Bergum (NL)

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Burgum (Dutch: Bergum) is the largest and administrative town of the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, in the Dutch province of Friesland, with a population of 10083 inhabitants. Since January 1, 1989 the West Frisian name Burgum is the official name, before 1989 the Dutch name Bergum was the official one.


Read more @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgum

Postmark Examples

Postmark Bergum 1885. Postage stamp from Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Bergum 1886. See also StampSet Stampset.png
Coded Postal Obliterator nr 148 (= Bergum). c.1891. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Bergum 1897. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Bergum 1913. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Bergum 6-V-1988 as used by the "Filatelieloket" (=philatelic counter in the post office). The illustration in the cancel is the 12th-century church in Bergum.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Bergum 1987
Meter cancel Bergum 1987

Cards and Covers

Letter card sent from Bergum to Enkhuizen 1894. Postal Stationery Netherlands 1881.