The
Holland America
Line started issuing ceramic tiles commemorating the inaugural voyage
of new vessels in 1993 with the inauguration voyages of the ms
Statendam
and ms Maasdam and has done so ever since. Below you see those tiles
depicted that I
know to exist, conspicuously absent are tiles of the ms Volendam (1999)
and the ms Amsterdam(2011).
Should you have tiles not shown on this page, I would
appreciate either a 300dpi scan or to purchase/trade the tile. I have
many
doubles and am always willing to trade or buy to extend/complete my
collection. You can reach me at tiemen @ halpostcards . com (spaces
inserted to prevent autosearch by webbots)
1993
These 6" x 6" tile commemorates the inaugural voyage of the ms
Statendam and ms Maasdam in 1993. I have these tiles in my
collection.
1993-inaug-sta
1993-inaug-maas
1994
This single 6" x 6" tile
commemorates the inaugural voyage of the ms Ryndam in 1994. I have this
tile in my collection.
1994-inaug-ryn
1996
This
single 6" x 6" tile commemorates the inaugural voyage of the ms Veendam
in 1996. I have this tile in my collection.
1996-inaug-veen
1998
This
single 6" x 6" tile commemorates the inaugural voyage of the ms
Rotterdam in 1998. I have this tile in my collection.
1998-inaug-rot6
2002
This 6" x 6" tiles commemorates the inaugural voyage of the ms
Zuiderdam
in 2002. I have this tile in my collection
2002-inaug-zuid
2003
These 4" x 4" and
6" x 6" identical tiles commemorates the inaugural voyage of the ms
Oosterdam in 2003. I have these tiles in my collection.
2002-inaug-oost-01
2002-inaug-oost-02
2004
This
single 6" x 6" tile commemorates the inaugural voyage of the ms
Westerdam in 2004. I have this tile in my collection.
2004-inaug-west
2006
This
single 6" x 6" tile commemorates the inaugural voyage of the ms Noordam
in 2006. The image is courtesy of James Echoff. I need this tile for my
collection.
2004-inaug-west
2008
This
single 6" x 6" tile commemorates the inaugural voyage of the ms Eurodam
in 2008. I have this tile in my collection.
2008-inaug-euro
2010
These two tiles commemorate
the inaugural voyage of the ms Nieuw
Amsterdam in 2010. 2010-inaug-ams-01 is 4" x 4", 2010-inaug-ams-02 is
6" x 6" and comes by courtesy of James Echoff.. I have these tiles in my collection.