Colfontaine (BE)

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50.417, 3.833 Colfontaine (pronunciation: [kɔlfɔ̃tɛn]) is a municipality (20,762 inhabitans end 2017) created in 1977, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, on the French border. The municipality consists of the following sections: Pâturages, Warquignies, Wasmes (it includes Petit Wasmes).

Postal history before 1910

The PATURAGES post office opened on 17 November 1862. It used a Perception code 205 with bars (before 1864) and 290 with points before 1874. The WASMES post office opened on 15 January 1868. It used 382 with points. A relay opened in 1900 at WARQUIGNIES.

Postmarks after 1950

Postal code: 7340

DC COLFONTAINE in 1997.

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Baudouin period (1950-1993)

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Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

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Railway at WASMES in 1938.

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Albert I period

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Leopold II period

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Covers

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