Content: Administration of services, personnel, cash management and accounting - Collection of legal provisions and decrees, including judicial decisions on postal, telegraphic and telephone services - International postal agreements and treaties with individual states - Supervision and regulation of postal services, organisation of subordinate postal and telegraph institutions - German postal institutions abroad, especially in German New Guinea, on the Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Palau Islands and Marshall Islands, on Samoa and in Shanghai - relations of the Oberpostdirektion with shipping companies, railway companies and forwarding agents - postal statistics - postal traffic with overseas countries, also establishment of postal steamship lines - air and rail postal services - radio and radio broadcasting

Explanation: When the North German Confederation was founded, the postal system was organised as a unified state transport authority with the simultaneous disappearance of the territorial postal institutions. Bremen received a federal post office. In 1871, postal sovereignty was transferred to the German Reich. In 1874, the Reichspostverwaltung appointed Bremen as the seat of an Oberpostdirektion, which became the medium Reichspostbehörde. In addition to the territory of Bremen, its area of responsibility included the part of the administrative district of Hanover on the left bank of the Weser, parts of the administrative district of Stade and the administrative district of Thedinghausen in Brunswick. Until the First World War she was also responsible for the postal services in German New Guinea, on the Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Palau and Marshall Islands and Samoa. From 1934-1945 the Oberpostdirektion was called Reichspostdirektion Bremen. In 1943 it also took over the district of the Oldenburg management, which had until then been independent, and which included the Weser-Ems district. The privatization of Deutsche Bundespost was initiated in 1989, and in 1990 it was separated into the postal service and telecommunications divisions at OPD. At the end of 1992, the Postal Directorate was divided into the Postal Service and Telecommunications Directorates. Since 1995 they have been part of Deutsche Post AG and Deutsche Telekom AG. Lit.: Christian Piefke, Die Entstehung der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus der Weser-Ems-Gebiet, Vol. 1, H. 1, 1955, S. 2-3; Werner Guddat, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, Leer 1974; Theodor Windmann, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Hefte Weser-Ems, Vol. 1, 1955, S. 2-3. 4, H. 4, 1973, p. 77-84; Johannes Rust, Die Postgeschichte des Bezirks der Reichspostdirektion Bremen für den Kriegsjahre 1939-1945, Bremen 1949; K. Johanns, Die ersten Schritte. Attempt to reconstruct postal conditions in the Reichspostdirektions district of Bremen after the end of the Second World War until the resumption of limited correspondence on 1 July 1945, in: Philatelie und Postgeschichte, 20, No. 89, 1986, p. 1-19; Alexis Wegener, Die Post in Bremen und Bremerhaven 1945-1964, in: Wachsende Städte an der Unterweser, 1965, p. 88-96; Der OPD-Bezirk Bremen, in: Zeitschrift für das Post- u. Fernmeldewesen, 7 (1955), p. 41-53; Oberpostdirektion Bremen (ed.), Oberpostdirektion Bremen im neuen Haus, Bremen 1985; Herbert Leclerc, Von Apia bis Yap. Former German postal institutions in the South Seas, in: Archiv für deutsche Postgeschichte 1982, pp. 7-32; Fritz Thole, Die Leiter der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus dem Weser-Emsgebiet, vol. 1, H. 1, 1955, p. 3, H. 3, 1956, p. 29-38, vol. 2, H. 6, 1961, p. 118-119. Reference: Christian Piefke, Die Entstehung der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus der Weser-Ems-Gebiet, vol. 1, H. 1, 1955, p. 2-3; Werner Guddat, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, Leer 1974; Theodor Windmann, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Hefte Weser-Ems, vol. 4, H. 4, 1973, p. 77-84; Johannes Rust, Die Postgeschichte des Bezirks der Reichspostdirektion Bremen für die Kriegsjahre 1939-1945, Bremen 1949; K. Johanns, Die ersten Schritte. Attempt to reconstruct postal conditions in the Reichspostdirektions district of Bremen after the end of the Second World War until the resumption of limited correspondence on 1 July 1945, in: Philatelie und Postgeschichte, 20, No. 89, 1986, p. 1-19; Alexis Wegener, Die Post in Bremen und Bremerhaven 1945-1964, in: Wachsende Städte an der Unterweser, 1965, p. 88-96; Der OPD-Bezirk Bremen, in: Zeitschrift für das Post- u. Fernmeldewesen, 7 (1955), p. 41-53; Oberpostdirektion Bremen (ed.), Oberpostdirektion Bremen im neuen Haus, Bremen 1985; Herbert Leclerc, Von Apia bis Yap. Former German Post Offices in the South Seas, in: Archiv für deutsche Postgeschichte 1982, pp. 7-32; Fritz Thole, Die Leiter der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus dem Weser-Ems-Gebiet, vol. 1, h. 1, 1955, pp. 3, h. 3, 1956, pp. 29-38, vol. 2, h. 6, 1961, pp. 118-119.

