Barneveld 5

Twice a year in the town of Barneveld a stamp show is held. The Spring Fair (Voorjaarsbeurs) and the End of Year Fair (Eindejaarsbeurs). On 2 June 2018 I visited the Spring Fair, called Hollandfila 2017, and afterwards took the opportunity to get one of the new datestamps. The Primera shop was the closest post office to the Veluwehal where the show was held. As stamp I used the 2017 stamp from the series of chicken breeds with the Barnevelder chicken, a perfect match between stamp and postmark.

Barneveld is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland and also the administrative center of the eponymous municipality. It exists as a village since 1333. In Dutch history it is known as the town where during the Hook and Cod wars (1350-1490) cavalry officer Jan van Schaffelaar jumped to his death from the church tower to spare his besieged troops (16 July 1482). Barneveld is widely known as the Dutch center of poultry farming and egg production. Every Thursday there is an egg market where the national price of eggs is set.

City/town: Barneveld
Municipality: Barneveld
Area:              176,69 km² (Barneveld mun.)
Population:    56.625 (Barneveld mun., August 2017)
Website:         barneveld.nl

Parcel point
Primera De Bruijn
Jan van Schaffelaarstraat 64
3771 BW  BARNEVELD
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Date sent: 2 June 2017
Date postmark: 2 June 2017
Date received: 3 June 2017
Number of days: 1
Envelope in collection: 138