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points within the article. We are grateful to Bud for his proof-reading and suggestions in this project. Additional postal history information from you readers will also be appreciated.

WAS IST?
This issue was purposely delayed until the WAS IST? from Report No. 9 was properly answered. Several, suggestions were received, hut the writer appears to he Col . Harry Halle, the renowned (PS Sales Manager. Col. Halle says that the hand-stamped ‘20 P Einl. Geb.” means “20 Pfennig Einliefern Gebühr” ( literally: delivery in, prepaid) , and represents the 20 Pfg. that the rural mailman collected at the sender’s door in order to have the postman register the cover at the district’s post office. In return for the letter and fee, the postman handed the sender a temporary receipt, and, since 2 deliveries a day were normal, could often return the permanent receipt the same afternoon. All this information on special fees and purple hand stamps can be found in Paragraph XXV of the Postal Regulations of 30 November 1871. Thanks, Colonel.

Below is another example of the hand stamp, this one on a 1937 first day cover for the Leistungschau Block No. 3:

 

Danzig Report   Nr. 12 – November - December - 1976, Page 2.