WWI Belgium
RAILWAY T.P.O. CANCELS
During the German occupation of Belgium (and northern France) during WWI, control of the railway system was a matter of military importance, directly under German control. Existing Belgian railway t.p.o. cancels were abolished, and replaced by oval German-style cancels. The letter "Z" refers to "Zug", i.e. the train route number. The following cancels are recorded :
Arlon-Virton
Brüssel-Antwerpen
Brüssel-Cambrai
Brüssel-Gand-Ostende
Brüssel-Herbesthal
Brüssel-Lille
Brüssel-Luxembourg
Brüssel-Metz
Brüssel-Mézières-Charleville
Brüssel-Mons
Brüssel-Namur
Brüssel-Valenciennes
Cambrai-Lille
Charleroi-Hirson
Charleville-St-Quentin
Chimay-Mariembourg
Cöln-Antwerpen
Cöln-Brüssel
Cöln-Laon
Cöln-Lille
Cöln-Lüttich
Cöln-Verviers
Courtrai-Lille
Dinant-Jemelle
Gent-Charleville
Gent-Courtrai
Givet-Mariembourg
Herbesthal-Laon
Herbesthal-Lille
Kortryk-Cambrai
Libramont-Ulflingen
Löwen-Charleroi
Löwen-Gent
Löwen-Turnhout
Lüttich-Antwerpen
Lüttich-Bleyberg
Lüttich-Charleroi
Lüttich-Hasselt
Lüttich-Jemelle
Lüttich-Luxembourg
Lüttich-Namur
Lüttich-Tergnier
Lüttich-Trois-Ponts
Luxembourg-Jemelle
Luxembourg-Namur
Luxembourg-Trois-Ponts
Metz-Charleville
Metz-Conflans
Metz-Vigneulle
Montmédy-Verdun
Namur-Charleville
Pepinster-Ulflingen
Thielt-Charleville
Trier-Charleville-Rethel
Trier-Charleville-St-Quentin
Virton-Houyet
In theory, reverse direction versions would exist for all up and down routes, e,g, Luxembourg-Namur and Namur-Luxembourg. Only the first alphabetically is listed here.
This listing is based on "Les Bureaux Ambulants de Belgique" by D. D'Hondt, Bruxelles, 1936.
1914 OVERPRINTS (025936)
- Price
- £20.00
- Stock Code
- 025936
1914 OVERPRINTS (025936)
1F25c on 1M, with sheet margin showing plate 163 marking, mint light hinge
CENSORED TO DENMARK (025959)
- Price
- £10.00
- Stock Code
- 025959
CENSORED TO DENMARK (025959)
10pf Germania p.s. card (Mi P1) from ANTWERPEN roller cds, violet AACHEN censor cachet, "25" censor, to Copenhagen, 1916
POSTAGE DUE (026338)
- Price
- £20.00
- Stock Code
- 026338
POSTAGE DUE (026338)
unsealed envelope bearing 4 x 5c on 5pf (SG2, Mi2) from boxed "Etappen-Inspektion / Gent" datestamp, may have had unpermitted content (paperclip and perhaps attached note) and treated as underpaid, oval "Porto" cachet, blue manus "T", first charged 25c due, then corrected to 10c
POSTAL STATIONERY (026339)
- Price
- £20.00
- Stock Code
- 026339
POSTAL STATIONERY (026339)
8c on 7½c p.s. card (Mi P2, cat 40 Euros), "Gent" boxed cachet, to PoW camp at Torgau, censor cachets of Gent and Torgau, 1917