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Interesting Belgium Railway Parcel Post Cancel

 
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Posted 01/23/2016   3:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add amccleaf1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I collect the back of the book Belgium Parcel Post and Railway stamps, mainly for the cancellations. I found this one for St. Gilles, which seemed a bit unusual, referring to the to the Hotel Communal. Has anyone seen others of this nature?



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Alan
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Posted 01/24/2016   01:18 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Timm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
St. Gilles Bruxles Hotel Communal

St. Gilles is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.
The postmark was probably from the Brussels-Midi train station.
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Posted 01/24/2016   08:15 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add amccleaf1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you for the reply, Timm. I mounted it under St. Gilles which is on my list of known cancellations. I was wondering if perhaps it may have been on a luggage tag that was postmarked at the hotel before being taken to the station.
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Posted 01/26/2016   12:31 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Timm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
No way to know for sure.
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Posted 09/17/2023   9:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Stationcancels to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The bottom portion of your cancel that is not visible on the stamp reads as follows:

ST GILLES BRUSL GEMEENTEHUIS
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Posted 09/19/2023   9:02 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add amccleaf1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Station cancels - thank you for the additional information!
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Posted 09/19/2023   10:29 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add vayolene to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hôtel Communal (french) = Gemeentehuis (dutch) = Town Hall
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Edited by vayolene - 09/19/2023 10:35 pm
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