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Notes. BERLIN. Post Offices. 25
to Rauchfamjswerder, Neue Muhle (near Konigs-Wusterhausen),
and Hessenwinkel.
k. Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Offices.
The addresses of the nearest post-offices, etc., are given on the letter¬
boxes and advertising-pillars. Inquiry Office for all postal matters, Konig-
Str. 61. Official postal guide ('Postbuch') for Berlin and neighbourhood,
60 pf.
Post Offices. The Central Post Office is at Spandauer-
Str. 19-24 (PL R, 26; p. 151). The town is divided into nine postal
districts, designed by letters, C, N, NO, O, etc. (comp. the list of
streets, p. 229). Letters for Berlin should contain the district initial
in their address and, if possible, also the number of the post-office
by which they are delivered. There are 113 post-offices and branch-
offices, almost all of which have telegraph, pneumatic post, and tele¬
phone offices. No parcels are received by the branch-offices. The
most important post-offices are the following: CI, Hof-Postamt,
Spandauer-Str. 19-24; C2, Heiligegeist-Str. 24-33; letters to be call¬
ed for ('Postlagernd' or 'Poste Restante') and Money Orders, when
not addressed to any particular post-office, are distributed here. Then,
JV3,Paket-Postamt (Parcel Post Office), Oranienburger-Str. 70-72;
NW7, Dorotheen-Str. 23-24; W8, Tauben-Str. 8-9; SW12, Zim-
mer-Str. 27; SW 19, Beuth-Str. 18-21; C25, Am Kiinigsgraben 17 ;
and the offices at the six chief railway stations (Anhalt, Potsdam,
Lehrte, Stettin, Silesia, and Gorlitz). The post-offices are open from
7 (in winter from N) a.m. to 8 p.m. (branch-offices from 8 a.m. to
7 p.m.); for parcels till 7 p.m.; on Sundays and holidays the dis¬
trict offices are open from 7 (in winter 8) to 9 a.m., and 12 to 1 p.m.,
the branch-offices remaining closed. The postage for letters within
the city and its neighbourhood is 5 pf., for post-cards also 5 pf.;
for other parts of Germany 10 and 5 pf.; for abroad 20 and 10 pf.
Parcels from abroad are examined by custom-house officers at Ritter-
Str. 7, Kloster-Str. 76, Kothener-Str. 28, or Schiffbauerdamm 22,
according to the district of the city in which the addressee lives.
A system of Pneumatic Tubes (Rohrpost) also exists, for
the rapid transmission of letters and post-cards from one part of
Berlin to another (including Charlottenburg). Letters (30 pf.), which
must not exceed a certain size and weight, or post-cards (25 pf., reply
post-cards 50 pf.) intended for transmission by this service must
be marked 'Rohrpost' in the upper left-hand corner of the address.
Post-offices with pneumatic service (open from 7 or 8 a.m. till 10p.m.)
are distinguished by a red lamp (comp. above). Letters and post¬
cards sent by this service reach their destination in 1-2 hrs., but
only when posted at a pneumatic post office.
Telegraph Offices. Central Office (PL R, 22), Oberwall-
Str. 4a, and over 80 branch-offices, generally in connection with