Brussels 6 (BE)

Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis is one of the 19 municipalities (50,591 inhabitants in 2015) located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.

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Postal history

The ST-GILLES (BRUXELLES) post-office opened on 27 November 1866. It used the code 371 with points before 1874. Sub-offices opened in 1885 (Monnaie), 1894 (Chaussée de Charleroy), 1905 (Place du Sud), 1906 (Hotel Communal).

Postmarks after 1950

Postal code 1060 since 1969.

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Baudouin period

Bilingual Office 1 in 1970.

Meter cancels

Postage meter ST-GILLES (BRUX.)-ST-GILLIS (BRUSS.) 1 in 1965.	Meter cancel 1977
Meter cancel 1979	Postage meter BRUXELLES 31 BRUSSEL 1060 in 1981.
Meter cancel 1983	Postage meter BRUXELLES 6 BRUSSEL 1060 in 1993.

Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

ST. GILLIS in 1940.

St Gilles 3 in 1949 on Railway (Parcel) stamp.

Albert I period

Bilingual in 1913, main office 1E.

Bilingual in 1926, main office 1A.

Chaussée de Charleroy

Frame cancelled in 1924 on railway stamp.

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Leopold II period

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