PRIVATE STATIONS OF PRAGUE PNEUMATIC POST
This part of the exhibit shows the operation between the main (central) pneumatic post station, which was in the main post office building in Jindřišská street, and private stations between 1931-1945. After liberation in 1945, nationalization started and, later, the former network of private stations partly changed. Some nationalized banks and the Czech News Agency (ČTK) are still connected to the pneumatic post headquarters. Even sadder is the end of the private company "Petschek". From 15 March 1939, the building had housed, among others, the German official post office "Prague 2".
Between 1929-1931, there was a complete reconstruction in Prague and, at the same time, the largest expansion of the pneumatic network. In this period, the postal administration offered banks, authorities, and companies the opportunity to connect to the pneumatic network of all postal delivery offices anywhere. The condition was to build a private pneumatic connection from their own funds and, during operation, to pay a postal administration 40 halers for each capsule sent, regardless of the number of consignments sent. When sending a capsule from private stations, a list of various fees was announced (sheet no. 20). According to the plan from 1930-31, 15 companies are listed. All of them were connected only to the main post office "Prague 1".
Consignments delivered to these private stations cannot be positively determined; their identification is possible only on the basis of the recipient's address and urgency. Some companies stamped consignments with special time stamps at the mail room. Only Živnobanka used a line stamp "Delivered by pneumatic post".
Consignments with an additional box stamp "OD POTRUBNÍ POŠTY ZPĚT (RETURNED FROM PNEUMATIC POST)" is 100% proof that the addressee is one of the companies that had their own private pneumatic post station. This stamp was used at the pneumatic post headquarters and probably also on the ground floor of the main post office for all private stations for the following reasons:
a) a consignment did not have suitable dimensions for the capsule,
b) a solid object was inserted in the consignment,
c) a private station was closed or out of order.
These consignments were then transported by land to their destination.
Some incoming consignments to Prague, which were sent by pneumatic post to private stations, already had access to the pneumatic network from the Prague 7 post office.
Registered consignments were not transported at all, not even during the Protectorate after 1 November 1940. Exception only for No. 4.
Overview of 15 companies according to the plan from 1930-31 and the occurrence of envelopes at individual companies:
Anglo-československá banka: Yes.
Českomoravský tiskařský podnik: No (indirect evidence on the following sheet).
Národní banka: Yes.
Petschek: Yes.
Czech News Agency (ČTK): Yes.
Šekový úřad: No?
Moravská agrární průmyslová banka: Yes.
Škoda: Yes.
Pražská úvěrní banka: Yes.
Všeobecná česká bankovní jednota: No.
Česká eskomptní banka: Yes.
Zemská banka: Yes.
Česká banka Union: Yes.
Průmyslová banka: Yes.
Živnobanka: Yes.
From this overview, there are only twelve companies where I document postal traffic. The other participants either cancelled the contract or the contract was amended. I have no documents only for number 10.
The "Cheque Office – 6." was located in a new building on the corner of Wenceslas Square and Štěpánská street. It is not mentioned at all in the manual*. This building was connected to the main post office in Jindřišská street by an internal pneumatic line.
For envelopes that supplement interesting documents from private stations, I also use incomplete envelopes (front part).
*Literature: "Prozatímní poučení pro účastníky potrubní pošty" ("Provisional instructions for participants in the pneumatic post"), published in about 1931-1932.
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Proof that "ČES.MOR.TISKAŘ.P." was not among the private stations.
This postcard was delivered by land. If this company was among the private stations, it would have had a frame stamp: "Back from the pneumatic post" before being delivered to the addressee.
The postcard from July 9, 1937 went through the internal line at the main post office: 1e → 4a → on the other side, "5i".
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1. ANGLO–ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ BANKA
Front of the airmail envelope for the telegram: Prague 1 / 1.11.33 time 8.
The central post office used an inconspicuous line stamp "From the pneumatic post back" (Wednesday), which was replaced, approximately in 1934 to 1935, by a more prominent frame stamp. For the earliest new frame stamp, see: Zemská banka – 13.5.1935.
