Dutch labels – Grocery shops

Albert Heijn

One of the greatest supermarkets concern in the Netherlands.

LUCHTVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ EMBLEMEN
Airline companies
1960
Set of 50 numbered labels
One packetlabel		DE VEROVERING VAN HET LUCHTRUIM
The history of aviation
1963
Set of 50 numbered labels
One packetlabel with “22 cent”
One packetlabel without the overprint of “22 cent”

A & O

A & O means “Alimentation Organisation”.

EUROPA-VLAGGEN SERIE
Flags of european countries
1965
Set of 10 numbered labels
One packetlabel		EUROPESE VLAGGEN / VLAGGEN SERIE
Flags of european and non-european countries
1971/1972
Set of 60 numbered labels
2 packetlabels		CARTOON LUCIFERS
Cartoons with irritating habits of people
1975
Set of 28 numbered labels
One packetlabel

Centra

LUCIFERPUZZELS
Match plays
1954
Set of 20 numbered labels
20 numbered packetlabels		DOMINOSPEL
Dominoes
1955
Set of 28 numbered labels
28 numbered packetlabels		AUTOMERKEN
Car-badges
1957
Set of 50 numbered labels
One packetlabel
OLYMPIADE SERIE
Olympic records
1960
Set of 30 numbered labels
One packetlabel		SPREEKWOORDEN SERIE
Cartoons of Dutch sayings and proverbs
1960
Set of 24 numbered labels
One packetlabel in size 69 x 83 mm
One packetlabel in size 67 x 78 mm		RADIO TV-STERREN
Dutch radio- and tv-stars
1963
Set of 24 numbered labels
One packetlabel
SCHEPEN DOOR DE EEUWEN HEEN
Ships through the ages
1965
Set of 25 numbered labels
One packetlabel
 		BOUWEN DOOR DE EEUWEN HEEN
Architecture through the ages
1966/1968
Set of 75 numbered labels
3 packetlabels		AUTO-SERIE
Cars
1970
Set of 25 numbered labels
One packetlabel
LETTER C
All labels together form the letter C from Centra
1971/1974
1st set with a green C on a blue background
2nd set with a blue C on a green background
3rd set with a blue C on a red background
4th set with a red C on a blue background
5th set with a green C on a red background
For every set exist a packetlabel with “39”, “41”
and without a number in the white circle

CO-OP

BEROEPEN SERIE
Professions
1961/1962
Set of 40 numbered labels
One packetlabel for serie 1-10 (red)
One packetlabel for serie 11-20 (green)
One packetlabel for serie 21-30 (blue)
One packetlabel for serie 31-40 (yellow)		SCHEPENSERIE
Dutch ships
1962
Set of 40 numbered labels
One packetlabel		VOETBALCLUBS
Dutch soccerteams
1964/1966
Set of 62 numbered labels
4 packetlabels
RECREATIE
Recreation/leisure-time
1967
Set of 40 numbered labels
2 packetlabels

Edah

EDAH stands for “Ebben, Damen, Aukes, Hettema” the names of the four founders.

ALFABET-LUCIFERS
The alpabet and the figures 0-9
1961
1st. set of 36 unnumbered labels printed in blue, green and orange
2nd. set of 36 unnumbered labels printed in red, olive-green and bluish-grey
One packetlabel
 		RUIMTEVAART
Space-travel
1966/69
Set of 60 numbered labels
3 packetlabels

Enkabe

Enkabe = NKB which stands for “Nederlandse Kruideniers Bond”. It means “Dutch grocers association”.

DIERENSYMBOLEN
Animals and the things they symbolize
1962/63
Set of 60 numbered labels
3 packetlabels		ZEILJACHTEN
Sailing-yachts
1965
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel		BRUGGEN IN BINNEN- EN BUITENLAND
Bridges
1967
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel
 

Euco

Around 1968 Enkabe merged with another association called Unika.
Their new name became EUCO. (Enkabe-Unika COoperation).

PADDESTOELEN
Mushrooms
1969
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel
NEDERLANDSE LICHTBAKENS
Dutch lighthouses and -ships
1973
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel		KATTEN
Cats
1976
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel		TOP KWALITEIT
Cartoons of a man with a matchstick
1983
Set of 5 unnumbered labels
One packetlabel

Grosco

GROSCO stands for GROssiers-COmbinatie which means “wholesalers combination”.

