Oostende (BE)

Oostende (French: Ostende) is a Belgian coasted city and municipality (69,732 inhabitants end 2014), located in the province of West-Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast.

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Postal history

The post-office OSTENDE opened before 1830. It used a postal code 21 with bars (before 1864), and 283 with points before 1870.

Sub-offices opened before 1910: - Bains on 20 June 1873 - Station on 15 March 1887 - Ouest on 14 August 1900 - Mariakerke on 1June 1903 - Quai

Postmarks after 1951

Postal code: 8400

Oostende 1 - 8400 in 1994.

Slogan cancels

Slogan cancel 1971. Table Tennis

Slogan cancel 1985

Slogan cancel 1987. Chess Championship.

Meter cancels (all periods)

Meter cancel Oostende 1 - 8400 in 1993.	Meter cancel Oostende 1 - 8400 in 2000.

1987

Baudouin period

Oostende 1973. King Boudewijn

Oostende X in 1978.

Postmarks before 1952

Leopold III period

DC OOSTENDE 2 in 1946. Slogan EEUWFEEST JULI 1946 Centenary of the mail-boat service to Dover.	DC OOSTENDE with invitation slogan De Kust, de Ardennen en de Kunststeden nodigen u uit in 1947.
DC OOSTENDE 2 in 1947. Stamp Centenary of the mail-boat service to Dover.

Railway

Frame OOSTENDE STAD in 1950.

Albert I period

OOSTENDE Railway in 1927.

Railway Postmark in 1932.

Leopold II period

Circle OSTENDE in 1899.

Leopold I period

Points 283 on a 1867 issue.

Covers

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