Naaldwijk 2

The town of Naaldwijk is part of Westland municipality just like my own town. When I was there on 9 June 2017 to renew my driving licence at our town hall I walked into the book store The Read Shop in the town center where the post office is. Apart from the new datestamp they still had the old one that should have been returned in January. They told me that they refused to send it back because 'it is a part of the history of our store'. I got impressions of both postmarks for my collection. The stamp on the envelope was issued for the 50th birthday of King Willem-Alexander.

Naaldwijk is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 10 km southwest of The Hague. Naaldwijk lies in the heart of Westland. The largest economic sector is greenhouse horticulture. The largest flower auction site in the world, operated by FloraHolland, can be found in the nearby village of Honselersdijk. Naaldwijk was previously a municipality in its own right, covering an area of 25.33 km². It included the towns Honselersdijk and Maasdijk. On 1 January 2004 the municipality of Naaldwijk was merged with the neighbouring municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, and Wateringen to create the municipality of Westland. Naaldwijk is now the administrative capital of Westland. The village of Naaldwijk has a population of around 15.440. The statistical area Naaldwijk, which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 17,370.

City/town:       Naaldwijk

Municipality:   Westland

Area:              90,58 km² (Westland)

Population:    106.752 (Westland, August 2017)

Website:        gemeentewestland.nl

Post office

The Read Shop Naaldwijk

Wilhelminaplein 12

2671 GS  NAALDWIJK

readshop.nl/winkel

facebook.com/readshopnaaldwijk
(in August 2019 the post boxes were transfered form the Business Point Naaldwijk 1 to this post office because of bankrupcy)

Date sent: 9 June 2017

Date postmark: 9 June 2017

Date received: 10 June 2017

Number of days: 1

Envelope in collection: 157