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:XVll. The Second Armistice Period - 20th July 1864 Prussian penalty rate, strafporto, on Lolland mail
Thurn and Taxis paid to Hamburg then carried by field post
0 I 4th August 1864, Entire letter addressed to Randers in Jutland from Nakskov on Lolland with 4
Skilling crown and sceptre and three ring numeral 43 datestamped eds Ant Ill NAKSKOV.
On 24m July 1864 the Prussian field post service took over mail handling in Jutland.
On 9m August nine ports on the Jutland east coast were opened.
Mail received at these ports was delivered with the addition of six Skilling, 6 "strafporto" i.e. penalty postage.
0 0 I 8th July 1864, Thurn and Taxis 9 Kreutzer postal stationery envelope U24 Ila correctly
cancelled 288 Rudolstadt sent to the Combined Cavalry Division in North Jutland. The regular rate to
Denmark from Thurn and Taxis was 14 Kreutzer. This letter is paid to Hamburg, and then carried
through the field post to Jutland. Note the endorsement Feldpostbrief frei Hamburg. (E)
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