Voor de competitieve Luik-Namen “Luxphila 2021”, die doorging op 23 oktober in Marche-en-Famenne schreef Luc zich in via een andere club, waar hij eveneens lid is, maar gaf ons tegelijk ook de toestemming om dit item mee op te nemen in het clubarchief van De Postiljon, Boortmeerbeek. Hierbij een voorbeeldpagina uit zijn verzameling:
1. Used within the Postal Canton Belgian
First day of use within the postal canton
Postcard #1 sent on January 1st 1871 at 2pm from the train station post office of LIÉGE(GUILLEMINS) to an address in the city (E/V = ‘en ville’). The printed postage stamp on the card is cancelled with the big double-circle date cancel, introduced in 1864. The rate for sending a postcard within the postal canton was 5 centimes (1.1.1871-31.12.1871).
The single-circle arrival date cancel was placed on the back the card and shows the arrival in the central Liège post office between 5 and 6pm. This type of date cancel with the dual hour indication was introduced in 1870.
Only two First-Day #1 cards are known used inside a canton.
Second day of use within the postal canton
Postcard #1 sent on January 2nd 1871 from the main post office of BRUXELLES to an address in the city. The printed postage stamp on the card is cancelled with the small double-circle date cancel, introduced in 1870. For an inexplicable reason the sender did attach an additional 10 centimes postage stamp of the 1869 issue on the card. It is cancelled with the rhombus cancel, introduced on April 15th 1864. There is no arrival date cancel on the card, as it stayed locally.
Tentoonstellingen :
The first postcard of Belgium 1871-1872
23.10.2021
MARCHE-EN-FAMENNE Luxphila Regionale comp. tentoonstelling Luik-Namen In Complexe Saint-Francois Competitief GROOT GOUD 96 % + Spec. prijs & Felicitaties vd jury via externe deelname
16 - 18.12.2021
S HERTOGENBOSCH - NL HERTOGPOST 2021 Nationale competitieve tentoonstelling Competitief GROOT GOUD 95 % + 1ste Prijs via externe deelname
10 - 12.06.2022
ANTWERPEN ANTVERPIA 2022 Nationale Competitieve tentoonstelling Competitief GROOT GOUD 95% - 1ste plaats Titel: The use of the first postcards of Belgium (via externe deelname)
8-12.11.2022
CAPE TOWN - ZUID AFRIKA Cape Town 2022 Internationale FIP Tentoonstelling Competitief VERGULD ZILVER 83 % volg. internat. quotering Titel: Use of the first Belgian cards 1871-1872 (via externe deelname)