WATERSPORT LUCIFERS
Watersports
1962
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel		GROSCO IN HEEL NEDERLAND
Dutch cities with a GROSCO-store
1963
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel

De Gruyter

POSTZEGELS
Stamps with the same subject
1962/66
Set of 160 numbered labels
One packetlabel for serie 1-40 (sports)
One packetlabel for serie 41-80 (flowers)
One packetlabel for serie 81-120 (fish)
One packetlabel for serie 121-160 (birds)		LUCIFER CARTOONS
Cartoons with matches
1968
Set of 60 numbered labels
One packetlabel

Hema

HEMA stands for “Hollandsche Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij Amsterdam” which means “Dutch Unitprices Company Amsterdam”.
It is a chain of department-stores with a grocers-section that still exists.

SPORT LUCIFERS
Sports
1963/65
1st. Set of 20 numbered labels: 1:pink, 2:yellow, 3:blue
2nd. Set of 20 numbered labels: 1:green, 2:blue, 3:red
3rd. Set of 20 numbered labels:1-20: 1:blue, 2:red, 3:green
Packetlabel 1st. set pink, 2nd. set green, 3th. set blue		STADSWAPENS
Town-crests of the towns with a HEMA store
1965/66
Set of 72 numbered labels
2 packetlabels		LETTER LUCIFERS
The alphabet
1966
Set of 26 labels (A-Z)
One packetlabel
HOBBY LUCIFERS
Simple cartoons of articles sold in HEMA stores
1968
Set of 30 numbered labels
One packetlabel		SPORT-SERIE
Sports
1971
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel
 		DIERENSERIE
Fantasy-pictures of animals
1972
Set of 36 numbered labels
One packetlabel with butterfly
One packetlabel with goat

IFA

In 1964 the GROSCO-chain became part of the IFA, the International Food Association).

INTERNATIONALE STADSGEZICHTEN
Views of towns in countries with IFA-stores
1964
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel		STERRENBEELDEN
Star constellations
1967
Set of 25 numbered labels
One packetlabel
VERZAMEL ALLEMAAL
Old professions
1973/74
1st. set of 10 numbered labels from 1-10 (de papierperser = a paper-presser)
2nd. set of 10 numbered labels from 11-20 (de kantoorklerk = an office-clerk)
3rd. set of 10 numbered labels from 21-30 (de bovenmeester = a schoolmaster)
One packetlabel for serie 1-10, for serie 11-20, for serie 21-30

Klimop

KLIMOP is Dutch for ivy.

DE WIND IN DE ZEILEN
Sailing-ships
1962
Set of 40 numbered labels
One packetlabel		NEDERLANDSE KASTELEN
Dutch castles
1964
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel		OUDE KERKEN IN BINNEN- EN BUITENLAND
Churches and cathedrals
1967
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel
HET ORKEST
Cartoons of orchestra-members
1970
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel		PAARDEN
Horse-breeds and equestrianism
1974
Set of 15 numbered labels
One packetlabel

Kroon

KROON is Dutch for crown.

BLOEMENHOF
Flowers
1960
Set of 50 numbered labels
One packetlabel		KLEDERDRACHTEN
Historic national and regional costumes
1961/62
Set of 50 numbered labels
2 packetlabels		HET KOSTUUM
Costumes through the ages
1963/64
Set of 50 numbered labels
2 packetlabels
BEKENDE EUROPESEFIGUREN
Famous European people
1966
Set of 24 numbered labels
One packetlabel		SIERDUIVEN
Pigeons
1968/69
Set of 40 numbered labels
2 packetlabels		VOGELS
Birds
1973/77
Set of 80 numbered labels
4 packetlabels

Simon de Wit

This chain is named after its founder.

VISSEN-SERIE
Fish
1963
Set of 40 numbered labels
One packetlabel
KLOKKEN
Antique clocks
1966
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel		ANTIEK
Antiques
1969
Set of 20 numbered labels
One packetlabel

SPAR

Spar is the Dutch word for a fir-tree.

ARTIKELEN
Articles they sold with their own brandnames
1961/64
Set of 100 numbered labels
One packetlabel blue, one green, one yellow, one red		UITVINDERS
Inventors and their inventions
1965/66
Set of 50 numbered labels
2 packetlabels		FLINSTONES
Scenes from the flinstones cartoon t.v-series
1967
Set of 25 numbered labels
One packetlabel
BEROEMDE VROUWEN UIT HET VERLEDEN
Famous women from the past
1968
Set of 25 numbered labels
One packetlabel		SNUGGIE
Cartoons of a pig (named Snuggie) in varoius disguises
1970
Set of 25 numbered labels
One packetlabel

SRV

SRV stands for “Stichting Rationele Verkoop” which means “institution for rational sale”.
It is a chain of mobile grocers-shops.

