The first stamps of Danzig were overprinted German stamps issued on 14 June 1920. The first stamps of the Danzig Free State appeared in January 1921 and continued in use until the outbreak of World War II in 1939.[1] At that time the Free City was annexed by Nazi Germany.
Polish post officeedit
Post stamps of Polish Postal Service in the Free City of Danzig
^Danzig. Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
Further readingedit
Erler, Martin. Catalogue of the Adhesive Revenue Stamps of Germany, Vol. V, Danzig, Memel, Oberschlesien. Icking, Germany: ORA-Verlag, 1995. OCLC 75585447.
Jank, Janusz. Działalność usługowa poczty polskiej w wolnym mieście Gdańsku w latach 1920-1939 = The Polish postal service in the Free City of Danzig between 1920-1939. Gdansk: Dyrekcja Okręgu Poczty, 1999 ISBN8387642150 143p.
Klien, U. E. Alte Marken in neuem Licht: Ein Beitrag zur Danzig-Philatelie. Siegen: The Author, 1987 25p.
Rittmeister, Werner. Danzig, Sonder- und Werbestempel, 1904-1945. Hamburg: The Author, 1987 48p.
Weise, Karl Christian. Danzig, Geschichte und Philatelie. Straubenhardt: The Author, 48p.
Wolff, Klaus. Danzig Stempelkatalog. Berlin: K. Wolff, 1993-2005
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