Enschede (NL)

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Enschede is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The municipality of Enschede consisted of the city of Enschede until 1935, when the rural municipality of Lonneker, which surrounded the city, was annexed after the rapid industrial expansion of Enschede which began in the 1860s and involved the building of railways and the digging of the Twentekanaal. The Universiteit Twente (University of Twente), a university with mostly technical studies, is located in Enschede. It's one of the three technical universities in the Netherlands (besides Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology). The Universiteit Twente is also the only large campus university in the Netherlands.

Postmark Examples

Postmark Enschede 1860 on Netherlands First Emission. Stampset

Postmark Enschede 1855 on Netherlands First Emission. Lettering "Egyptian". Stampset

Postmark Enschede 1861 on Netherlands First Emission. Lettering "Grotesque". Stampset

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 36 (= Enschede). c.1867. Stampset

Postmark Enschede 1886. Stampset

Postmark Enschede 1889. Stampset

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 36 (= Enschede). c.1891. Stampset

Postmark Enschede 1896. Stampset

Postmark Enschede, 1916

Postmark Enschede, 28-IX-1923. Postage stamp from definitives in Stampset

Postmark Enschede, 23 XII 92

This cancelation is from a BuBa or Business Balie (in English: Business Counter or Business Point). This kind of office is mostly located in an industrial/commercial area where business mail is collected and handled. The company dealing with this mail was Royal TNT, now Royal PostNL. The cancels may contain TNT post or TNT Express or PostNL or PostNL Express. Note here the city name Enschede and the office address as Rigtersbleek - Westend