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At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century only very basic
postal facilities were provided on the ships sailing to foreign ports from Finland.
Usually only a collecting box in the purser's office and maybe the purser
had a few stamps for sale.
Photograph of a Finnish Postoffice posting box used on ships sailing from the Finnish
JX>rt of Hango to Copenhagen in Denmark.
Mail posted at sea in this box would have been taken to the {X>rt of arrival's JX>St
office and the contents postmarked with the relevant maritime postmark.
