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4 THE POLISH HUGHES TELEGRAPH STATION

On 1 October 1921 the Polish post in Gdańsk established a Polish Telegraph Office in the building of the Polish diplomatic representative in the Free City at the Neugarten, this to avoid control by the Free City. The office was called POLSKA STACJA HUGHESA (Polish Hughes station), after the brand name of the telegraph, and was only used for sending official telegrams to Poland.

 

Telegram sent on 27 May 1923 from the Przemyśl Post Office to the Polish Harbour Post Office Gdańsk 1, saying that American parcel number 4377 had not been received. POLSKA STACJA HUGHESA with eagle arrival handstamp of the Polish Telegraph Office. From there it was sent to the Harbour Post Office, where the boxed internal registration handstamp of the Harbour Post Office Gdańsk 1 was applied, showing that the telegram arrived there on 28 May.

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The Polish Post in the Free City of Gdańsk 1920 - 1939, Page 21.