Wehe (NL)

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The old village of Wehe is part of the new municipality De Marne. This municipality encompasses now 21 villages: Broek, Eenrum, Hornhuizen, Houwerzijl, Kleine Huisjes, Kloosterburen, Kruisweg, Lauwersoog, Leens, Mensingeweer, Molenrij, Niekerk, Pieterburen, Schouwerzijl, Ulrum, Vierhuizen, Warfhuizen, Wehe-den Hoorn, Westernieland, Zoutkamp, Zuurdijk.

Read more @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Marne

Postmark Examples

Postmark WEHE 1897. Stampset

Postmark WEHE 1904. Stampset

Cards and Covers

Open letter card (Service = Dienst = free of postage) sent on 21 may 1899 by the mayor of Kloosterburen to the mayor of municipality Leens and residing in Wehe. It was transported by horse-train on the line Winsum-Ulrum (marked 21 may 1899) to Wehe (marked 22 may 1899), about 2 km east of Leens. (Courtesy of Jan Boon)

Open letter card (Service = Dienst = free of postage) sent from Wehe to the Mayor of Leens/Kloosterburen, 1905.

Message card (Dienst = Service) from military office in Groningen to the Mayor of Leens (office at Wehe), sent 31 may 1906. (Courtesy of Jan Boon).