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Philatelic Resources:
werkgroep.mecanotelie.in.evergem.be
A Dutch language website by Lucien van Hecke covering aspects of modern Belgian postal mechanisation and cancellations.
www.philagodu.be/LISTES_CONVERSION/listesco.html
A useful resource giving equivalent catalogue numbers for Belgian stamps listing COB/OCB (Catalogue Officiel Belge/Officiel Belgische Catalogus), Yvert & Tellier, Scott and Michel. Courtesy of Jean-Paul GODU of Philagodu.
www.legerposterij.be/index.html
An excellent website tracing the history of the Belgian military posts from 1830 to date by Hans R. Holdijk.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_philat%C3%A9lique_et_postale_de_la_Belgique
A brief outline of the history of Belgian philately with a long section on the French Occupation Period (Départements Conquis). Contains useful links
A useful French-language blog covering attempts to forge Belgian stamps and postmarks. Includes examples of repairs intended to defraud.
www.academiebelgium.be/fr/index.asp
The Belgian Academy of Philatelists (l’Académie de Philatélie de Belgique).
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog/Belgium
Part of what will be a worldwide catalogue of meter marks. Should be helpful in writing up covers for your town or province displays!
General Resources:
www.japhila.cz/hof/0258/index0258a.htm
An excellent philatelic display by “Napoleon” of the postal history of Belgium during WWI.
www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/~martin/belgobib.htm
An amusing ironic A-Z of Belgium by ?
www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/europe/belgiqueetat_histoire.htm
An interesting website on the history of Belgium focusing on the development of the use of different languages (in French).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Belgian_monarchs
A table in English listing the Belgian monarchs linking to biographical information on wikipedia.be.
www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/flanders-medieval.htm#counts
A detailed approachable background history. Very useable.
www.zum.de/whkmla/region/lowcountries/xbelgium.html
An encyclopaedic website with hundreds of links concerning Belgium.
Railways:
users.telenet.be/pk/en/stations.htm
A list of the Belgian railway stations and lines and telegraphic codes.
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorie:Spoorwegstation_in_Belgi%C3%AB
A very comprehensive resource, giving information about all the stations in Belgium and much more.
users.skynet.be/fa058639/bas.html#F
Belgian railway stations with period photographs.
Exhibitions:
A very detailed resource by Xavier Languy about the 1910 World’s Fair.
users.skynet.be/rentfarm/expo58/
A very detailed site covering the Brussels 1958 Expo.
Clubs & Philatelic Organisations:
Website of the Filatelitische Studiekring Oost-Vlaanderen.
Website of Westvlaamse Filatelische Studiekring.
Site of the ACADEMIE EUROPEENNE DE PHILATELIE (AEP).
Postal Authorities:
Official website of the Belgian Post Office – DE POST / LA POSTE. Look up anything from latest issues to tariffs, or locate a post office.
Dealers and Auction Houses:
Website of Maison Williame.
Website of Auctioneers Luk Vanduffel bvba.
Website of dealer Jean-Paul Godu containing many resources.
Website of Liège-based dealer Sebastien Matthijs with nice regular auctions and fixed price sales.
www.vanlooystampauctions.com/index.asp
Auction house website featuring regular sales.
Two websites belonging to Brussels dealer David Delhaye
Suppliers of all your philatelic accessories with shops in the rue du Midi (Brussels), Ostende, Hasselt, Tielt-Winge.
Auction Websites:
Probably the world’s largest internet auction website specialising in stamps, postal history and postcards. An invaluable resource for collectors of Belgium particularly.
The world’s best known auction website.
Useful Resources:
A very good currency converter.
www.royalmail.com/price-finder
UK postal rates.
www.charline.be/info/codepost/cpost.htm
Belgian postal codes by town.
www.worldpostcodes.info/en/belgium/?SearchText=2050
Look up a postcode and find the town it belongs to.