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2 THE HARBOUR POST OFFICE

2.3 THE SENDING OF OFFICIAL MAIL

As well as handling overseas mail, the Polish Harbour Post Office in the Free City became in 1920 responsible for the exchange of Polish official mail between Polish offices in Danzig and offices in Poland. This was done to avoid control by the Free City authorities.

13 September 1922. Earliest known official mail, indicated by the official seal of Polish Post Office Gdańsk No 1 and handwritten SPRAWA POCZTOWA (postal matter), sent through the Polish Harbour Post Office in Danzig. The manager of the Post Office enquired from Post Office Tczew 1 whether an American parcel with an incomplete address had been delivered to the right person.

12 January 1926. Letter sent from Polish Harbour Post Office Gdańsk No 1 to the Post and Telegraph Management, foreign mail department, in Warszawa. The sender and recipient indicate that it concerned here official mail of the Post, which could have been sent free of charge. For reasons unknown, the Sprawa pocztowa (postal matter) handstamp, that was put on the cover to show it concerned official mail of the Post, was made invalid again. Because of this, the normal 15 groszy postage had to be paid. POLSKI URZĄD POCZTOWY No 1 GDAŃSK b cds and a WARSZAWA 1 machine arrival datestamp 13 January 1926 on the reverse. The only recorded letter with Port Gdańsk stamps used in the Polish Harbour Post Office.