Airmail letter: on the second side 2x Prague 1 / 18.4.38 time 9 → central station ptp "paginýrka 9681" and the framed stamp "From the pneumatic post back" (Monday) is used.
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Express delivery: on the back side Praha 7 / 11.12.34 time 12 → ptp central station (page number imprint 7377) → on the front side AČB special time stamp / 11.12.34 time 12.44 pm.
Airmail envelope, line stamp at the top left, "VIA CONDOR LUFTHANSA", on the other side: Prague 1 / 9.3.36 time 17 → ptp central station (page number imprint 0681) → AČB special time stamp / 9.3. time 17.07.
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Express airmail envelope in London transported by internal pneumatic 16.6.1937 (two different stamps) at time: 8 PM → 8. 15 PM.
On the other side: Prague 1/ 17.6.1937 (time illegible) → ptp central station ,,5299" → on the front side AČB stamp.
On the mailroom near the time stamp the day 15.VI. is incorrectly set and there is no hand for the hour indication.
On the other side: Prague 1 / 7.IX.37 time 8 → central station ptp ,,9579" → AČB stamp on the front.
Date incorrectly set: 6.IX., hour hand is blocked, time corrected in pencil to 8.30 a.m.
Airmail letter, on the other side: Baghdad 4.9.37 and stopover: Budapest 6.9.37.
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3. NATIONAL BANK
Front of the express letter: on the back missing page there must have been Prague 7 / 21.11.37 → the head office of the pneumatic mail Prague 1 / 21.11.37 "4a" time 10 and marked the front of the envelope with a framed stamp "From the pneumatic mail back" (Sunday).
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5. CZECHOSLOVAK PRESS OFFICE - ČTK
Official express envelope, on the other side: Prague 1 / 1.10.38 → central pneumatic mail office (only imprint of "paginýrka 647") → ČTK (without arrival stamp).
Airmail envelope – form, on the other side: Prague 1 / 5.7.38 time 20 → central pnaumatic mail (only imprint of ,,paginýrka 4578,,) → ČTK (without arrival stamp).
Both envelopes on the next sheet →
7. No descriptions.
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The editor of ČTK was present during the session of the Chamber of Deputies S. R. in the Parliament. At the same time, a branch of the Cz. Post Office was opened: Prague 29. The editor sends a message by pneumatic mail in a private envelope ČTK / "Department of the Chamber of Deputies" and with a red note:
"Own pneumatic line to the addressee! Prague 29*House of Representatives N.S. / 31.3.38 time 15 → ptp pneumatic central postmark "4a" time 14 and "3856" - "Paginýrka" is on the other side.→ ČTK
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Express mail from 4.3.1935, on the other side two Italian train mail stamps No. 80/4.3 + No. 9/5.3 and: Prague 1 / 7.3.35 time 8 → ptp central station ,,2378" → ČTK.
Pneumatic mail shipment from 5.5.1938: Prague 8 / time 13 → ptp pneumatic central postmark "4a" time 13 and,,6831" → ČTK. The "pager" is on the other side.
Both envelopes on the next sheet →
9. No descriptions.
10. No descriptions.
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8. ŠKODA
Airmail envelope, transported "Via Kondor Zeppelin": on the other side 2x Prague 1 / 23.6.36 time 7 and 8 → central pneumatic post office "pag 9786" → Škoda (without arrival time stamp).
Airmail envelope, on the other side: Prague 7 / 20.5.37 time 21 → Prague 1 / 20.5.37 time 22 and at the central pneumatic post office "pag 9338" and the next morning "pag. 9605" and the shipment marked with a framed stamp "From pneumatic post office back" (on Friday morning - malfunction on private line?).
← Both envelopes on the previous sheet.
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9. PRAGUE CREDIT BANK
Urgent envelope with airmail stamp, transported (by train/air) and delivered on Sunday to the main post office:
(on the other side) Prague 1 / 22.11.42 time 23:00
In the morning via the central ptp: "green 6542" → Prague Credit Bank (without arrival time stamp).
