On Friday 23 June 2017 I had part of the afternoon off
and I decided to go get a few datestamps. There were only a few hours so I
could not travel too far away. My first stop was the town of Hoek van Holland
where the post office is located in the Bruna bookstore. Hoek van Holland (in
English: Hook of Holland, literally The Corner of Holland) is a small town on
the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal near the North Sea coast in Rijnmond. It is well
connected to the nearby regional hub, Rotterdam. Most notable for travellers is
Hook's ferry port, which has had services to the East of England (Harwich and
Hull) since 1893. Hoek van Holland is
not an autonomous municipality, but part of the municipality of Rotterdam, although there
is an advisory council for local affairs. The settlement came into existence
when the Nieuwe Waterweg was dug to create a better waterway from the harbor of
Rotterdam to the sea. Originally part of the municipality of 's‑Gravenzande,
it was transferred to Rotterdam to give the city control over both banks of the
Nieuwe Waterweg.
The stamp I used is a personal stamp designed and
issued in 2014 by Postzegelvereniging Monster (Monster stamp club) to
commemorate the 150th anniversary of Hoek van Holland and the Nieuwe Waterweg.
It is one of a series of four, depicting the lighthouse.
City/town: Hoek van Holland
Municipality: Rotterdam
Area: 14,1
km² (Hoek van Holland) / 325,79 km² (Rotterdam mun.)
Population: 10.200 (Hoek van Holland, 2017) / 639.587 (April 2017, Rotterdam
mun.)
Post office
Bruna
Hoek van Holland
Prins
Hendrikstraat 291
3151 AK HOEK
VAN HOLLAND
Date sent: 23 June 2017
Date postmark: 23 June 2017
Date received: 24 June 2017
Number of days: 1
Envelope in collection: 195
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