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5 THE MAIN POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE

5.1 DOMESTIC MAIL – TRAFFIC BETWEEN DANZIG AND POLAND

Initially the use of normal Polish postage
stamps without PORT GDAŃSK overprint
was not allowed but tolerated. Only in 1931
the use became officially permitted.
Most of the Polish stamps were brought
from Poland by individuals or companies. In
the 1930s the Polish Post Office started to
sell Polish stamps for propaganda reasons,
when a certain nominal value didn’t exist
with overprint or in case a certain stamp
with overprint had been sold out.

10 August 1934. Picture postcard sent to
Zakopane with a Polish 20 groszy stamp
without overprint. The sender, a tourist,
appears to have been unaware that the
postage for a picture postcard with a message
of more than 15 words at the Polish Post in
Danzig was only 15 groszy instead of 20
groszy like in Poland. POLSKI URZĄD
POCZT.-TEL. GDAŃSK 1 C cds.

8 November 1935. Picture postcard sent to
Poznań with a special stamp commemorating
the death of Marshal Piłsudski sold at the
Polish Post in Danzig for propaganda reasons.
15 groszy for a picture postcard with a message
of more than 15 words. POLSKI URZĄD
POCZTOWY GDAŃSK 2 cds.

21 February 1939. Proof of payment for a
double magazine subscription for March
1939. POLSKI URZĄD P.-T. GDAŃSK 1
h cds. 10 groszy fee had to be paid for a
subscription for a magazine which
appeared 5 or more times a week, 20
groszy for a double subscription. The
Polish stamps were sold at the Polish Post
Office Gdańsk No 1 because no Port
Gdańsk 10 and 20 groszy stamps were
available.