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11. ČESKÁ ESKOMPTNÍ BANKA
Airmail envelope, on the other side 2x: Prague 1 / 6.2.37 time 17 and 18.
On the central station ptp,,paginýrka 2445" and a framed "From the pneumatic post back" (Saturday).
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12. ZEMSKÁ BANKA
Airmail envelope, on the other side Prague 82-Airport / 17.2.43 time 18 + censorship stamp:
without stamp Prague 1 → Zemská banka - (incoming date stamp and shipment number on the mailroom).
Embassy of the Czechoslovak Republic - zeppelin envelope, on the other side: Prague 1 / 14.5.35 time 18 and ,,paginýrka no: 6329.
At the central station, a framed stamp "From the pneumatic post back"(Tuesday) was used.
Both complete sets on the next sheet →
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No descriptions.
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No descriptions.
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13. ČESKÁ BANKA UNION
Airmail envelope, on the back: Prague 1 / 10.8.39 time 10 → central station ptp ,,pag.7210 → Böhmische Union-Bank (special time stamp) 10.8.39 time 10.42.
Airmail letter from 6.6.36, on the back: Prague 7 / time 18 → Prague 1 / time 19.
The frame postmark "From the pneumatic post back" (Saturday) was used at the central station ptp.
← Both complete sets on the previous sheet.
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15. ŽIVNOBANKA
Only this private station used the additional stamp "Received by pneumatic post" on all shipments.
Pneumatic mail envelope: Prague 31/29.3.33 time 19 → Prague 1/29.3.33 time 19 → Živnobanka.
On the mailroom: line stamp "Received by pneumatic post" and a special time stamp; time 19.13.
Total transport time in the pneumatic post network – theoretically only 13 minutes.
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Advertising telegram No. 24 of 29.11.1935: (telegraph central) time 12.25 → pneumatic central ptp → Živnobanka. On the mailroom: line stamp "Received by pneumatic mail" and special time stamp; time 12.55.
(Four-line message in the address part of the telegram, including "PNEU.20", i.e. the pneumatic number on the dispatch counter).
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Two types of special time stamps. Type II has been used since approximately 1940 – on the next sheet.
Airmail envelope: on the other side 2x Prague 1 / 25.2.38 time 16 → central station ptp ,,pag. 4425" → Živnobanka time 16.15.
Airmail envelope: on the other side 2x Prague 1 / 10.9.41 time 6 and 7 → Živnobanka time 8.33. Arrival is on a new time stamp. On the envelope a sticker with a print from the NCR payment machine No. 1260.
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Airmail letter: on the other side Prague 1 / 9.10.40 time 22 "pag.1749" – the next day: only "pag. 1978" (without daily stamp Prague 1) → Živnobanka (new type of time stamp – 10.10. time 8,10)
Express letter: on the other side Prague 1 / 9.8.39 time 19.
At the central station of the ptp, a frame stamp "From the pneumatic back" (Wednesday) and "pag. 6651" were used.
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Express shipment transported by pneumatic mail in Florence (Firenze) 3.6.42 and in Prague 7.6.42 and 8.6.42.
Firenze Corr.Pacchi / time XX18 and page number ,,6165" → Firenze Ferr. Espresi Transitio / time XX22.
Delivered at night to Prague: Prague 1/ 7.6.42 time 23 /,,d" → ptp pneumatic ,,9134", next day morning ,,9157" →
Živnobanka, time stamp: 8.VI. 7.55 V I942 and ,,Received by pneumatic mail".
Envelope with Italian and German censorship, carelessly opened in Živnobanka in a banking manner (three pages).
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Sending parcels from private stations.
