Le Cateau
Head post office opened in August août 1783.
Type 15
Small numerals
Type 16
Type 17
Type 18
Large numerals
Type 14 + small numerals
Type 15 + small numerals
Type 15 + large numerals
Type 17 + redesigned large numerals
01/1852-07/10/1853
01/1852-12/1862
19/12/1862-26/02/1869
03/11/1868-03/1876
01/09/1872-29/03/1876
Type 17 + large numerals
Redesigned large numerals
Type 18 + redesigned large numerals
01/02/1876-29/03/1876
The redesigned numerals differ from the normal one in that it has a hooked 4 with a higher horizontal bar.
Type 16 + large numerals
11/02/18/69-12/1874
Type 14
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Small numerals 649 and type 15.
Large numerals 774 and type 16.
Large numerals 774 and type 17.
Letter to Belgium insufficiently franked at 30 c because it weighed more than 10 g. The tax of 7 decimes was calculated by comparing the postage on an unstamped letter of the 2nd echelon equivalent to 1 Fr with the amount of postage on the letter.
Redesigned large numerals 774 and type 18.
Large numerals 774 and type 15.
Chargé letter franked at 60 c, i.e. 40 c for postage of a letter weighing more than 10 g and 20 c for registration (rate of 01/01/1863).
