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Survey of train cancels |
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In the Netherlands, postal transport by train started relatively late: in 1844 the train transported parcels for the first time, in 1855 the first mobile post office was put into use. During the journey of the train, the mail delivered was sorted in this moving post office. It was also possible for the public to deliver mail directly on the train. That mail then received a special train stamp on the train. In the following years, the number of driving post offices was expanded and it also became possible to deliver mail with a 'regular' train. Then the conductor took care of the letter. In the end, the Dutch public was able to deliver mail with all trains and a number of interlocal trams. What a train or tram stamp looked like differed per country and per period. In the Netherlands, the choice was finally made in 1910 for the type of 'block stamp': a rectangle with rounded corners, divided into three sections. The top box contained the starting point of the railway or tram line, the middle box the date and the bottom box the end point (and sometimes an indication of the route, for example 'Amsterdam via Aalsmeer'). The block stamps (with some variations) remained in use until the end of the train letter in 1979. Below you find a number of examples of train cancels (block stamps). |
 cancel for the route Almelo - Apeldoorn in 1918 |
 cancel for the route Amersfoort - Enschede in 1964 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam - Antwerpen in 1929 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam - Boxtel in 1918 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam - Enkhuizen in 1949 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem - Roosendaal in 1949 |
 cancel for the route Coevorden - Stadskanaal in 1920 |
 cancel for the route Den Bosch - Groningen in 1969 |
 cancel for the route Den Haag - Gouda in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Dordrecht - Arnhem in 1913 |
 cancel for the route Emmerik - Amsterdam in 1928 |
 cancel for the route Enkhuizen - Amsterdam in-1920 |
 cancel for the route Gennep - Boxtel in 1913 |
 cancel for the route Gennep - Boxtel in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Groningen -Zwolle in 1926 |
 alt="Dutch train cancel" title="Dutch train cancel">cancel for the route Harlingen - Nieuweschans in 1919 |
 cancel for the route Helder - Amsterdam in 1930 |
 cancel for the route Hengelo - Amersfoort in 1957 |
 cancel for the route Huizen - Hilversum in 1916 |
 cancel for the route Maassluis - Rotterdam in 1913 |
 cancel for the route Maastricht - Venlo in 1914 |
 cancel for the route Nieuweschans - Harlingen in 1920 |
 cancel for the route Nijmegen - Amsterdam in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Nijmegen - Rotterdam in 1931 |
 cancel for the route Oldenzaal - Amsterdam in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Roermond - Vlodrop in 1919 |
 cancel for the route Roosendal - Amsterdam in 1960 |
 cancel for the route Rotterdam - Roosendaal in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Rotterdam - Utrecht in 1974 |
 cancel for the route Schagen - Alkmaar in 1916 |
 cancel for the route Stadskanaal - Assen in 1918 |
 cancel for the route Ter Apel - Winschoten in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Utrecht - Vlissingen in 1978 |
 cancel for the route Utrecht - Zwolle in 1930 |
 cancel for the route Winterswijk - Apeldoorn in 1923 |
