In 1951, the stamps featuring the 'Small Coat of Arms' were gradually replaced by the 'Heraldic Lion' type. However, the printing plate for the pre-cancellations remained the same, displaying the post horn along with the periods. [one_half][/one_half] [one_half][/one_half] The first...
In 1938, a completely new system of pre-stamping was introduced. Instead of office names, the country name in two languages, a year, and a month indication in Roman numerals were used from that year onwards.
As a collector of Belgian pre-cancellation stamps, I came across a sentence in a Service Order (number 240 of June 30, 1895) that put me on the trail of an abbey. The Abbey of Averbode. The sentence read: 'This...
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