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| Start / | Knowledge / | Postal Shipments / |
| First and Last Day Covers | Markings | Postal Transports |
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Knowledge / Postal Shipments / Others / Postal Transports |
Mail delivery: Transmission of a message that is tied to an object (e.g. letter, postcard) |
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Dropping mail: postal shipments delivery by dropping a bag of mail from a moving train, balloon or airship |
Loss of transport: planned postal connec-tion or special postal transport that could not be carried out |
Confirmation of transportation: postal shipment that was transported using a specific postal connection or special postal transport |
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Postbox delivery: postal shipment with additional service that is not provided by a sender in accordance with the regulations left at the post office counter but dropped into a postbox |
Rail postal shipment: postal shipment that was transported by rail |
Message in a bottle: uncontrollable method of mail delivery by releasing a sealed bottle containing a message into an ocean |
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Wanderer: postal shipment that could not be delivered to the recipient immediately or at all due to an incorrect address |
Forwarding: postal shipment that is forwarded to the recipient´s new address e.g. after moving |
Ship postal shipment: postal shipment item that was transported by ship |
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Rollover: postal shipment whose delivery was interrupted by warlike events. The subsequent delivery must be verifiable (e.g. blacking out, pasting over, censorship) |
Delay: postal shipment where delivery took longer than usual |
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Special mail delivery: transportation of a postal shipment using a special or unusual means of transport |
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Special mail delivery with balloon: spec-ial tramsport of a postal shipment with a hot air balloon |
Special mail delivery with tin canister: special tramsport of a postal shipment in a tin canister using sea currents to or from the island of Niuafo´ou (Tonga) |
Special mail delivery with carrier pig-eon: special tramsport of a postal shipment with a carrier pigeon (pigeongram) |
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Special mail delivery by helicopter: special tramsport of a postal shipment by helicopter |
Special mail delivery with dog sled: special tramsport of a postal shipment with a dog sled |
Special mail delivery by airship: special tramsport of a postal shipment by airship |
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Special mail delivery with stagecoach: special tramsport of a postal shipment with a stagecoach |
Special mail delivery with rocket: spec-ial tramsport of a postal shipment with a rocket |
Special mail delivery with glider: special tramsport of a postal shipment with a glider |
Provisional mail delivery: special trams-port of a postal shipment e.g. during a natural disaster or strikes |
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Provisional mail delivery due to strike: special transport of a postal shipment during a work stoppage at the state postal service |
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