Lot 859 Poland

German Occupation: 1940 (16 Apr) Types cover to Dresden bearing Gen. Govt. 2gr on 5g, 4g on 5g, 8g on 10g & 10g on 10g tied KRAKAU cds cancels sent by Alfred Schwipps, Chief of the Auxiliary Guard in Krakow (Hitler's Ambivalent Attache), cover sent from Pickup Post Office Krakau 2 via German Service Mail East (single line typed along the top). Purple cachet from the Krakau Railroad Master. Letters from high ranking occupation officials to members of their family are quite rare.