Haarlem (NL)

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Haarlem (formerly known as Harlem in the English language) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland and is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe.Haarlem has a rich history dating back to pre-medieval times, as it lies on a thin strip of land above sea level known as the strandwal (beach ridge), which connects Leiden to Alkmaar. The people on this narrow strip of land struggled against the waters of the North Sea from the west, and the waters of the IJ and the Haarlem Lake from the east. Haarlem became wealthy with toll revenues that it collected from ships and travellers moving on this busy North-South route. However, as shipping became increasingly important economically, the city of Amsterdam became the main Dutch city of North Holland during the Dutch Golden Age. The town of Halfweg became a suburb, and Haarlem became a quiet bedroom community, and for this reason Haarlem still has many of its central medieval buildings intact. Nowadays many of them are on the Dutch Heritage register known as Rijksmonuments. The list of Rijksmonuments in Haarlem gives an overview of these per neighbourhood, with the majority in the old city centre.

Postmark Examples

Postmark 1856. Stampset

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 46 (= Haarlem). c.1867. Stampset

Haarlem, 1872. Stampset

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 46 (= Haarlem). c.1872. Stampset

Postmark HAARLEM 1884. Stampset

Haarlem, 1885. Postage stamp from Stampset

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 46 (= Haarlem). c.1891. Stampset

Haarlem 1894.

Haarlem 1906. Stampset

Haarlem 1913. Stampset

Haarlem 1925.

Postmark Haarlem 26.3.07. Postmark on Dutch postage stamp, catalogued as nvph-88. Emission of 1907.

Postmark Haarlem, 1969, from definitives Queen Juliana

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Cards and Covers

Letter Card, First emission 1871, Postal Stationery, sent from 's-Gravenhage to Haarlem, nov 1871.

Letter Card, sent 13 OCT 1905 from Haarlem to Warmond where it arrived at 14 OCT 1905. Notice the private add "Tinto Novum" with tulip at the left side.

Cover sent from Haarlem to Hobart (Tasmania), 1906

Local cover Haarlem with bisect postage stamp from Stampset