Silly (BE)

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Silly (pronunciation: [sili] ; Dutch: Opzullik) is a municipality (8,407 inhabitants end 2017) of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following sections: Bassilly, Fouleng, Gondregnies, Graty, Hellebecq, Hoves, Silly, and Thoricourt.

Postal history before 1910

The SILLY post office opened on 28 June 1858. It used a Distribution code 81 (before 1864), and 334 with points before 1874. A relay opened in 1905 at GRATY and in 1909 at THORICOURT.

Postmarks after 1950

Postal code 7830

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Baudouin period (1950-1993)

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Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

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Albert I period

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Railway Postmark on a 1920 issue.

Leopold II period

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Covers

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