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2 THE HARBOUR POST OFFICE

2.1 THE EXCHANGE OF MAIL WITH OVERSEAS COUNTRIES

On 1 May 1926 the mutual exchange of parcels was
opened between Poland and Sweden through the
Polish Exchange Post Office in Danzig. Exchange
Offices for Sweden were Malmö and Stockholm.

25 May 1927. Parcel card for a 7 kg parcel sent from Göteborg through Stockholm and the Polish Post Office Gdańsk No 3 to Katowice in Poland
where it arrived on 9 June. POLSKI URZĄD POCZTOWY No 3 * GDAŃSK * a transit cds on the reverse. Customs clearance took place in the 3rd
Katowice Customs Office which is confirmed by the boxed Wolno od cła (free of customs duties) handstamp, the KATOWICE URZĄD P l cds 9 June
1927 and an official seal of the Katowice Customs Post Office. On 10 June the parcel arrived at the destination post office. Two 30 groszy postage due
stamps on the reverse, cancelled KATOWICE K 11 June 1927 on the day the parcel was collected, covering the 60 groszy fee for delivery of a parcel
between 5 and 10 kg.

Mailbag tags used in the Swedish exchange
post offices in Stockholm and Malmö for
sending empty mailbags to the Polish Harbour
Post Office in Danzig.