Geography Economic geography Fruit plants Tropical fruit (coconut palms, pandanaceae, breadfruit tree, mango tree, baobab tree, dump palm, liver sausage tree, banana and other fruit trees), five-year-old coconut palms; in the middle: canoe with superstructure and boom, New Guinea subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (photo publisher) (photographer), 1900

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Vol. 1; Curriculum Vitae, about 1889; Letters and reports from New Guinea, 1894-1901; private letters to inspectors of the RMG and his wife Dassel, 1895-1900; Vol. 2; Letters and Reports Reports from New Guinea, 1901-1913; Correspondence with Heinrich Helmich in his homeland, 1919-1944; Appointment as Houseparents in the Johanneum Gütersloh, 1922; "Some of New Guinea's Mission History", IN: Westfälisches Sonntagsblatt für Stadt u. Land, No. 38-40, 1928; "Die Kapelle zum Seelenfrieden", IN: Evangelisches Monatsblatt für Westfalen, No. 7 u. 8, 1928; obituary for Heinrich Helmich, obituary and letter of condolence, 1947; correspondence with Ida Helmich, née Winkelsträter, 1948; obituary for Ida Helmich, née Winkelsträter, 1951

Description: All-metal cabin aircraft Junkers G 31. Year of construction 1926. Intended use: Three-engined passenger and cargo aircraft as well as use for medical service. Photo shows cargo aircraft VH-UOU with open cockpit and large cargo hatch in fuselage spine in service of Bulolo Gold Dredging

Contains among other things: The causes of the decline of the indigenous population in the West Caroline and Palau Islands and ways and means of controlling mortality. Memorandum. Berlin 1910 Indigenous workers in the South Sea protectorate 12 photographs of pen barracks and hospital complexes

Letters and reports from the voyage and from New Guinea, 1907-1908; Medical report on the condition of Dr. Hoffmann, government doctor in Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hafen, 1908; report of the North German Lloyd about Manges disappearance on the high seas, 1908

Bde 1-3 destroyed.

Contains among other things: S. M. S. "Stone": Vigo, Havana, Charleston, Dartmouth, Plymouth, Las Palmas, Balearic Islands, Madeira, Gibraltar, Cartagena S. M. S. "Loreley": Piraeus, Syria, Egypt, Black Sea, Constantinople Cruising Division: Canada, Mexico, Haiti, West Indies, Newport News, Norfolk S. M. S. "Wolf": Loanda, Southwest Africa, Cape Town S. M. S. "Condor": Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Samoa, Jahuit, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Admiralty Islands (Riots), Tonga, Pago-Pago S.M.S. "Falcon": Jamoel, Aux, Cayes, Carriacon, Bequia, Montserat, Nevis, Barbuda, Tortola, Guadeloupe, Sam Luis de Maranhao, Maceia, Rio de Janeiro S.M.S. "Goshawk": South West Africa, Cape Town, Mossamedes, Loanda, Duala S. M. S. "Sea Eagle": Shanghai S. M. S. "Lynx": Hong Kong S. M. S. "Tsingtau": Canton S. M. S. "Moltke": Karlskrona, Portmouth, Madeira S. M. S. "Panther": Port-au-Prince/tense situation S. M. S. "Stosch": Stockholm, Bergen, Dartmouth, Centa, Almeria, Malta, Corfu S. M. S. "Vineta": Neuport News S. M. S. "Bremen": Rio de Janeiro, Ilha Grande, Barbados S. M. S. "Fatherland": Lake Poyang

