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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 as 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.