Terneuzen (NL)

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The city of Terneuzen is located on the southern shore of the Western Scheldt estuary. It can be reached from the rest of the Netherlands via the Western Scheldt Tunnel, which opened in March 2003. Terneuzen is not linked to the rest of the Netherlands by rail - although the Dow Chemical plant is served by a freight only line to Gent/Ghent in Belgium (Terneuzen's passenger rail service was withdrawn in 1951).

First mentioned in 1325, Terneuzen was a strategically located port on the waterways to Ghent, in present-day Belgium. Nowadays the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal is still an important shipping route. The port of Terneuzen is the third largest in the Netherlands, after those of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. The largest plant of Dow Chemical Company outside of the United States is located at Terneuzen, on the west side of the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal.

Tradition has it that Terneuzen was once the home of the legendary Flying Dutchman, Van der Decken, a captain who cursed God and was condemned to sail the seas forever, as described in the Frederick Marryat novel The Phantom Ship and the Richard Wagner opera The Flying Dutchman.

It received city rights in 1584. The city has used several names in the postmarks: Terneuzen, Neuzen, Ter Neuzen, Terneuzen.

1 Postmark Examples and others
2 Postmark with City name TERNEUZEN
- 2.1 Cards and Covers TERNEUZEN
3 Postmark with City name NEUZEN
- 3.1 Cards and Covers NEUZEN
4 Postmark with City name TER NEUZEN
- 4.1 Cards and Covers TER NEUZEN
- 4.2 Coded Postal Obliterators TER NEUZEN
5 TERNEUZEN
- 5.1 Postal Order Stamps
6 Perfin Terneuzen
7 Terneuzen Sub Offices
8 Terneuzen Business Points / Service Points PostNL
9 Slogan Postmarks TERNEUZEN
10 Meter Cancels TERNEUZEN

Postmark Examples and others

Postmark with City name TERNEUZEN

Postmark TERNEUZEN 1877. Stampset

Postmark TERNEUZEN 1897. Stampset

Terneuzen-1, 2-1-1986

Terneuzen-3, 22-4-1978

Terneuzen-4, 18.XI.1977

Postmark , as used by the "Filatelieloket" (=philatelic counter in the post office). The illustration in the cancel shows the Terneuzen Town Hall.

Terneuzen 16-XII-2001

Cards and Covers TERNEUZEN

Service letter TERNEUZEN 26-XI-1946, no postage stamp needed

Cover with ROLLER CANCEL, about 1953. Letter sent from Terneuzen to Haarlem.

Postmark with City name NEUZEN

Postmark NEUZEN, 1904. Stampset

Postmark NEUZEN, 1905 (Detail of postcard)

Postmark NEUZEN 1913. Stampset

Roller cancel NEUZEN 1912. Stampset

Postmark NEUZEN 1923. Stampset

Postmark NEUZEN, 1924

Postmark NEUZEN, 1934

Cards and Covers NEUZEN

Postmark Neuzen, 1906, Postal Stationery 1904.

Postmark Neuzen, 1908, Letter card sent from Netherlands to USA

Postmark NEUZEN, cover sent from NEUZEN Brussels (Belgium). 1904

Letter card sent by Military Mail ("Veldpost"), no postage stamp required, from NEUZEN to soldier in Camp-Waalsdorp during first World War, 16.4.1917.

Postmark NEUZEN, 1921. Postal Card sent from Neuzen to Amsterdam.

Postmark with City name TER NEUZEN

Postmark TER-NEUZEN, c.1860. Stampset

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Postmark TER NEUZEN 1886. Stampset

Postmark TER NEUZEN, 2 Jan 1894. See also StampSet

Postmark TER NEUZEN, 1895. StampSet

Postmark TER NEUZEN 1902. Stampset

Cards and Covers TER NEUZEN

Letter Card sent from Ter Neuzen (Netherlands) to Antwerpen (Belgium), october 1876. The card is actually one part of the double card 'SEND and ANSWER (with paid postage)'. The 'Antwoord betaald' line has been crossed out, making it the SEND-version. Arrival cancel in Antwerpen. Postal Stationery 1873.