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2 THE HARBOUR POST OFFICE

2.1 THE EXCHANGE OF MAIL WITH OVERSEAS COUNTRIES

Based on the UPU Convention signed in Rome on the 26 May 1906 already on 1 December 1921 the unilateral transport of mail from Great Britain to Poland through the port of Danzig was opened. On 1 November 1922 bothPostal Administrations introduced the mutual exchange of parcels between Poland and Great Britain and Ireland. From Exchange Post Office Gdańsk No 1 mail was sent to the Exchange Post Office in Hull and later also to London.

September 1932. Parcel card for an insured parcel sent from the UK to Kołomyja in Poland. POLSKI URZĄD POCZTOWY GDAŃSK 3b transit cds 13 September 1932 and a WOLNE OD CŁA (free of duties), an official seal and a STANISŁAWÓW 2 cds of the Customs Post Office. KOŁOMYJA h arrival cds 16 September 1932 and a single-line AWIZOWANO indicating that the addressee was informed of the arrival of the parcel. KOŁOMYJA d cds 19 September 1932 on three postage due stamps from the day the parcel was collected. 50 groszy for delivery of the parcel and 70 groszy for two days storage.

Mailbag tag used in the English exchange post office in Hull for sending mailbags with  nsured express parcels to the Polish Harbour Post Office in Danzig.