Kruiningen (NL)

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Kruiningen is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Reimerswaal, about 5 km south of the village of Yerseke. Kruiningen has a station on the railway line Bergen op Zoom - Vlissingen. Kruiningen achieved some notoriety as departure and arrival of the ferry Kruiningen-Perkpolder. In 2003, this ferry closed in connection with the opening of the Westerscheldetunnel. Kruiningen was hit hard during the Flood of 1953, 62 people died and the entire village came for six months under the influence of the tides.


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Postmark Examples

Postmark KRUININGEN 1897. Stampset Stampset.png
Cancel KRUININGEN, 26.8.1920, on postage stamp nvph-61, Queen Wilhelmina with fur collar, emission of 1899-1921.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Kruiningen 1962.
Meter cancel Kruiningen 1971.
Meter cancel Kruiningen 1994.