Blokzijl

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Blokzijl is a city located southwest of Steenwijk in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. Blokzijl grew in the 1580s. During the siege of Steenwijk, the Dutch built there a fortified lock or in local dialect zijl or siel. It received city rights in 1672. Until 1973, it was a separate municipality; it is now part of Steenwijkerland.


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Postmark Examples

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 180 (= Blokzijl). c.1872. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Blokzijl 1883. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark BLOKZIJL 1898. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Blokzijl 1896. Stampset Stampset.png
Postage stamp from 1899 emission. Stampset Stampset.png
Blokzijl 24-11-1923 on Queen Wilhelmina Fur Collar Strike issue, perforation with sewing machine. Copied from an Article of Cees Janssen in "Passie voor Postzegels", Catalogue of NVPH Stamp Passion Show, Den Bosch, 2008. See also StampSet Stampset.png