The
Holland America
Line started issuing ceramic tiles to their Mariner Society members in
1995. The first series was a set depicting windmills and consequent
series have had subjects from Dutch national costumes to ships of the
line (6 series) to the poster images from the late 2000-s. All tiles
have been 4" x 4" in size and most of them have been backed by
cardboard so they could serve as coasters. They have become a very much
desired collectible. Below you will find a complete listing with the
Mariner Society tiles issued by the Line over the years. Those tiles I
do not have in my collection have been marked as "need". 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). Each tile has been given an
ID for easy identification.
The
tiles were manufactured by different manufacturers over the years and
where appropriate, the backs of the tiles will be shown below.
This
series depicts Dutch windmills with the year 1995. I have all
the tiles in this set.
mar-95-ryn
mar-95-stat
mar-95-west
This
series depicts Dutch windmillsidentical to the 1995 series
but
without the year. I miss the following tiles:
mar-96-ryn
mar-96-maas
mar-96-nam
mar-96-noor
mar-96-rott
mar-96-ryn
mar-96-stat
mar-96-veen
mar-96-west
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005/2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
There
were no new tiles issued in 2011 - the tiles from the previous four
years were used during this period.
2012