Belgium : Stamps On Steiner Pages.

SHERMAE ---You would have to talk to someone more experience in Belgium stamps ,I only collect them ,never had research books on the country in my library .

1941
Parcel Post and Railway Stamps.

Steiner Page 72.

A medley of Hodge Podge.

Unknown.
Possibly a Rail Ticket.

Societe Nationale des chemins de fer vichelux ?

Hello Rod, the word you are looking for on the ticket is Vicinaux.

In Belgium(and also the Netherlands) there used to be a lot of local railways.

They were smaller lines operated with smaller trains(early ones on steam later ones on electric) they often looked a lot like Streetcars.

Witrh better train and bus services, most if not all stopped being used in the seventies

Fabulous! Thanks Johan
Your words shall appear on my album page.

I thought it may be along this line, I searched "Terloo" ( I kept getting Waterloo)
and "Kwabeek" and the results suggested minor local localities.

If you chance on any local streetcars suggested by this ticket, please pass on the link.

I am glad I do not throw stuff out, that will be a nice addition to my Belgian Rail pages.

Vicinaux = rough translation = neighbourhood. (local)

It is a tranway ticket , one way ( enkel biljet -billet simple) from Halle - Hal to Ninove .Every stop is indicated :in Halle : Bergenschepoort-Porte de Mons / Statie-Station .....Pepinghen :Elbeek-Statie , Breedhout.....Leerbeek:Steenberg , Terloo . The town or village is indicated left vertically , the stop horizontally .The price of the ticket was 60 centiemen , starting in Halle Bergenschepoort to Ninove ,emitted by the Nationale Maatschappij van Buurtspoorwegen (upstairs) , Société nationale des chemins de fer vicinaux .(buurtspoorwegen = vicinaux). On the ticket is indicated the trip you made , here Pepinghen statie to Leerbeek Statie . So you had to pay a part of 60 centiemen .As the price is only in Flemish , I think the ticket dates from 1930/32 .
The ticket is in 2 languages : French and Dutch , it is only since 1932 that the official language in the Flemish part of Belgium is only Duth = Flemish . So your ticket dates before 1932 .
For some images see : https://www.google.be/search?rlz=1C....10.0....0.. .
For more details : it is from Borsbeek to Antwerp :http://www.docc-borsbeek.be/2017/03...-koekenstad/ : koekenstad = Antwerp .albert

Wow!
Thank you very much Antwerpen.

I'll make an album page with your commentary.
Fit nicely in my Railway Parcel collection.

I should imagine this piece of ephemera, has sat back of book in albums,
as a lonely orphan, for 80 or so years, until you happened by.

1931
Steiner Page 17.



1932
Steiner Page 18.

very nice collection . Did you buy it as it or did you collect thr stamps separately ? I will make some photo's of my Belgian collection : the oldest part until 1912 is in an old album,dating from 1912 , the rest in deiiferent albums, but not so well presented as yours . albert

Albert,
thanks for your kind words.

I think perhaps a typical "collecting journey"
Back in 2000 I was at a place where I could not afford to spend more than a few dollars a week on stamps, I was buying cheap Chinese albums of world mixtures, for $5 -$10 a pop.

Belgian stamps appear to be vast in their duplication (as is the Netherlands, suggesting prolific writers in the post)

As the collection grew, I was replacing the grungy with ever better stamps,
and as my situation improved, I was able to purchase (and seek out) album pages. (I find this a much cheaper route)

I still buy pages, part collections, take the issues I need and re-market.

My current desire is to improve my pre-cancel collection.

1935
Steiner Page 19.



1936
Steiner Page 20.

1937
Steiner Page 21.



1944
Steiner Page 5.

1893
Steiner Page 4.



1896
Steiner Page 5.

Cover.
Toc H Services Club, Perth, Western Australia.



Toc H (TH) is an international Christian movement. The name is an abbreviation for Talbot House, 'Toc' signifying the letter T in the signals spelling alphabet used by the British Army in World War I. A soldiers' rest and recreation centre named Talbot House was founded in December 1915 at Poperinghe, Belgium.

The origins of Toc H can be traced back to the battle fields of the Ypres Salient in Belgium during World War I – to Messines, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Passchendaele and Ypres. It was on these fields that tens of thousands of young men lost their lives: men from Great Britain and from countries which had been part of the British Empire –Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, India, and South Africa. Early in the
War it became evident that something had to be done, especially for those returning from the Front Lines, something that would take their minds off the tragedies of death and destruction which daily surrounded them. There needed to be somewhere they could go,to rest the body and to refresh the soul.

One town to which many of them went was Poperinghe, famous for its hops. From 1914 to 1918 this town was continuously crowded with soldiers, motor vehicles of all sorts, horse drawn wagons and guns, and although it
was only a few kilometres behind where all the action was, it was relatively safe compared with other towns in the area, like Ypres and Messines.

Note: Salient in military terms =
A salient, also known as a bulge, is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. The salient is surrounded by the enemy on multiple sides, making the troops occupying the salient vulnerable.