Aalst (BE)

Aalst is a city and municipality (82,587 inhabitants in 2013) on the Dender River, in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises also the villages of Baardegem, Erembodegem, Gijzegem, Herdersem, Hofstade, Meldert, Moorsel and Nieuwerkerken.

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Postal history

The ALOST post-office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 2 (before 1864), and 3 with points before 1874. The GYSEGEM post-office opened on 11 July 1863. It used a Distribution postal code 143 with vertical bars (before 1864), and 158 with points before 1874. - EREMBODEGEM on 15 September 1873. - MOORSEL on 10 August 1881 - HOFSTADE (FLANDRE) on 23 February 1898. - NIEUWKERKEN-LEZ-ALOST on 23 May 1902. - BAERDEGEM on 24 June 1909.

Postal codes since at least October 1990: - 9300 Aalst - 9308 Hofstade, Gijzegem - 9310 Herdersem, Moorsel, Baardegem, Meldert - 9320 Nieuwerkerken, Erembodegem

Postal codes in 1969: - 9300 Aalst - 9308 Hofstade - 9322 Gijzegem - 9381 Herdersem - 9390 Moorsel - 9391 Baardegem - 9392 Meldert - 9430 Nieuwerkerken - 9440 Erembodegem

Meter cancels (all periods)

Meter cancel 1959.

Meter cancel 1984.

Meter cancel 1997.

Baudouin period 1951-1993

	AALST 2 in 1969.	AALST in 1974.
Aalst 2 in 1986.	Aalst - 9300 in 1987.

Postmarks before 1951

Leopold III period

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Cover

Registered AALST D2D in August 1951 with 2 Leopold III issues.

Albert I period

AALST 1 in 1924.

Billingual AALST 2C ALOST in 1923.

AALST 2C in 1927.

Leopold II period

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Sub-Post Offices under Aalst

The municipality comprises the city of Aalst itself and the villages of Baardegem, Erembodegem, Gijzegem, Herdersem, Hofstade, Meldert, Moorsel and Nieuwerkerken. Post Offices of these villages should be used on this page.

Erembodegem

Erembodegem lies 3km South East of Aalst town

Bridge Erembodegem in 1985.

Railway Cancels

Aalst Station

AALST-OOEST/ALOST EST