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I came across this stamp while counting for the Holocaust Stamps Project and am wondering if anyone has historical info about it. The postmarked date is intriguing!


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bamra1
17 Aug 2014
09:45:24pm

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re: Belgian stamp info wanted

It's the date Bleriot crossed the Channel. If only it were a First Flight cancel

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18 Aug 2014
12:42:10am

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re: Belgian stamp info wanted

Quoted from Jones: Railway Parcel Post Cancellations of Belgium - this is the most authoritative book on Belgian Railway stamps.

The type of cancellation you have here is called a Chamfered Rectangle.

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"Three line rectangular cancellers with the lower corners cut away by short diagonal frame lines are known as 'chamfered rectangles'. The first recorded usage is in 1908, and although from then on they rapidly replaced the standard rectangles in many places, the standard rectangle form of canceller continued to be used at some stations. The use was mainly at State line stations, but some of the private lines which survived the longest also used chamfered rectangle cancellers."

The chamfered rectangle came into usage in January 11th, 1908. Cancellations between 1908 and 1910 are harder to find as the waybills upon which they were used were destroyed. There was a slight lull in the interest of railway stamps during that time. After 1910 the chamfered rectangle cancellations were found in abundance and are one of the most difficult cancellations to create the rail stations they passed through as they were used by State Rail lines and private rail lines as well as provisionals.

I realise the latter information is unrelated to your stamp but it helps to understand the cancellation better.

Kelly

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