Description
Amplatz, M., Postal history of Eupen, Malmedy and St. Vith, from the beginnings to 1970, 2001, hardcover, large format, 160 pages, with illustrations and evaluations, history of the former Prussian Eifel districts of Eupen & Malmedy, which were ceded to Belgium after World War I, from the Middle Ages with chapters on messenger services, forwarders, French post, cross-Rhine post, Prussian post, North German Federal Post, German Reichspost, World War I, Belgian period up to 1940, German occupation and finally the second Belgian period from 1944 to the present (1970), with numerous highly interesting. Details and precise information on postal charges, postal connections, post offices, postal regulations etc. with various historical overviews, special chapters on field and railway mail etc. as well as a catalogue of all stamps from around 1730 with ratings in points (catalogue section approx. 40 pages), freshly printed #39741