There was a fee of 40 hal for each case sent to private stations. When sending a case from private stations, a list of various fees was listed. Private stations could send telegrams, express (express, air, pneumatic mail) and ordinary letters by returning the case to the main station of the pneumatic mail. In addition to the fees (for telegrams and letters), they were also subject to a special surcharge, which was recorded in the special accounts of the private stations and payments were made once a month.
a) – Telegram: 1 CZK.
b) – Letter parcel transported to another subscriber of a private station: 40 h.
c) – Letter express parcel, which is to be delivered by pneumatic mail to the railway station post office: 1 CZK
For other express parcels, which the subscriber sends via the Prague pneumatic mail network, no special surcharge is charged!
d) – Ordinary letter parcels, which are to be sent further by surface mail, are placed (regardless of the number) in specially de-
signated cases, which are immediately forwarder by internal line to the ground floor to the counter for surface delivery: 2CZK.
Note: All official shipments are paid with a stamp from a paying machine (OVS / Frankotype). Shipments that are paid with postage stamps are always of a private nature.
Private stations had to mark the urgency of express mail (express, airmail, pneumatic mail). At the central pneumatic mail, these mail items were supplemented with stickers, their own stamp "4a" and a serial number called "paginýrka". This numbering was always slightly blurred - most often in light green, sometimes red-violet, and from about 1938 also in blue-black.
1. ANGLO-ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ BANKA
Bank clerks' mistake. Airmail letter to Argentina with OVS: "APB / 5.9.38 / 17.50" is transported in a special case amon ordinary mail → central station ptp → counter for further delivery:without a stamp,
affixed airmail label and red page number "2405" and by land to the railway station: Prague 7 / 5.9.38 time 19.
Incoming stamp: Buenos Aires C.G. 11.9.938.
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Airmail envelope to England, without arrival stamp. Address printed with a cyclostyle, transported among ordinary items.
Error of the clerks at the mailroom? The question arises whether it was intentional (saving fees, three examples at APB!) see: sheet 22!
Sending items from private stations, c) – Each express letter (by air express and by pneumatic mail!) item that is to be delivered by pneumatic mail to the station post office: 1 CZK.
Counter for further delivery: without stamp, airmail label attached and on the other side: red pager "9223" and by land to the Prague 7 railway station post office / 22.8.38 / time 12.
Envelope opened in London by bank method – three sides.
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Bank clerks' mistake; the envelope is marked "Urgent !!!" and with a value on the machine (OVS) "300" i.e. 2 CZK + 1 CZK, yet it is transported in a special case among ordinary mail to the ground floor of the main post office for delivery outside Prague.
APB / 16.5.40 → central station ptp → mail sorting counter (without stamp).
At the counter only "paginýrka no. 578" and by land to the station. In Chrudim without a stamp.
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3. NATIONAL BANK
Bank clerks' mistake: on the envelope for the FORM (printed on the bottom left under the label) the value is set by a machine print: "350" i.e. 2.50 CZK abroad + 1 CZK by air, which is mistakenly transported in a special case among ordinary mail to the ground floor of the main post office for delivery by land.
National Bank → central station ptp → postal sorting counter: Prague 1/ 4.6.34 time 2pm,,4p".
Note: on ordinary items with,,Frankotype", another stamp was no longer placed.
At the counter, the shipment was processed: the "Form" was covered with a "By Air" label and sent by land to the railway station post office: "Prague 7-Airmail / 4.6.34 time 16h" - the stamp is on the other side.
Incoming bank stamp the next morning: "Reichsbank 5.6.34/ time 7.00"!
Note: I bought this cover at a stock exchange that was held as part of the exhibition: "Amphilex 2002" in Amsterdam on 30. 8. - 3. 9. 2002. I had doubts about this cover because it did not have a design that would correspond to the operation of private stations. I added it to my collection and only when I obtained the manual (Provisional instructions for participants in the pneumatic mail) did I realize that it was a mistake made by bank officials and so it has its place here, after many years, on the sheet.
