Article about: Hi guys, Its been slim pickings for me lately but I grabbed this as I thought it was fairly unique and not often seen? ( utilitarian as it is its not surprising ) Its a small ( 40cm x 65cm )
Hi guys,
Its been slim pickings for me lately but I grabbed this as I thought it was fairly unique and not often seen? ( utilitarian as it is its not surprising )
Its a small ( 40cm x 65cm ) version of the Deutsche Reichspost mail sack. “Found in a Latvian attic” so the seller said, which may or may not be true – but how else would something like this survive 76 years?
A nice size that will display well amongst my other "junk"......
Anyway, just thought you might like to see what all those letters were carried in?
Cheers, Dan
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
Nice Kirk! Do you know what the numbers mean?
A district code or similar. ...?
Cheers mate, Dan
To my knowledge I do believe they do. I know 34 is for Hamburg on my bag. I am not sure about yours being 19/42. I am trying to dig around tonight with my iphone and to be honest it is not forum friendly and my internet is sucking bad.
Rossi
"It's not whether you get knocked down...It's whether you get up"
Just searching about, I have seen ones marked 26/41 , 1/42 , 19/42 and yours at 6/34.
This map from Wikipedia is supposed to show the old Reichspost districts and the current ones ( 0 - 9 ) but as Hamburg is up the top it is district 20 but your sack is clearly 34 and Hamburg??? so maybe they have another meaning?
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
Just searching about, I have seen ones marked 26/41 , 1/42 , 19/42 and yours at 6/34.
This map from Wikipedia is supposed to show the old Reichspost districts and the current ones ( 0 - 9 ) but as Hamburg is up the top it is district 20 but your sack is clearly 34 and Hamburg??? so maybe they have another meaning?
Yeah I found that map as well so I am not sure what my G/34 means. I know it is marked on on the back side as well with G/34. Also mine has the No. 50032 a well.
"It's not whether you get knocked down...It's whether you get up"
It looks to me to be a G. Here is a postausweiskarte from my collection. There is a G 26 in the stamp on the right side of document inside the Postamt circle. Maybe the G was for Hamburg and the 26 on his card or the 34 on the sack of mine had something to do with the carrier's zone or territory. I truly don't know but I now am interested in knowing.
"It's not whether you get knocked down...It's whether you get up"
Deutsche Reichspost mailbag
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