over in the breakers and crew and rescuers drowned.
The 2 cent stamp shows us sailing ships during a storm at sea, It is (the only?) Dutch stamp which did not have the country name Nederland on the stamp.
The 10 cent shows us a lifeboat on a cradle or slip.

Source: Various internet sites.
Netherland 1924 2/10c sg293/94 scott?
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