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3.2 THE TRANSIT OF MAIL FROM OTHER COUNTRIES

The Polish post also signed an agreement with the postał administration of Latvia to transport mail through the Gdańsk harbour to the USA. Probably this was done because of the regular connection between Gdańsk and the USA through different shipping companies. A band-written Ł was obligatory to indicate that the parcel came from Latvia but was not always applied.

 

Above: Parcel card for a 440 gram parcel sent from Riga in Latvia through Poland and the Gdańsk harbour to the USA. RIGA LATWIJA cds 11.3.29 on the front and a manuscript annotation Gdansk 3 in blue. WILNO 2o (the Railway Station Post Office) 12.3.29 on the reverse.
Below: Parcel card for a 6,7 kg parcel sent from Saldus in Latvia through Poland and the Gdańsk harbour to the USA. SALDUS LATWIJA cds 25.1.28 on Latvian stamps on the front and the reverse, WILNO 2 transit cds 28.1.28, TCZEW 2 (Railway Station and Customs Post Office) 31.1.1928 and POLSKI URZAD POCZTOWY No 3 GDAŃSK b 2.2.28 transit cds on the reverse.

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The Polish Post in the Free City of Gdańsk 1920 - 1939, Page 18.