Please see the attached. There is a word 'STATION' in many early postmarks. Does it mean railway station or other postal station?

As for Antwerp Railway Station, which was first open in 1905, could not be possible to appear in 1895 postmark, I believe.

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Jin Peng
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I think you are making reference to Anvers-Central station, opened in 1905.
But the cities had other stations before. The first railway reached Antwerp as earl as in 1836.

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Colleziono
Tematiche: Ferrovie (specialmente Africa e in generale <1960), Trasporti urbani, Funivie
Storia postale: Posta ferroviaria e tramviaria, Perfin, Marcofilia del regno d'Italia

I receive this answear from Stephan Jurgens, a german member of our association,
expert in cancel, that confirm the opinion of Paolo Guglielminetti.


The current "Art Noveau" station in Antwerp was build betwettn 1899 and 1905 and opened 1905 ...but: the first station in Antwerp opened in 1839 (Borgerhout = Antwerpen - Oost). (You have a similar situation in Milan: the current Milano Centrale opens 1931 - but I have hundered of cancels from Milano Ferrovia form the time between 1863 and 1910 (the time I collect). I have no doubt that there was a station in Milano before 1931 ...

If a cancel from 1895 can be used in an "Art Noveau" collection depends on my opinion on the description ... (add the word "predecessor" and everything should be fine



sergio

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Sergio De Benedictis

Thank you all.

I saw many early European generic postmarks with a word 'STATION' or the similar in their own language. All of them refer to 'railway station'?

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Jin Peng
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