Sure Could Use Some Help With This Belgian Stampless Cover

Google could only translate a small portion: The Widow de Scheerder in Huizen.
Would someone please translate this cover including the bottom corners.
Thank you

I think it is the widow De Scheerder te Bluijzen or Kluijzen, residing somewhere in Ghent (Gend, current spelling Gent).

That somewhere may have been Op het Zandeberg, maybe the current Zandberg.

What are the words in the lower corners?

"Dylo".

That is what it looks like to me. I have no clue whether it is a name or has some other meaning.

To me it looks as "op het Zandeken" and Zndeken is a place near Gent. The words at bottom looks as Syto and my guess is that it may be the same as Cito, a latin word that means Urgent. Cito can be seen on old covers and it is still used by some postal administrations.

By coincidence, this is in an auction lot of Belgian stuff coming up next Saturday. From Mons to Rue St Anne in Paris; the corner marking is in a different hand to the address.

Syto for cito is highly unlikely. It is neither French, nor Dutch and not really a variant that is likely to have existed. Also, it is far more likely a French word would have been used to express urgency, A postmaster's name is more likely.

One possibility is

Weduwe De Scheerder
te Kluijzen
Op het Zandeken
something Gend.

The hamlet of 't Zandeken (it does not exist anymore) was part of Kluizen.

The word preceding Gend is similar to procuratie or sacristie. I cannot decipher it, but it may have something to do with the place being within the commune of Gend. Again, that would support Op het Zandeken.

The first word on the last line is Provintie which is an old spelling for Province. So the line means Province Gent

Does "rush" make sense, being it was mailed on New Year's Eve?

Does this help?

You are correct. We, now, spell it 'provincie.'




Absolutely not. English was not used at that time and even less so in the post. French is the most likely language used for the post. Considering the letter is in Dutch, Dutch is another possibility.

Whatever is in the lower corners, that ain't English.

If it weren't for the 'o', Dyle, French name of the river Dijl and the Department containing Brussels 1795-1814.

If you search ebay or delcampe for Cito you will find several covers with this word. You will also find one from the Gent area at https://www.delcampe.net/static/img..._001.jpg?v=1 This note looks very much the same as the Sijto note so I donot think it is impossible that this is a Cito note. See also https://www.delcampe.net/static/img..._001.jpg?v=2

Thank you all. I appreciate your efforts.