Here's a small selection of paketkarten from the German occupation of Estonia during WW2. For those unfamiliar with paketkarten (also known as bulletins d'expédition), they are a card that was delivered to the addressee as a notice of a parcel's arrival. They bore the postage and any additional customs clearances for the parcel. On receipt of the parcel, the recipient signed the card, which was kept by the post office.
These particular paketkarten have been sent to Göppingen (or environs) in SW Germany, and all have the circular Göppingen customs office cachet in violet. One recipient, Frau Emma Weiss, received 6 parcels between 12 October and 21 December 1943 totalling well over 25kg. One wonders what was in the parcels, and why were so many sent in such a short time?
From Dorpat (Tartu) on 7 December 1943, with 1m 60pf postage comprising 2 x SG 20 for a parcel of 1.6kg. Receiving CDS at Göppingen 21 December 1943 (sorry, reverse side isn't scanned).
From Narva on 06 October 1943, with 3m 10pf postage comprising SG 7, 19 and 20 x 3 for a parcel of 8.1kg. Receiving CDS at Uhingen 20 October 1943.
From Narva on 22 November 1943, with 3m 10pf postage comprising SG 7 and 16 x 10 for a parcel of 5.4kg. Receiving CDS at Uhingen 20 December 1943.
From Narva 08 November 1943, with 3m 10pf postage comprising SG 7 and 4 x 19 (one is hidden behind the customs receipt) for a parcel of 8.2kg. Receiving CDS at Göppingen 25 November 1943 and Uhingen 30 November 1943.
From Narva 20 September 1943, with 3m 10pf postage comprising SG 7 and 18 x 6. Receiving CDS at Uhingen 12 October 1943.
From Narva 24 November 1943, with 4m 60pf postage comprising SG 7 and 18 x 9. Receiving CDS at Göppingen 19 December 1943 and Uhingen 20 December 1943.
From Fellin (Viljandi) 30 May 1944, with 3m postage SG 18 x 6. Receiving CDS at Göppingen 14 June 1944.
Posted 07/12/2016 11:31 am
