Honselersdijk 1

The third and last stop on my trip of 23 June led to the village of Honselersdijk, also in my own municipality Westland. Honselersdijk is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is home to the historic Huis Honselaarsdijk, former palatial estate of the Dutch Princes of Orange. Huis Honselaarsdijk was one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture and grounds in the history of The Netherlands. Today, only part of the outbuildings remain, and these are referred to locally as "De Nederhof".

Honselersdijk is part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 2,6 km southwest of the border of The Hague, with a population of approximately 5.180. Today, Honselersdijk is home to one of the largest flower auctions in the world, Royal Flora Holland.

The stamp I used is a personal stamp designed and issued by Postzegelvereniging Monster (Monster stamp club) in the series 'Westlands mooiste' (Westland's most beautiful). It represents the Honselersdijk based company GREENCO, producer of snack vegetables like baby cucumbers and baby sweet peppers. The variety on the stamp are Tommies snack tomatoes.

City/town:       Honselersdijk

Municipality:   Westland

Area:              90,58 km² (Westland)

Population:    106.752 (Westland, August 2017)

Website:        gemeentewestland.nl

Post office

The Read Shop Honselersdijk

Dijkstraat 50-52

2675 AZ  HONSELERSDIJK

readshop.nl/Winkel

facebook.com/readshopexpress

Date sent: 23 June 2017

Date postmark: 23 June 2017

Date received: 24 June 2017

Number of days: 1

Envelope in collection: 197