Amersfoort (NL)

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Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the Netherlands' main east-west and north-south rail lines. The city celebrated its 750th birthday in 2009.

The Koppelpoort is a medieval gate in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, province of Utrecht. Completed around 1425, it combines land and water-gates, and is part of the second city wall of Amersfoort, which was constructed between 1380 and 1450.

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Postmark AMERSFOORT 1894. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Amersfoort-?????laan, 21-XI-19?? Cancel on Netherlands postage stamp nvph-416, emission of 1943-1944. Depicted is naval hero W.J. van Gent, 1626-1672.


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2018 Meter cancel from an office building (NVVH = Netherlands Organisation for Housewifes) in Amersfoort: postal code 3818HN-21.