Exactly, Bill. If you read French and have eyes good enough to read
the fine print on the post card, all is explained. It is about a
patent office located in 1. Baarle-Hertog, next to the Belgian post
office, 2. Antwerp (German postal services in Belgium), and 3. Ste.
Adresse (Le Havre) (Belgian postal services in France). They tell us
that they can provide philatelists with these special cards because
of the fact they operate out of Baarle.
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Burke" <billb@l...> wrote:
> THE POSTCARD WAS FRANKED IN 1915 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST WORLD
WAR. NEARLY ALL OF BELGUIM WAS OCCUPIED BY GERMANY EXCEPT AN AREA
NEAR THE FRENCH BORDER NEAR THE SEA AND BAARLE WHICH IS OF COURSE
SURROUNDED BY NEUTUAL NETHERLANDS. IT WAS AN IMPORTANT AREA FOR
SPYING.
>
> I WOULD DISRUPTION AFFECTED THE POSTAL SERVICES . CAN ANYONE
PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. A. Nadybal [mailto:lnadybal@c...]
> Sent: 09 May 2003 01:00
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: baarle-postcard
>
>
> Thanks for the link. I appreciate it.
> I have the card, and what is strtange about the stamps, they weren't
> cancelled at Baarle - but in LeHavre or somewhere.
> Regards
> Len
>
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "chris schulz" <23568@g...>
wrote:
> > hi len,
> >
> > this postcard is on ebay germany right now.
> > heres the link:
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
<http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&item=2927273321&category=40397>
&item=2927273321&category=40397
> > regards, chris
> >
> > baarle-postkarte.jpg
>
>
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