This exhibition was the European premiere of single-frame exhibits, where I exhibited this collection for the first time: "Private Stations of the Prague pneumatic Post". The commissioner for the Czech Republic was Miroslav Langhammer, who drew my attention to this innovation in the spring of 2002. He asked me if I would create an exhibit in my collections on the 12th sheet . I immediately knew that it would be this part of the "Prague Pneumatic Post". Other exhibitions were only on the 16th of sheet. At the world exhibition "Bangkok 2003" this exhibit won gold. Thank you Miroslav!
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4. PETSCHEK
Envelope marked with its own line stamp "Pneumatic Post" and a special time stamp "12.35". Part of the front side of the form (20h) and with a fee for pneumatic post (40h). Pay machine imprint: "060 Petschek / Prague 1 / 24.8.34 → Pneumatic station (it is on the missing back side).
At the mailroom, a mistake by bank officials: an urgent private postcard is transported in a special case among ordinary mail to the ground floor of the main post office for delivery by land:
Petschek → central station ptp → postal sorting counter: "Prague 1 /12.4.1938 4b time 9h". Then transferred to the counter with an internal line: Prague 1 / 1c time 9h → pneumatic central "4146" and further to → Prague 14 / time 10h.
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After March 15, 1939, the building also housed, among other things, the German service post office "Prague 2". What were the operating rules between the main post office and the "Petschek Palace"? They certainly did not pay 40 hal. when receiving a case or when sending parcels to the main post office. The operation on this private line had to be the same as between post offices. This means that after November 1, 1940, registered parcels could also be transported by pneumatic mail.
Registered envelope: Deutsche Dienstpost B.u.M. Prag 2/09.8.44 - 11am → Prague 1 (only one postmark and that before delivery: 3pm). This philatelic consignment proves sending by a former private pneumatic line, which was paid for with German surcharge stamps in the value of 48 Pfg. – (rate 1:10 i.e. 4.80K).
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8. ŠKODA
,,JOINT STOCK COMPANY - FORMERLY ŠKODA PLANT IN PILSEN - GENERAL AND SALES DIRECTORATE PRAGUE" - the print is on the envelope at the top left under the stamps: 1 CZK and 2.50 CZK (total 3.50 CZK: heavier letter 1.10 CZK, ptp 40h, express 2 CZK), on the right there is a delivery stamp 50h (fee for delivery to the addressee: ,,in your own hands"), the address is written in red pencil: Pneumatic mail - Express. A private company envelope, properly processed and transported by a private line on 4.4.1938 / at 9 am:
private shipment / a.s. Škodavy závody → pneumatic station → on the other side: Prague 73 / 10am.
At the central station of the pneumatic mail (ptp), the stamps were stamped "Prague 4a", stickers were affixed, the shipment was numbered with a page number "875" and the delivery stamp was cancelled by cuts, because these stamps can only be on registered shipments.
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No descriptions.
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12. ZEMSKÁ BANKA
Envelope without description of urgency, but with a stamp of the cash register: ,,2oo (60+40+100h):
Zemská banka → ,,4a,,/19.4.35 time 10 → on the other side ,,1c" time 10.
Private parcel with own frame stamp ,,Pneumatic mail,, and with a fee (60+40) 1Kčs: Zemská banka → ,,4a,,/19.10.38 time 10 → on the other side ,,5i" time 10.
At the central pneumatic post station, labels were attached to both envelopes, stamped ,,Prague / 4a,, and sent to the counters for delivery.
← Both envelopes on the previous sheet.
For items delivered within the main post office area, pneumatic mail fees are completely unnecessary. The item is already delivered as normal, on the next regular route.
See: Envelope on the previous page and envelope below.
13. CZECH BANK UNION
Private shipment marked with its own framed stamp "Pneumatic Mail" and with a pneumatic mail fee, transported on February 13, 1937: Czech Bank Union → pneumatic central → on the other side Praha1 / "5i". A label was attached to the pneumatic central station, the stamps were stamped "Prague / 4a", and sent to the counter for delivery.
