Postal history of Blankenburg
The postal history of Blankenburg describes the historical development of the postal service in Blankenburg from the beginnings around 1600 to the present day.
Before 1800
As early as 1600 there was a postal connection from Braunschweig via Halberstadt and Blankenburg to Leipzig . A Braunschweig post office was set up in 1722. In addition, there was a post office of the Imperial Post Office in Blankenburg until 1790 . Different single-line postmarks are known from this period.
19th century
In the Westphalian era , parts of the Blankenburg area belonged to the Harz department, the main part to the Saale department with Blankenburg as one of the three district towns. Post director of the post office 2nd class was JG Henneberg (1810-13). Like all Royal Westphalian postal services, it was stamped with a one-liner "Blankenburg". It was used until 1835. Followed by a "one liner over arches with one line" (Bez. After Anderson) which was in use until March 1844, from 1842 without "A". In the following, the “one-liner with a curve with one line” (this time only a half-curve) is used.
In the address books we find the postal secretaries Leopold Henneberg (1833), Georg Christian Ledebur (1835–56), Leopold Henneberg (1857–58) and Hans Teuerkauf, (1867) as directors from 1833
Post office 1865–1905
Post office since 1905
The last attack on a stagecoach in Germany takes place in 1826 near Blankenburg .
In 1837 a letter collection is set up in Tanne and given to the businessman Schröder. "All broadcasts from all Herzogl. Post offices are to be sent via Blankenburg. with the exception of Hasselfelde, Walkenried, Zorge and Hohegeiß, where the previous line via Benneckenstein will remain unchanged. The estimate for fir is that of Benneckenstein with the addition of an internal postage of 6 Pfg. For the simple letter, which the latter is to be calculated in Blankenburg. " In the same circular, the " one liner with sheet with a line of postilion Lambrecht from the Station in Blankenburg because of insubordination and improper behavior in the service against the board of directors of the postal administration in Hasselfelde, who was dismissed from the postal service ”. "From October 1, 1838 there is a royal. Hannoversche Fahrpost from Osterode via Clausthal, the Sonnenberger Weghaus, Braunlage and Elbingerode to Blankenburg and vice versa. "
In 1842 a post-collection was set up in Rübeland . “Subordinated to the post office Blankenburg. Estimate to Blankenburg plus internal postage of 6 Pfg. For the simple letter. Those Brunswick post offices from which the mail to Rübeland can advantageously be routed via Elbingerode, namely Walkenried, Zorge, Hohegeiß, Braunlage etc., have to collect the tax to Elbingerode and also the internal postage in Franco cases according to the principles of the Royal Hanover Post Tax Regulations resp. to remunerate. "
In 1845 the "post-aspirant Buhle from Braunschweig to the post office Blankenburg and post-aspirant Preen from Blankenburg to the post office Holzminden" was transferred. In 1846 the “Post Clerk Buhle zu Blankenburg returned to the court post office in Braunschweig. The post writer Preen von Holzminden to the post office Blankenburg ” back. In 1848 Friedrich Röbbling from Blankenburg received the simple decoration (for postillions).
With the introduction of postage stamps in the duchy, a rectangular stamp with the date and hours in digits, separated by a star, was used. In addition, the grate stamp , for Blankenburg "4" , is knocked off to cancel the postage stamp. In addition to the frame stamp, a two-circle stamp with place names, date with year and hour indication was used from 1858.
Since 1864, "for the convenience of the coresponding public in Blankenburg, incoming letters of value a.) With courant up to 8 lots, b) with money, paper money and other valuables up to 50 thalers and up to 8 lots" were delivered by the postman ". They are entered in a receipt book.
The postmaster Hans Teuerkauf was in office when the company was taken over in the northern German postal district . In 1887, the Reichspost classified the post office in the first class. Hans Teuerkauf was post director until 1876. He was followed by Theodor Hörstel (1877–93), Otto Wirstorf (1894–1901), Adalbert de Convenent (1902–14) and Ernst Buchmann (1915–16).
