Cijfer type Vürtheim, figures, Netherlands, (Nederland), 0,5 cent, violet, 1899 stamp, designer Vürtheim Joseph

country: Netherlands (Nederland)
code: michel nr. NL 49
topic: Figures type Vürtheim
theme: Figures
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: violet
year: 1899
postal value: 0,5 cent
designer: Vürtheim Joseph
number of stamps issued: 1.651.629.389

More from the same serie:
Figures, 0,5 cent, violet (1899)
Figures, 1 cent, red (1899)
Figures, 2 cent, brown (1899)
Figures, 2,5 cent, green (1899)

Information:
Joseph Vürtheim (Cleves, 1808 - 1900) was a German-Dutch lithographer. Vürtheim was educated by Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography. After completing it, he wanted to make a name in the United States, but he finally settled in Amsterdam. He is best known for philatelists for a number of stamp designs, including the number series from 1899 that later appeared in the Dutch East Indies, Suriname and Curaçao. He also designed Dutch banknotes. (Source: Wikipedia)

Informatie: (NL)
Joseph Vürtheim (Kleef, 1808 - 1900) was een Duits-Nederlands lithograaf.
Vürtheim ontving zijn opleiding van Alois Senefelder, de uitvinder van de lithografie. Na het voltooien ervan wilde hij naam maken in de Verenigde Staten, maar hij vestigde zich uiteindelijk in Amsterdam.
Voor filatelisten is hij vooral bekend van een aantal postzegelontwerpen, waaronder de cijferreeks die vanaf 1899 verscheen en later in Nederlands-Indië, Suriname en op Curaçao ook werd uitgebracht. Daarnaast ontwierp hij ook Nederlandse bankbiljetten. (bron: Wikipedia)

King Albert I, Belgium (België - Belgique), 1915-1919, 15 c, deep violet, purple, stamp

country: Belgium (België / Belgique)
code: 139 (and 139a)
topic: King Albert I of Belgium
theme: Kings
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: violet (deep violet for 139a)
year: 1915-1919
publication date: 15 October 1915
postal value: 15 c
designer and engraving: Waterlow and Sons Londen

Information:
King Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934. At the beginning of World War I, Albert complied with a British demand that he not acquiesce to a German request to move troops through Belgium in order to attack Britain's ally, France, which Germany anticipated was about to declare war on Germany in support of Russia. Albert responded to the German demand to move soldiers through his country: 'I rule a nation, not a road!' When Germany subsequently invaded Belgium, King Albert, as prescribed by the Belgian constitution, took personal command of the Belgian army, and held the Germans off long enough for Britain and France to prepare for the Battle of the Marne (6–9 September 1914). (Source: Wikipedia, read more about King Albert I of Belgium on Wikipedia)