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15. ŽIVNOBANKA
Private shipment marked with its own line stamps "Potrubní pošta." and "Expres" with a total fee of 3Kčs: (2.00+0.40+0.60Kčs). On the other side, the sender is: "Gaier/Živnobanka, Prague-Příkopy":
Živnobanka → central pneumatic post office "Prague 4a" / 2.1.39 time 11 → on the other side Prague 47 / 2.1.39 time 12. Stamps were stamped at the central ptp station and stickers were attached, under which there are line stamps of Živnobanka.
Total – number of private stations.
The manual "Provisional Instructions for Pneumatic Post Participants" lists 15 participants. It does not list "Cheque Office" (yes on the map), but "Postal Savings Bank" (this entity is in Part II on Frame I - with its own stamp). If it were among the participants, the stamps would be invalidated by the pneumatic central station with the stamp "Prague 4a". Both institutions were located in the same building as the telegraph station, on the corner of Wenceslas Square and Štěpánská Street (internal line to the main post office).
On the back of the advertising telegram No. 7 (date of printing: 1933) there are 14 private stations. If we omit "Českomoravský tiskařský podnik" (see leaflet No. 2) and "Šekový úřad" with "Poštovní spořitelna", we get a total of 13 private station participants. One private station is missing from the set (No. 10 - see title page).
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Private items sent from private station pneumatic mail stations – without identification.
Envelopes without markings (banks, businesses, offices) that were transported by private line can be recognized if the stamps are invalidated by the pneumatic mail central stamp: Prague,,4a".
Private station → central pneumatic station "4a" time 11 → from the other side: Prague 73 / time 11.
Private station → central pneumatic station"4a" time 7 → Prague 15 / time 8, from the other side: Janské lázně/ 15.6.37.
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Sending ordinary parcels.
Ordinary official mail was received at the mailroom and processed there by printing the payment machine (OVS) for the required value in the tariff period: V./VI. (until 28.2.37 / from 1.3.37): form (20h), partial form (30h), postcard (50h), envelope within Prague (60h and heavier 90h / 1.10CZK), outside Prague (1CZK and heavier 1.30CZK / 1.60CZK). Protectorate: from 1.6.1940 form (30h), postcard outside Prague (60h), from 1.10.1940 form (40h), , envelope within Prague (80h and heavier 1.60K), outside Prague (1.20K and heavier 2.40K). Czechoslovakia: from 1.12.1945 postcard 1.20Kčs, envelope within Prague (1.60Kčs and heavier 3.20Kčs), outside Prague (2.40Kčs and heavier 5Kčs). Note: tariff in bold, I have it in my collection.
Entirety from private stations and with printings of payment machines (OVS) in the period 1931 – 1946.
All shipments: private station → central station ptp → ground floor, mail sorting counter.
The most common are envelopes of various sizes, postcards are rarer - exceptionally, letter card.
All OVS (Frankotypes) remained the same until March 15, 1939. Only "Živnobanka" changed to a different Frankotype imprint in 1931 – 1932. Changes occurred only during the Protectorate period. OVS "reached" the set value (OVS No. 1). Then the name of the occupied territory bilingually and "Prague 1" only in Czech (OVS No. 2). Finally, everything bilingually until May 16, 1945 (OVS No. 3).
1. ANGLO-CZECHOSLOVAK BANK
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Protectorate: OVS No. 2.
In the Protectorate, the name of the bank on the back of the envelope was changed: "Anglo – Prague Credit Bank".
At the bottom left, a new cover print - stamp: …..VI. 39.
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Postcard – partial form with OVS 6.6.32.
Contents: We kindly ask you to send us 2 copies of your annual report for the financial year 1931.
Thank you in advance and we are drawing lots.
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3. NATIONAL BANK
Protectorate: 7.9.40 - OVS No.3.
Postcard processed: Prague on 6.9.40.
The parcel mysteriously arrived in a mailbox in Prague: Prague 25/ 8.9.40 time 11pm!
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4. PETSCHEK
OVS from the period of Czechoslovakia I.
Envelope to Prague opened in a bank way – three sides.
