Purmerend (NL)

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Purmerend is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the trade center of the region but the population grew relatively slowly. Only after 1960 did the population start to grow from around 10,000 to around 80,000 by the 2010s.

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

Postmark Examples

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 89 (= Purmerend). c.1872. Stampset

Postmark Purmerend 1875. Stampset

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 89 (= Purmerend). c.1891. Stampset

Postmark PURMEREND 1899. Stampset

Postmark Purmerend, 1989, as used by the "Filatelieloket" (=philatelic counter in the post office). The illustration in the cancel shows a cow, the symbol for the traditional agricultural market in the city.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Purmerend 1975

Meter cancel Purmerend 1986

Meter cancel Purmerend 1990