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> HISTORY OF DANZIG'S MAIL AND POSTAL CANCELLATION

Figure 26: Cover from Danzig to Bremen with Type 10 date stamp, 9 November 1867.

The transitional period from pony post to coach mail to railroad mail is indicated by the box cancellation: below the place name in Roman capitals it shows in one line: date, ornamental detail & time. The size varies and the oldest form (slanted italic capitals) is known from 1847.

Possibly these cancellations were patterned after the Saxon cancellations use(1 from 1818 on. Several forms show the 6 or 8-pointed ornament and the date. Later the date separated from the time, on two rays mostly on the tip.

Figure 27: Stampless cover from Stettin to Bordeaux, containing ( the Stettin boxed cancel, red transit stamp on front dated 2 Sept 1858, Paris -Bordeaux R.R. cancel on back with 2 Sept., a double circle cancel dated 3 Sept., and another double circle cancel, apparently stamped “Paris”. Rate numeral “6” written on face of cover. Before the Universal Postal Union, it was quite commen not to affix stamps when mail was sent abroad.

 

Danzig Report  Nr. 14 – April - May - June - 1977, Page 11.