Beauvechain (BE)

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Beauvechain is a municipality (6,8920 inhabitants in 2013) located in the province of Walloon Brabant. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Hamme-Mille, Nodebais, L'Ecluse, and Tourinnes-la-Grosse.

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Postal history before 1910

The HAMME-MILLE post office opened on 1 December 1850. It used a Distribution postal code 64 with bars (before 1864), and 166 with points before 1874. The BEAUVECHAIN opened later on 20 February 1877.

Postmarks after 1950

Code 1320 since at least 1990. Older codes in 1969 were: Hamme-Mille (5990), Tourinnes-la-Grosse (5991), Nodebais (5992), Beauvechain (5998), L'Ecluse (5999).

Baudouin period

Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

Beauvechain in 1941.

Albert I period

Leopold II period

Leopold I period

Distribution D64 (HAMME-MILLE) on a 1851 issue.

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