Netherlands Antilles

If you are looking for issues of the autonomous island of Curaçao first issued in 2010, go here.

The Netherlands Antilles, or Nederlandse Antillen was an island group that was a colony of the Netherlands.
 * Its first issue was in 1873 inscribed CURAÇAO.
 * Circa 1901, three Dutch stamps were provisionally overprinted CURAÇAO.
 * In 1904, some issues were inscribed POSTZEGEL / KOLONIE CURAÇAO. 1906 guilder values were inscribed KOLONIE CURAÇAO.
 * In 1918 an improvised typeset issue was released.
 * Stamps continued to be inscribed CURAÇAO until 1949, when the name was changed to NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN, often abbreviated NED. ANTILLEN.
 * Netherlands Antilles stamps were used up to October 2010 when the country was split postally into three entities: Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and St. Martin/Sint Maarten. Aruba had already begun issuing its own stamps in 1986.

 File:Neth ant king.jpg|10c value from the 1873 first issue. File:Neth Ant. 22.5 postzegel kolonie.jpg|1908 22 1/2c definitive. Note the POSTZEGEL / KOLONIE CURAÇAO inscription. File:Stamp Netherlands Antilles 1915 10c.jpg|10c value from the definitive set first issued in 1915. File:Neth Antilles FRANKEER ZEGEL.jpg|Provisional surcharge on Netherlands marine insurance stamp, issued 1927. File:Neth ant 22.5.jpg|22 1/2c definitive issued in 1954. File:Neth Ant guitarist.jpg|From the 1982 child welfare semipostal issue. File:Neth Ant flamingos.jpg|From the 1985 flamingos set. File:Neth Ant year of dog.jpg|From the 2006 year of the dog set. File:Neth Ant due A.jpg|Common design postage dues were in bright green or later, blue green. 