Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2018 13:02:54 GMT
Port Gdansk (Port of Danzig).
As provided in the Treaty of Versailles, Poland was permitted to create a separate post office to handle mail between Poland and international destinations. A clause in the treaty guaranteed Poland access to the Baltic Sea, with a corridor that led to the port of Danzig, or Gdansk as it was known to the Poles; the port was declared a “Free City,” neither German nor Polish.
The first Polish post office was established in Danzig in 1920, but Poland did not issue separate postage stamps for use on mail originating from their postal facilities in Danzig.
Mail posted at the Polish Postal and Telegraph office used the current postage stamps of Poland, overprinted PORT GDANSK. These stamps were valid only at the Polish post offices in Danzig.
In 1939 when the Germans invaded the port, the postal employees who were well armed put up a serious defense and repeatedly repulsed the attackers. Unfortunately German firepower finally overwhelmed them and the few who survived were tried and executed as "illegal combatants". The prosecutor and judge were never charged after the war. A memorial was erected on the site in 1979.
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As provided in the Treaty of Versailles, Poland was permitted to create a separate post office to handle mail between Poland and international destinations. A clause in the treaty guaranteed Poland access to the Baltic Sea, with a corridor that led to the port of Danzig, or Gdansk as it was known to the Poles; the port was declared a “Free City,” neither German nor Polish.
The first Polish post office was established in Danzig in 1920, but Poland did not issue separate postage stamps for use on mail originating from their postal facilities in Danzig.
Mail posted at the Polish Postal and Telegraph office used the current postage stamps of Poland, overprinted PORT GDANSK. These stamps were valid only at the Polish post offices in Danzig.
In 1939 when the Germans invaded the port, the postal employees who were well armed put up a serious defense and repeatedly repulsed the attackers. Unfortunately German firepower finally overwhelmed them and the few who survived were tried and executed as "illegal combatants". The prosecutor and judge were never charged after the war. A memorial was erected on the site in 1979.
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