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4 THE RAILWAY STATION POST OFFICE

4.3 THE HANDLING OF NORMAL MAIL

From 1930 Post Office Gdańsk No 2 also started to handle small amounts of normal mail. This mail probably came from the letter-box near the
entrance of the railway station and another located on one of the platforms. The mail was added to mailbags for Poland arriving from the Main Post
Office at the Heveliusplatz although officially this was not permissible.

Annotation on the reverse

17 August 1938. Express
letter sent from Danzig to
Tczew. POLSKI URZĄD
POCZTOWY GDAŃSK 2a
cds. Handwritten annotation Wyjęto z skrzynki
17/VIII (taken from the
letter-box) and a TCZEW 1g
arrival cds 17 August 1938
on the reverse. The letter
shows clearly that mail with
Gdańsk No 2 datestamps
came from the letter-boxes
at the railway station.

31 July 1937. Picture postcard sent from
Danzig to Grabow. The 15-groszy stamp had
become invalid on 15 September 1936.
Written “T” to indicate that postage due
should be raised but this was not done in
Poland. GDAŃSK 2b cds. This type of
datestamp was used only between July and
October 1937.