Fryslan
Fryslan (Friesland) is
the maritime province which includes land reclaimed from the former
Zuider Zee area. The capital is Leeuwarden. (which is in the map above
the “4” in 1498). Ruled as a county of the Holy Roman Empire during
the Middle Ages, Friesland passed to Saxony in 1498 and, after a
revolt, to Charles V of Spain. In 1579 it subscribed to the Treaty of
Utrecht, opposing Spanish rule. The stamp is part of a set issued in
1998 to commemorate the half-millennium of Fryslan as a part of the
Netherlands.
Municipalities
The stamp was issued in
1987 to recognize the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Union of the
Netherlands Municipalities.
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