Hilversum (NL)

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Hilversum is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "Het Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages. Hilversum is part of the Randstad, one of the largest conurbations in Europe. Hilversum is home to an extensive complex of audio and television studios belonging to the national broadcast production company NOS (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting), as well as to the studios and offices of all the Dutch public broadcasting organizations and many commercial TV production companies.

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Postmark Examples

Postmark Hilversum 1859. Stampset

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 59 (= Hilversum). c.1872. Stampset

Postmark Hilversum 1885. Stampset

Postmark Hilversum 1875. Stampset

Postmark HILVERSUM 1890. Stampset

Postmark HILVERSUM 1896... Stampset

Postmark Hilversum 1900. Stampset

Postmark Hilversum 1977.

Postmark Hilversum from Philatelic Counter 1988.

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Slogan cancel Hilversum 1930.

Slogan cancel Hilversum 1943. "Post your letters as soon as they are ready"

Slogan cancel Hilversum 1954. Slogan: "Adresseer juist en volledig" (adress correct and complete). Postage stamp from Stampset

Slogan cancel Hilversum 1974. About the same slogan as the 1954 issue. "Adresseer juist volledig en duidelijk". Postage stamp from Stampset

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Cards and Covers

Lettercard, model from 1905-1907, sent March 15, 1907, from Gasselternijveen to Hilversum. Arrival mark Hilversum 15-3-1907. Due to change of address forwarded from Hilversum (16-3-1907) to Amsterdam (arrival March 16, 1907). Postman marks A32 (Hilversum?) and D273 (Amsterdam?). Courtesy of Jan Boon.

Postcard 21-10-1910 sent from World Exhibition Brussels (Belgium) to Hilversum (Netherlands) where it arrived at 22.10.1910.

City Hall Hilversum, 2006