MELKWAGENS
Old and modern milkcars
1968/1969
Set of 24 numbered labels
One packetlabel with an old milkcar
One packetlabel with a modern milkcar		WINKEL AAN HUIS
All kinds of houses
1971
Set of 12 numbered labels
One packetlabel		DOORDEWEEKSE BOODSCHAPPEN
Cartoons op people who get their shopping delivered
1972
Set of 12 numbered labels
One packetlabel
LEESPLANKJE
Old pictures with rythems promoting the SRV
1974
Set of 17 unnumbered labels:
AAP (ape), NOOT (nut), MIES (name of cat), WIM (name of boy), ZUS (sister), JET (name of girl), TEUN (name of man), VUUR (fire), GIJS (name of boy), LAM (lamb), KEES (name of dog), BOK (goat), WEIDE (meadow), DOES (name of dog), HOK (dove-cot), DUIF (dove), SCHAPEN (sheep)
One packetlabel		KAMERPLANTEN
House-plants
1976
Set of 20 unnumbered labels:
Ananasplant, Bromelia, Bruidsbloem, Cactus, Chinees lantaarnplantje, Christusdoorn, Croton, Dieffenbachia, Drakebloemboom, Ficus, Gatenplant, Hertshoorn, Kaaps viooltje, Kerstster, Klimop, Parapluplantje, Peperomia, Philodendron, Sierasperge, Varen
One packetlabel with Christusdoorn
One packetlabel with FICUS		LUCIFERSPUZZELS
Match-plays
1978
Set of 16 numbered labels
One packetlabel
EUROPESE VLAGGENSERIE
Flags of european countries
1980
Set of 18 unnumbered labels:
Belgie (belgium), Denemarken (danmark), Frankrijk (france), Griekenland (greece), Italie (italy), Ierland (eirland), Luxemburg (luxembourg), Nederland (netherlands), Noorwegen (norway), Oostenrijk (austria), polen (poland), Portugal (portugal), Rusland (russia), Spanje (spain), Verenigd Koninkrijk (united kingdom), West Duitsland (western germany), Zweden (sweden), Zwitserland (switserland)
One packetlabel		NEDERLANDSE VLAGGENSERIE
Flags of Dutch cities and provinces
1976
Set of 15 unnumbered labels:
Friesland, Groningen, Drente, Overijssel, Gelderland, Utrecht, Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Limburg, Ned. Antillen, Nederland, Den Haag, Amsterdam
One packetlabel  

VeGe

VeGe = VG which stands for “Verkoop Gemeenschap” it means “Selling-Community”.

VLAGGENSERIE
Flags
1959
Set of 90 numbered labels
No packetlabel		WAPENS
National crests
1960
Set of 90 numbered labels
No packetlabel		OUDE AUTOMOBIELEN
Vintage cars
1961
Set of 60 numbered labels
No packetlabel
MUZIEKINSTRUMENTEN
Musical instruments
1963
Set of 60 numbered labels
No packetlabel		LOKOMOTIEVEN SERIE
Dutch locomotives
1964
Set of 60 numbered labels
One packetlabel		FIETSMODELLEN VAN 1791 TOT 1967
Bicycles from 1791 until 1967
1967
Set of 60 numbered labels
One packetlabel

VIVO

VIVO stands for “Vrijwillige Inkoop- en Verkoop Organisatie” which means “Voluntary purchase and retail organisation”.

SPROOKJES LUCIFERS
Fairy-tales
1962
Set of 50 numbered labels
One packetlabel
FAUNA
Animals
1963/64
Set of 50 numbered labels
2 packetlabels		INTERNATIONAAL
Flags and scenes of European countries
1965
Set of 33 numbered labels
One packetlabel
TIENERS VAN TOEN EN NU
Teenagers in earlier days and nowadays
1966
Set of 25 numbered labels
One packetlabel		STERRENBEELDEN
Star constellations
1967
Set of 25 numbered labels
One packetlabel		ARTIKELEN MET MEISJE
Articles with their own brand-name with a cartoon of a girl
1969
Set of 28 numbered labels
One packetlabel
CIRCUS
Circus-acts
1971
Set of 25 numbered labels
One packetlabel		VIVOLA-AANBIEDINGEN
Articles you could get with trading-stamps
1972/74
Set of 60 numbered labels
3 packetlabels		EIGEN MERKEN-SERIE
Articles with their own brand-name
1978/81
1st. issue 20 numbered labels
2nd. issue 5 new labels nrs. 8, 14, 15, 16, 18
3rd. issue 2 new labels nrs. 5 and 6
4th. issue 3 new labels nrs. 7, 11, 19
One packetlabel with coffee article
One packetlabel with choclate article