<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
Ulla,<br>
I cited from memory but I am sure about the number. <br>
<br>
Now, I looked into the article "Zustelldienst" in the <br>
Handwörterbuch des Postwesens, ed. by Wilhem Küsgen et al., Berlin: Julius
Springer, 1927, pp. 720-724.<br>
The Handwörterbuch was the German Reichspost's official encyclopedia.<br>
The article gives the legal obligations (Postordnung, § 36) of transporting
letters, small parcels, etc. to the recipient in the early 1920s: as a rule
the schedule is for 2 daily deliveries. However, in cities with strong traffic
3 daily deliveries may be scheduled, and in special cases also 4 deliveries.
More than 4 deliveries were in no case not allowed. <br>
The Postordnung rules the everyday actions of the mail delivery. Therefore,
the aforementioned maximum frequencies can be understood as those really
in use. When late in WW II the frequency of delivery in Berlin was reduced
to one per day due to the heavy air raids the public judged this as an inacceptably
low quality of service .<br>
For which work do you need the info ?<br>
<br>
Cordialement<br>
<br>
Frank<br>
<br>
<br>
Ulla Bunz wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid000301c28a65$55376960$568ae6a5@scilsnet.rutgers.edu">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; ">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
pre
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
span.EmailStyle18
{font-family:Arial;
color:navy;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<div class="Section1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Frank,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Do you happen
to have a reference on the </span></font><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Berlin</span></font><font
size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> tidbit, or similar
postal schedules in former times?</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Thanks,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ulla</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">----------------------------------------------------</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ulla Bunz</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Assistant Professor</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Department of
Communication</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Rutgers University</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">4 Huntington Street</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">New Brunswick,
NJ 08901</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Email: <a
href="mailto:bunz@scils.rutgers.edu">bunz@scils.rutgers.edu</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">----------------------------------------------------</span></font></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font size="2"
face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org">air-l-admin@aoir.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org">mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf
Of </span></b>Frank Thomas<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font
size="2" face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Tuesday, November 12, 2002</span></font><font
size="2" face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></font><font
size="2" face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">9:53 AM</span></font><font
size="2" face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font size="3"
face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
<br>
In </span></font>Berlin at the end of the 19th century, "you got mail" up
to 6 times a day. There is an entire, living world before the Internet came
unto Earth.<br>
<br>
Frank<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</p>
<pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;" wrap=""><font size="2"
face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></pre>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="$mailwrapcol">--
----------------------------
Frank Thomas
FTR Internet Research
321, boulevard de la Boissière
93110 Rosny-sous-Bois
France
tél. 0033.1.48.94.36.90</pre>
<br>
</body>
</html>