Exhibits

This exhibit shows specific postal rates for Judicial Mail in the South Poland provinces of Lvov, Krakow, Stanislovov and Tarnov which were under Austrian Control until November 1919. It covers the period from the introduction of the new currency on May 1, 1924 to May 31, 1933 when new postal rates for Judicial Mail were introduced for the whole of Poland.

There were separate rates for mail within the same jurisdiction and between jurisdictions – these differed from the ordinary letter rates

Judicial mail was sent from the Court, either ordinary or registered, without charge and often with a hand stamp marking “Addressee to Pay Postage.” The addressee was required to acknowledge the receipt of the Court document by readdressing it to the Court and paying the return postage. Postage Due stamps were used and were sold either by the postman of at the post office and frequently cancelled in blue or red pencil before receiving the Post Office date-stamp. Postage Dues, in the new currency, were issued from May 1, 1924. The existing stock of postage dues, with values in Polish Marks, were used until stocks were exhausted at 100,000Mk = 1gr.