Leuven (BE)

CoA and the beer industry, 1946.

Leuven is a Belgian municipality (99,002 inhabitants in 2015), capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium. It comprizes the former villages of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal.

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Postal history

The LOUVAIN post office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 76 with bars (before 1864), and 226 with points before 1874. Historical sub-offices include STATION (opened in 1870) and BASSIN, opened on 10 August 1900. - the HEVERLE office opened on 12 January 1897 - the KESSEL-LOO on 19 November 1909.

Postmarks after 1950

Leuven

Postal code 3000 since 1969.

Leuven 1990.

Baudouin period (1951-1993)

Leuven X in 1992.

DC LEUVEN X with slogan Paasfeesten (Eastern Feasts) in 1984.

HEVERLEE

Heverlee (pronounced: [ˈɦeːvərleː]) is a town (21,721 inhabitants in 2007) in Belgium. It is a borough of the city of Leuven since 1975.

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Postal code in 1969: 3030 (3001 since at least 1990)

Circle at HEVERLEE 1 3030 in January 1975.

Railway

File:Leuven (BE) BDN CF a.jpg

File:Leuven (BE) BDN CF b.jpg

Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

1941.

Railway

Bilingual frame LEUVEN 34 - LOUVAIN in 1935 (?).

- Railway Postmark

Albert I period (1909-1934)

1916.

1922.

Bilingual in 1923.

Bilingual in 1924.

LEUVEN 1 in 1927.

Leopold II period (1865-1909)

File:Leuven (BE) LII a.jpg

File:Leuven (BE) LII b.jpg

Station

Hexagone LOUVAIN (STATION) in 1888.

LOUVAIN (STATION) in 1894. Emission of 1883.

Circle LOUVAIN (STATION) in 1897.

Leopold I period (Before 1865)

Perception Code 76 on the first (1849) issue.

Code 76 on a 1850 issue.

Code 76 on a 1861 issue.

Cards and Covers

File:Leuven (BE) Cover a.jpg

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Leuven 2004.