Heavier letter to Prague and to nearby countries (2 CZK).
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To this day, the following designation has been preserved on the dispatch desk at the pneumatic central ptp:
Sta Banka 1, Sta Banka 3, Sta Banka 4, ČTK, Radio, Television, Polytechna, Čechofracht, Exico, Strojex,
M.F., Práce, Svobod. Slovo and R.Právo.
5. ČTK
I have only one ordinary letter in my collection, I am only showing a reduced copy of the form: ČTK 23.7.1974.
7. MORAVSKÁ AGRARNÍ PRŮMYSLOVÁ BANKA
I am showing the only complete copy of this bank – ordinary letter sent outside Prague – year 1934.
OVS from the period of Czechoslovakia I.
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8. ŠKODA
On two sheets, a sample of all OVS No. 1, 2, and 3. during the Protectorate period.
Protectorate: 21.3.39 - OVS No. 1. / from the period of Czechoslovakia I.
Postcard processed: Prague 18/3. 1939.
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Both envelopes sent outside Prague – Protectorate:
OVS No. 2. - "Prague 1" in Czech only.
OVS No. 3. - all bilingual.
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9. PRAGUE CREDIT BANK
Protectorate: OVS No. 3. (marked "PB").
10. GENERAL CZECH BANKING UNIT
Since 1989 – the beginning of my collection of "Prague pneumatic Post", I have no integrity of this private station. Nothing, not even a torso!
It is listed in the manual "Provisional Instructions for Pneumatic Post Participants" and on the map of private stations!
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11. ČESKÁ ESKOMPTNÍ BANKA
Error of the clerk at the mailroom: 2x OVS No. 3. On the envelope, top left, over-glue due to incorrect blackening of the inscription: instead of "Praha" it is "Prag".
The German overprint on the other side of the envelope is in order.
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At the mailroom, the envelope is marked with Franko - "030" OVS No.3, an error or has the total limit been exhausted for VS? Exceptional use of a double strip of 25h! Envelope for Prague (80h) inserted into a special case:
Česká eskomptní banka → central station ptp → postal sorting counter: Prague 1/10.9.41 "d" time 14.
Late use of the envelope, still from Czechoslovakia I. On the other side only Czech printing.
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12. ZEMSKÁ BANKA
Later two different OVS: "Zemská banka v Praze" or "L B"
Letter card – partial form with OVS 1.10.32.
Contents: "Notification of changes in interest on current account for Minerva association.
In Prague on 29 September 1932".
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Protectorate: 10.11.1939 late OVS No. 2. "Prague 1" only in Czech.
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Envelope from the Protectorate: use of OVS 9.6.45 (after replacement of the stamp in VS), the same as in the period of Czechoslovakia I.
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13. CZECH BANKA UNION
The only private station that had its building marked on the OVS - the bank house.
In the background the "Prašná brána".
On the sheet a sample of all OVS No. 1 (still 5.8.1939), 2, and 3. during the Protectorate period.
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14. PRŮMYSLOVÁ BANKA
Postcard processed: Prague 26 January 1934 and sent with OVS 26.1.34.
2h revenue stamp from 1919 cancelled with bank line stamp "Česká průmyslová banka".
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15. ŽIVNOBANKA
Only "Živnobanka" changed a different OVS in the period 1931 - 1933.
With the imprint "Včelí úl (beehive)" it also changed the cover - on the other side the print: Živnostenská banka + address.
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Protectorate: OVS No. 2.
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Protectorate: OVS No. 3. Envelope addressed outside Prague, censored at the main post office: Prague 1 / 8.9.44 time 20.
Slanted German stamp: "Postal traffic stopped back" and in blue pencil "Prague".
On the other side, a framed stamp: "Živnostenská banka v Praze – Delivered 25.IX.44".
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Banks and companies that were nationalized on October 24, 1945 continued to use OVS.
Until November 30, 1945.
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Banks and companies that were nationalized on October 24, 1945 continued to use OVS.
From December 1, 1945