Vlissingen (NL)

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Vlissingen (English: Flushing) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315. In the 17th century Vlissingen was a main harbour for ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It is also known as the birthplace of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Vlissingen is mainly noted for the wharves on the Scheldt where most of the ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) are built.


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Postmark Examples

Postmark Vlissingen 1860. Postage stamp from Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Vlissingen 1859. 'Grotesque' Characters. Postage stamp from Stampset Stampset.png
Coded Postal Obliterator nr 116 (= Vlissingen). Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Vlissingen 1882. Stampset Stampset.png
Coded Postal Obliterator nr 116 (= Vlissingen). c.1891. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Vlissingen 1895. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Vlissingen 1892. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Vlissingen 1895. Stampset Stampset.png

Special cancels

Railway cancel, 1903,traject Breda-Vlissingen, on Dutch Letter Card model 1899.
Postmark VLISSINGEN-5, 8.V.70.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel 1936
Meter cancel 1975
Meter Cancel VLISSINGEN, 1984.
Meter Cancel VLISSINGEN, 1985.
Meter Cancel VLISSINGEN, 1986.
Meter Cancel VLISSINGEN, 1990.
Meter Cancel VLISSINGEN, 1992.
Meter Cancel VLISSINGEN, 1998.
Meter Cancel VLISSINGEN, 2000.
Meter Cancel VLISSINGEN, 2005.

Cards and Covers

Vlissingen (English: Flushing), the Netherlands, 1 JAN 1871. First Dutch Letter card, issued 1 jan 1871, canceled here on the first day of issue. Netherlands Postal Stationery. Collection of Jan Boon.
Letter card sent from Vlissingen to Switzerland, 1917. Postage stamp from Stampset Stampset.png