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Careful! There’s Danger in this Stempel!
If and when you are offered a cover with this censor’s mark, be sure to run in the opposite direction. The reason is that this stem pel is a complete fabrication and exists only on forged material. Easily identified by the o over the n in Danzig, it has a dent in its circular frame at about the five-o’clock position, specifically under the g. Better to be safe than sorry.

Cities of German Censorship
The following is a list of cities in which the Germans had postal censors set up. It is my hope that this will aid you in analyzing routes traveled by letters during World War 11. Most of the censors’ circular rubber stamps bear a small letter under the eagle/swastika, which identifies the place of censorship.

The list below indicates which town or city the letter refers to. Alternate places of use are stated in [square brackets] and the area from which the letter originated. This key is not foolproof, since some letters have taken an unusual route through the system. For instance, if the designated office was over-burdened with work, the mail could be sent to another location that had a lighter work load.

a.Konigsberg - The Baltic States, Danzig, the Ostland areas.
b. Berlin - Transit mail , airmail for North and South America, Greenland, Finland.
c. Köln [BrUsselJ - The Benelux countries and Northern France.
d. München [Milani - Italy, Switzerland, Portugal
e. Frankfurt a. Main [Nancy] -Switzerland, North and South America, Greenland after 1942.
f. Hamburg - Scandinavia (except airmail).
g. Vienna [Prague and Beogradj - The Balkan countries and Turkey.
h. Berlin - Prisoner of War mail after 1944.
k. Copenhagen - Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
I. Lyon in France - Southern France, transit mail to North Africa.
n. Nancy in France - Southern France [Preburg/BratislavaJ - neutral countries behind front.
o. Oslo in Norway - Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland (same as k, but later).
t. Tronheim in Norway - Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland (same as k, but later).
x. Paris - France, including zone-mail, Holland and Belgium, Red Cross mail (Mostly from POW and concentration camps; also refugees, etc.
y. Bordeaux in France - Southern France, transit mail via Bordeaux.

Curt Hosny lives in Aalborg, Denmark, and is, quite naturally, collecting Danzig mail to his hometown. In addition to exhibiti ng on an international scale, he is the editor.and founder of the Danish study group that publishes Danzig-nyt - Mecilemsblad for Danzig Gruppen. As you may have guessed, it’s a quarterly publication for Nordic Danzig collectors from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Aland Islands, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. In addition to his studies of Danzig, Curt was once a computer columnist, and he and wife Inga are experts at showing the wondferful_sights of Denmark. to us_Ausländers.

 

Danzig Report Vol. 1 - Nr. 90 - January - February - March - 1996,  Page 25.