Viersen (DE)

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Viersen is a town (75,058 inhabitants end 2014, up to 76,905 end 2018), seat of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Historically, in the Rhineland province of Prussia. Viersen is made up of 3 (formerly independent) towns: Süchteln, Dülken and Viersen, which combined in 1970, and one former village, Boisheim, which combined with Viersen in 1968.


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Postmarks in Germany

Postal codes 41747–41751

Meter Marks

International Jazz Festival Viersen 29-31 Aug 1988, 16 Aug 1988
International Jazz Fest Viersen '89, 27 Jul 1989
International Jazz Festival Viersen 20-22 Sep 1991, 16 Sep 1991
International Jazz Festival Viersen 18-20 Sep 1992, 15 Sep 1992
International Jazz Festival Viersen 15-16 Sep 1995, 18 Jul 1995
10th International Jazz Festival Viersen 20-21 Sep 1996, 26 Aug 1996
11th International Jazz Festival Viersen 19-20 Sep 1997, 21 Jul 1997
12th International Jazz Festival Viersen 18-19 Sep 1998, 3 Jul 1998
13th International Jazz Festival Viersen 17-18 Sep 1999, 9 Aug 1999
14th International Jazz Festival Viersen 15-16 Sep 2000, 15 Jun 2000
15th International Jazz Festival Viersen 14-15 Sep 2001, 2 Jul 2001
15th International Jazz Festival Viersen 14-15 Sep 2001, 22 Aug 2001
17th International Jazz Festival Viersen, 28 Jul 2003

Postmarks in German Reich

Bridge type cancel of 1922.

DÜLKEN

Circle in 1889.

Cards

Viersen postally used card
Cancel of 1923 on post-WWI inflation stamp

Postmarks in North German Confederation (1868-1871)

Prussian DC VIERSEN in 1871.

Postmarks in Prussia Rhineland province

The DÜLKEN post office used a code 352, Kreis Kempen, district of Düsseldorf. The SUECHTELN post office used a code 1467, Kreis Kempen. The VIERSEN post office used a code 1549, Kreis Gladbach, district of Düsseldorf. The BOISHEIM post office opened in 1854, used a code 1607, Kreis Kempen.

Frame on a 1862 Postal stationery.