FREE: MINT 1924 1¢ Ship "Nieu Nederland" Huguenot-Walloon Issue - US Scott # 614

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Mint condition, hinged with gum disturbance(see scans of the exact item to be received). Has GREAT coloring & a beautiful front. If you lightly soak it, the hinge reminisce and gum will remove leaving the back clean.

U.S. #614
1924 1¢ Ship Nieu Nederland
Huguenot-Walloon Issue

Issue Date: May 1, 1924
First City: Various cities
Quantity Issued: 51,378,023
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Perforation: 11
Color: Dark green

Dispatched by the Dutch West India Company, about 30 Walloon families sailed from Amsterdam to colonize the New World. This issue pictures their ship the Nieu Nederland.

The Huguenots and Walloons Emigrate to America
This series of stamps commemorates the role of Protestant immigrants in settling America in honor of the 300th anniversary of the first successful colony. The Huguenots were French Protestants who, in the 16th century, established the first Presbyterian Church in France. After having their rights stripped by French King Louis XIV and Cardinal Richilieu, the Huguenots fled to other countries – and eventually, America. The first settlements were as early as 1562 and 1564, but they soon failed.

The Walloons were Dutch Protestants who suffered similar oppression. A 1624 expedition funded by the Dutch West India Company was much more successful, establishing a settlement at Fort Orange (now present-day Albany, New York).