Rijssen (NL)

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Rijssen is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is part of Rijssen-Holten, one of thirteen municipalities in Twente. It has over 28,000 inhabitants. Rijssen has a thriving economy, relying mostly on commerce and nationally renowned construction and transport companies.


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

Postmark Examples

Postmark RIJSSEN 1883. Stampset Stampset.png
Coded Postal Obliterator nr 161 (= Rijssen). c.1891. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark RIJSEN (!) 1895. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Rijssen 1897. Stampset Stampset.png
Postmark Rijssen 1908. Stampset Stampset.png

Commemorative cancels

Postmark RIJSSEN, 15.VI-1989, as used by the "Filatelieloket" (=philatelic counter in the post office). The illustration in the cancel shows the windmill in Rijssen, built in 1752.

Meter candels

Meter cancel Rijssen, 1965.
Meter cancel Rijssen, 1978.
Meter cancel Rijssen, 1987.
Meter cancel Rijssen, 1993.
Meter cancel Rijssen, 1993.
Meter cancel Rijssen, 1995.