2025Shipping in the 17th & 18thh Centuries - Hook-net Fishing - Miniature Sheet

In 2025, PostNL will release the "Shipping in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries" stamp series. This series consists of eight frame stamp sheets, spread across four periods of the year.

The first two stamp sheets—Merchant Navy and State Fleet—were released on April 1, 2025. The second issue followed on June 3, featuring Coastal Shipping and Flatfish and Trawl Fisheries.

The third issue in this series will appear on August 26, 2025. This consists of the "Hoekwant Fisheries" and "Burtvaart" stamp sheets.

The series will conclude on November 18, 2025, with the "Inland Freight Shipping" and "Turf Shipping" sheets.
All stamp sheets are available individually or by subscription.

An exclusive ninth stamp sheet was also released on April 1, featuring five special ship types not included in the regular series: the carrack, the VOC ship, the snowship, the yacht, and the schokker. This additional sheet is available exclusively to subscribers of the complete series.