Last mail out from Germany 1939?

[aben-arieh]

Does anyone know how mail would have left Germany a day or two before the outbreak of WWII?

I have a few covers that were posted to Palestine on 30 and 31 August and managed to reach their destination. Most are airmail, two have arrival postmarks 3-5 weeks later. Boyle writes that all German civil aviation ceased on 1 September. So one question I have is, did those mails already leave Germany or were they in transit still there on 1 Sept. and manage to continue out? With those arrival dates a few weeks later, does this mean the mails were necessarily sent by surface once outside of Germany?

Any tips would be appreciated...
Alex

[Ingo Egerlandt]

Hi Alex,
Here is a 1st side from my exhibition collection. You see, the postcard posted on last day of August, a Wednesday evening. On 3rd declare England Germany the war on Sunday. The transport time to Vienna was in this time normaly 52 hours, to Belgium 4 hours. But this card never arrived to France/Belgium, because the border was closed before the was was declare.

If you have got some more, please write.

Ingo