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A single-circle stamp in grotesque script, without asterisk, was introduced by the North German Post District between 1871 and 1872. Another, with an asterisk, followed in 1882. On July 1, 1875, the Reichspost published a sample for the die cutter. In an order of the Reichspost dated November 30, 1875, the addition “A / H” was prescribed in “(Harz)”. From 1882 the Klauke company delivered stamps with the time no longer in a curve, but arranged horizontally.
A circle upper segment stamp was introduced in 1889 to accommodate the place name with the addition in a stamp.
By order of August 26, 1888, the circular web stamp with a lattice arch at the top and bottom with the first type wheel stamp (for setting the date) of the Deutsche Reichspost was introduced on a trial basis. A separate stamp was purchased for each post office counter. They were given small distinctive letters.
20th century
From 1924 a new circular bar stamp without a grid was used. With the introduction of the 24-hour time in May 1927, the designation "V" for morning and "N" for afternoon disappeared.
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The two-circle bar stamp with date bar has been in use since 1936. Since 1944, the postal area code, "(19)" for Saxony-Anhalt, was added. In 1947 the area was further subdivided so that “(19b)” applied to the northern part of Saxony-Anhalt. No new stamps with the postal area code have been made since mid-1950. In many cases, the number was also removed from 1946. The modified stamps were still in use until 1968. The stamp with the inscription "BLANKENBURG (KR. WERNIGERODE)" was used between 1960 and 1963 at the Central Courier Service . In 1950 the district of Blankenburg was dissolved.
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Now the two-circle bridge stamps without bridge arches follow with the new zip code "372" initially still three digits, used until August 1981. Now the distinctive numbers for the local post offices were added. The "1" naturally stood for the main post office, the "2" for the former Oesig post office, since December 1, 1990 Post Office 2 and the "3" for Post Office 3, Regenstein. Post office 3, Regenstein was opened on March 5, 1984 and has been in the transit market since April 1, 1994.
Different distinguishing letters, small bridge in the stamp, early and late usage times, different fonts and sizes result in a popular field of activity for philatelists.
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After the reunification of Germany, the postcodes in East and West overlapped. After October 1990, an "O" or "W" was invented as a temporary solution to add to the postcode.
After the post and telecommunications office in Wernigerode was abolished, the post office has been subordinate to the Halberstadt post office since 1991.
Uniform postcodes were introduced on June 1, 1993. Most of the newly delivered postmarks for Blankenburg did not meet the postal standard. From January 24, 1994 they were replaced by corrected stamps.
Once the mail centers have gone into operation, all mail from the mailbox will be stamped there. The letter center 38 in Braunschweig was responsible for Blankenburg. Instead of a few meters, even a location letter covered a transport distance of 200 km. As a shortcut, “ZSB” delivery bases have been set up, which are subordinate to the letter centers and pre-sort the letters. Shipments stamped there have the distinctive letters under the place name “ZSB”.
21st century
On July 30, 2001, the post office on Löbbeckestrasse was closed. On August 1st, a post office was set up on Lange Strasse. The addition “Resin 1” is now missing in the stamp.
literature
- Bade, Henry: “333 years of Braunschweigische Post, 1535 - 1867” , Karl Pfankuch & CO, Braunschweig, 1960. This is where the stamp images come from.
- Boog, Harri: "The stamps from the post office Blankenburg / Harz, 1808 - 2002" , kolme k - Verlag, 38522 Sassenburg, 2002, ISBN 3-927828-61-0 , co-authors were: Ulrich Flachs, Wernigerode and Siegfried Suske, Blankenburg. The illustrations from 1870 onwards come from here, with the kind permission of the author.
- Steven, Werner: "Overview of the postal relevant Braunschweigischen Ciculare, laws and ordinances from 1807 to 1867" Circular letter No. 58, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Braunschweig and Hannover in the Briefmarken-Club Hannover, April 2004
- Steven, Werner: "Directory of postal services and their staff in the area of the Duchy of Braunschweig, 1811-1916." Gesellschaft für Deutsche Postgeschichte e. V. Braunschweig / Hanover district group. Issue 13 of the Postal History Pages, 1992.
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold Keller: The paper money of the old German states (Taler and Gulderscheine) from the 17th century to 1914 . Berlin 1953, p. 5.