Galeria

5 THE MAIN POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE

5.3 FOREIGN MAIL

All foreign mail should be sent
through the Post of the Free City.
This applied also to mail that was
sent by one of the Polish Post
Offices in the Free City to
destinations abroad.

17 August 1934. Registered letter
sent by the Polish Post Office
Gdańsk No 1 to Siegmar in
Germany, DRESDEN A 24a transit
cds 18 August and SIEGMAR b
arrival cds 18 August 1934 on the
reverse. 15 pfennig for the letter and
20 pfennig for registration.

Occasionally mail was sent through the
Polish Post in the Free City to Poland
first and from there to the foreign
destinations. This was probably done to
avoid interference or complaints by the
Free City Post.

10 May 1939. Official letter sent by
Polish Post Office Gdańsk No 1 through
Tczew in Poland to Moudon in
Switserland. Boxed Sprawa służbowa
wolna od opłaty pocztowej (Official mail
free of postage) of the Polish Post in
Danzig. For foreign mail a French
handstamp should have been used but
such a handstamp was probably not
available because the Post Office was
allowed to handle internal mail only.