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5 THE MAIN POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE

5.1 DOMESTIC MAIL – TRAFFIC BETWEEN DANZIG AND POLAND

The setting up of letter-boxes by the Polish Post in Danzig led to confusion with those of the Free City Post, despite their different colours, inevitably resulting in instances of mail being posted in the wrong letter-box. In such cases the stamp was considered invalid and the item was marked with a “T” (Taxe) indicating that postage due had to be collected.
Mail with Free City stamps posted in Polish letter-boxes is rare.

21 September 1925. Picture postcard with two Free City stamps to Kraków posted in a Polish letter-box. POLSKI URZ. P.-T. GDAŃSK No 3c cds and a written “T” to indicate that postage due should be raised but this was disregarded in Poland.

7 August 1926. Picture postcard sent to Poznań with a 10 pfennig Free City stamp covering the Free City rate for a postcard to Poland. The card was posted in a Polish letter-box. POLSKI URZ. P.-T. GDAŃSK No 1 cds and a written “T” to indicate that postage due should be raised. In Poznan 20 groszy postage due was raised, twice the deficit.

3 June 1938. Postcard with a Free City stamp posted in a Polish letterbox. Unusually the Free City stamp was apparently not noticed and was cancelled normally with the POLSKI
URZĄD POCZTOWY No 2 GDAŃSK cds of the Railway Station Post Office. Arrival cds GDYNIA – PORT POLSKI GDYNIA 1ł 4 June 1938. The only recorded item with a Free City stamp forwarded by the Polish Post in Danzig.