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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). Further down there are a number of NS (= Dutch Railways) train cancels. And some train cancels of other railway companies. |
 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 |
 cancel for the route Amersfoort - Amsterdam in 1921 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam - Eindhoven in 1937 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam - Haarlem via Aalsmeer in 1911 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem - Apeldoorn in 1924 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem - Zutphen in 1911 |
 cancel for the route Delfzijl - Groningen in 1951 |
 cancel for the route Eindhoven - Rotterdam in 1967 |
 cancel for the route Hellevoetsluis - Rotterdam in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Hengelo - Amsterdam in 1937 |
 cancel for the route Hengelo - Arnhem in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Herzogenrath - Sittard in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Maastricht - Venlo in 1923 |
 cancel for the route Roosendaal - Den Bosch in 1951 |
 cancel for the route Stavoren - Leeuwarden in 1923 |
 cancel for the route Utrecht - Eindhoven in 1948 |
 cancel for the route Utrecht - Groningen in 1970 |
 cancel for the route Vlissingen - Roosendaal in 1952 |
 cancel for the route Winterswijk - Apeldoorn in 1914 |
 cancel for the route Zwolle - Arnhem in 1929 |
 cancel for the route Zwolle - Arnhem in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Antwerpen in 1938 |
 cancel for the route Winterswijk-Arnhem in 1938 |
 cancel for the route 's-Hertogenbosch-Leeuwarden in 1975 |
 cancel for the route Venlo-Arnhem in 1930 |
 cancel for the route 's-Hertogenbosch-Enschede in 1969 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Eindhoven in 1936 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Oldenzaal in 1928 |
 cancel for the route Apeldoorn-Amsterdam in 1914 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem-Zwolle in 1936 |
 cancel for the route Zwolle-Utrecht in 1960 |
 cancel for the route Utrecht-Groningen in 1966 |
 cancel for the route Zwolle-Apeldoorn in 1928 |
 cancel for the route Venlo-Nijmegen in 1943 |
 cancel for the route Utrecht-Leiden in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Roermond-Eindhoven in 1929 |
 cancel for the route Leeuwarden-Zwolle in 1948 |
 cancel for the route Roermond-Venlo in 1922 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Vlissingen in 1974 |
 cancel for the route 's-Hertogenbosch-Arnhem in 1913 |
 cancel for the route Enkhuizen-Amsterdam in 1925 |
 cancel for the route Rotterdam-Hellevoetsluis in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Oostvoorne-Spijkenisse in 1942 |
 cancel for the route Groningen-Zwolle in 1923 |
 cancel for the route Winterswijk-Arnhem in 1919 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Esschen in 1931 |
 cancel for the route Roodeschool-Groningen in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Rotterdam in 1912 |
 cancel for the route 's-Gravenhage-Gouda in 1921 |
 cancel for the route Sittard-Eindhoven in 1937 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem-Roosendaal in 1941 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Eindhoven in 1938 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Eindhoven in 1970 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-'s-Hertogenbosch in 1975 |
 cancel for the route Coevorden-Stadskanaal in 1933 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem-Oldenzaal in 1916 |
 cancel for the route Winterswijk-Apeldoorn in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem-Driebergen in 1919 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Boxtel in 1918 |
 cancel for the route Terborg-Dieren in 1919 |
 cancel for the route Winterswijk-Apeldoorn in 1934 |
 cancel for the route Aken-Maastricht in 1914 |
 cancel for the route Amersfoort-Utrecht in 1962 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Apeldoorn in 1915 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Den Bosch in 1968 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Rotterdam in 1921 |
 cancel for the route Amsterdam-Uitgeest in 1920 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem-Amsterdam in 1953 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem-Nijmegen in 1953 |
 cancel for the route Arnhem-Zwolle in 1921 |
 cancel for the route Burgh-Steenbergen in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Coevorden-Zwolle in 1923 |
 cancel for the route Delfzijl-Groningen in 1912 |
 cancel for the route Domburg-Middelburg in 1925 |
 cancel for the route Emmerik-Amsterdam in 1928 |
 cancel for the route Enkhuizen-Amsterdam in 1921 |
 cancel for the route Enkhuizen-Amsterdam in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Hengelo-Amersfoort in 1957 |
 cancel for the route Hoorn-Alkmaar in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Leeuwarden-Zwolle in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Lutten-Dedemsvaart station in 1919 |
 cancel for the route Maastricht-Venlo in 1912 |
 cancel for the route Nijmegen-Dordrecht in 1939 |
 cancel for the route Oldenzaal-Amsterdam in 1930 |
 cancel for the route Roosendaal-Amsterdam in 1935 |
 cancel for the route Rotterdam-Oostvoorne in 1959 |
 cancel for the route Stadskanaal-Assen in 1929 |
 cancel for the route Stadskanaal-Coevorden in 1918 |
 cancel for the route Stadskanaal-Groningen in 1926 |
 cancel for the route Utrecht-Leiden in 1935 |
 cancel for the route Venlo-Eindhoven in 1930 |
 cancel for the route Venlo-Maastricht in 1925 |
 cancel for the route Venlo-Nijmegen in 1927 |
 cancel for the route Winterswijk-Arnhem in 1952 |
 cancel for the route Zwolle-Groningen in 1921 |
 cancel for the route Zwolle-Groningen in 1951 |
 cancel for the route Zwolle-Leeuwarden in 1950 |
 cancel for the route Apeldoorn-Almelo in 1917 |
 cancel for the route Nijmegen-Roosendaal in 1962 |
 cancel for the route Den Haag-Haarlem in 1933 |
 cancel for the route Groningen-Zwolle in 1930 |
Survey of NS train cancels |
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Some train cancels of other railway companies |
 HSM cancel (Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij) |
 HSM cancel (Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij) |
 HSM cancel (Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij) |
 Cancel for Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen , in short: Staatsspoorwegen (State Railways) |
 Cancel for Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen , in short: Staatsspoorwegen (State Railways) |
 Cancel for Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen , in short: Staatsspoorwegen (State Railways) |
 Cancel for Noord-Brabantsch-Duitsche spoorwegmij |
 Cancel for an export agency of State Railways (Staatsspoorwegen) |