Oudenaarde (BE)

From Stamps of the World
Loading map...

Oudenaarde is a Belgian municipality (31,132 inhabitants end 2017) in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere, Edelare, Eine, Ename, Heurne, Leupegem, Mater, Melden, Mullem, Nederename, Welden, Volkegem and a part of Ooike. From the 15th to the 18th century, but especially in the 16th century, Oudenaarde was a world-known centre of tapestry production. The town's name, meaning “old field”, still lingers on in “outnal”, an obsolete English term for a kind of brown linen thread.

Postal history before 1910

The post office (named AUDENAERDE) opened before 1830. It used a Perception code 9 (before 1864), and 21 with points before 1874. Other offices opened before 1910: - EYNE on 1 December 1873 - EENAME on 7 February 1905 - MAETER and MELDEN on 4 July 1906 - BEVERE-lez-Audenaerde on 23 October 1906


Postmarks after 1950

Postal code: 9700

Oudenaarde - Audenaerde

Albert II period

Cancel OUDENAARDE - R, 22.06.2005
Slogan Cancel OUDENAARDE 1, 1995

Baudouin period

Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

Albert I period

Stampset.pngRailway Postmark

Leopold II period

Leopold I period

Perception 9 on 1849 issue.

Ename

Stampset.pngRailway Postmark

Covers