The Project
This is part of a much larger project where I am attempting to learn about the internal letter rates for the European countries. While I tend to focus on the 1860's, I realize that it makes sense to explore a bit around the 'edges' so I can get a better understanding of not just 'how' things were done, but also 'why' things came out the way they did. It seems to me that a single posting for this project would be unwieldy, so I am breaking it up into smaller parts.
Project Status: Fact Gathering
1 zolloth in Hanover was equivalent to 1.13 loth
distance did not matter for the internal letter rate in Hanover during these rate periods.
Oct 1 1850 Rate Example:
Eschede 4 11 (Nov 4)
Luchow 5 Nov
The year is uncertain being 1856 or 1857 (unless the 1856 issue was released after November)
The distance between Eschede and Luchow is approximately 80 km.
Fräulein Emma Krüger
p.(er) Addr.(esse) Madame Krüger. Fr.(au) W(i)tw.(e)
Lüchow
Eigenhändig (deliver by hand)
franco (postage paid)
Eigenhandig indicated that the contents were to be hand delivered to Emma Kruger and that no one other than her should open the letter to view the contents.
With thanks to Tim Henninger for the help deciphering the meaning of the docketing at lower left.
Oct 1 1858 Rate Example:
Norden 24 8 (Aug 24)
Wittmund 25 8 (Aug 25)
docket Aug 23, 61
stamp is the 1859 issue.
Norden and Wittmund are approximately 50 kilometers apart in Northwestern Hanover.
According to the Book of the World: Being an Account of All Republics, etc, Vol II by Richard Swainson Fisher written circa 1852, the “climate is damp and unwholesome in the low countries about the coast,” but is otherwise “a very temperate and healthy country.” Both Norden and Wittmund fall in the ‘low countries,’ with Norden having neighborhoods built right next to the dikes that prevent the Wadden inter-tidal area waters from encroaching. The Wadden Sea is an area between the mainland and the Frisian Islands that is mostly sand and mud flats and is known to be a rich ecosystem.
This is part of a much larger project where I am attempting to learn about the internal letter rates for the European countries. While I tend to focus on the 1860's, I realize that it makes sense to explore a bit around the 'edges' so I can get a better understanding of not just 'how' things were done, but also 'why' things came out the way they did. It seems to me that a single posting for this project would be unwieldy, so I am breaking it up into smaller parts.
Project Status: Fact Gathering
Internal Letter Rates for Hanover
| Effective Date | Rate | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 1850 | 1 gutegrochen | 1 zolloth |
| Oct 1, 1858 | 1 groschen | |
| Oct 1, 1866 | *Prussian rates* |
1 zolloth in Hanover was equivalent to 1.13 loth
distance did not matter for the internal letter rate in Hanover during these rate periods.
Oct 1 1850 Rate Example:
 |
|
Luchow 5 Nov
The year is uncertain being 1856 or 1857 (unless the 1856 issue was released after November)
The distance between Eschede and Luchow is approximately 80 km.
Fräulein Emma Krüger
p.(er) Addr.(esse) Madame Krüger. Fr.(au) W(i)tw.(e)
Lüchow
Eigenhändig (deliver by hand)
franco (postage paid)
Eigenhandig indicated that the contents were to be hand delivered to Emma Kruger and that no one other than her should open the letter to view the contents.
With thanks to Tim Henninger for the help deciphering the meaning of the docketing at lower left.
Oct 1 1858 Rate Example:
 |
|
Norden 24 8 (Aug 24)
Wittmund 25 8 (Aug 25)
docket Aug 23, 61
stamp is the 1859 issue.
Norden and Wittmund are approximately 50 kilometers apart in Northwestern Hanover.
According to the Book of the World: Being an Account of All Republics, etc, Vol II by Richard Swainson Fisher written circa 1852, the “climate is damp and unwholesome in the low countries about the coast,” but is otherwise “a very temperate and healthy country.” Both Norden and Wittmund fall in the ‘low countries,’ with Norden having neighborhoods built right next to the dikes that prevent the Wadden inter-tidal area waters from encroaching. The Wadden Sea is an area between the mainland and the Frisian Islands that is mostly sand and mud flats and is known to be a rich ecosystem.
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| Hanover's borders circa 1860 |
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