Contains among other things: S. M. S. " Falcon": Peru, San Jose de Guatemala, San Salvator, Chile, San Diego, Mexico, San Francisco, Esquimalt, Vancouver, Alaska, Puget Sound, Portland, Astoria S. M. S. "Buzzard": Zansibar, Durban, Port Elisabeth, Cape Town, East London, Lourenzo-Marques, Mozambique Cruising Squadron: Effects of the Russian-Japanese War, China S.M.S. "Wolf": Cameroon, Fernando Poo, San Thomé, Freetown, Lisbon S.M.S. "Condor": New Guinea (riots), Japan, Sydney, Samoa (riots), Honolulu S. M. S. "Bremen": San Domingo, Haiti, St. Thomas, Dominica, St. Pierre, Puerto Rico, Kingston, La Guayra, Galveston S. M. S. "Loreley": Athos, Therapia, Piraeus, Constantinople (assassination attempt on the Sultan) S. M.S. 'Hawk': Gabon, Fernando Poo, Cameroon, Sanra Cruz, Loanda, Monrovia, Cape Town, Duala, South West Africa, Benguela, Lobito-Bai S.M.S. 'Panther': Guyana, Para, St Luiz de Maranham S. M.S. 'Stosch': Copenhagen, Tangier, Madeira, Las Palmas S.M.S. 'Charlotte': Färör, La Luz, Mogador, Vogo, Lisbon, Madeira, Kartagena, Barcelona, Corfu, Alexandria S.M.S. "Stone": Iceland, Vigo, Kartagena, Syracus, Taranto, Corfu, Venice, Fiume, Patras, San Nicolo, Volo, Alexandria (Riots) S.M.S. "Sparrowhawk": Tsingtau, Durban, Duala, Cape Town, Kribi, Sao Tomé, Congo, Loanda, Fernando Poo, Victoria, Bata (Riots) S.M.S. "Seagull": Mariana Islands, West Caroline Islands

Contains among other things: S. M. S. 'Panther': Key West, Port Limon, Bluefields, Nassau, Inagua, Santiago de Cuba, Kingston; Havana, St. Thomas, Port-au-Prince, Vera Cruz, Coatzacoaleos, Colon (map of Panama Canal) Puerto Colombia S. M. S. 'Stosch': La Valetta, Barcelona, Naples, Palermo, Cadiz, Ferrol S. M.S. 'Loreley': Constantinople, Piraeus, Syria, Egypt, Rhodes, Smyrna, Therapia, Thessos, Thessos, Thessaloniki, Athos S.M.S. 'Stein': New Orleans, San Juan de Puertorico, Kingston, Havana, Bermuda, Horta, Nieuwendiep, Stockholm S.M.S. "Charlotte": Volo, Smyrna, Alexandria, Kartagena, Arosa Bay, Beirut, Messina, Naples, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Gothenburg S. M. S. "Bremen": Puerto Cortez, Livingston, Galveston, Savannah, Pensacola, Tampa, Jacksonville, Kingston, Newport News, Hampton, Boston, Newport, St. Thomas S.M.S. "Planet": Amboina, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Simpson Port, Nusan Jap, Palau Islands S.M.S. "Condor": Palaus, West Caroline, Mariana Islands, Apia, Samoa, Ellice, Gilbert and Marshall Islands, Ponape, Nouméa, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland S. M. S. "Falcon": Chile, Brazil, Las Palmas, Lisbon, Montevideo, Dakar S. M. S. "Sparrowhawk": Lome. Monrovia, Freetown, Dakar, Bissao, Boloma, Sekondi, Cameroon, Port Bouét, Togo, Duala, Cape Town, Lobito Bay, South West Africa, Lüderitz Bay Squadron of Cruisers: Korea, South Journey (Yangtze Unrest) S. M. S. "Planet": Manila, Hong Kong S. M. S. Buzzard: Port Elisabeth, East London S. M. S. Borussia: Port Said S. M. S. Roon: Hampton

Leaflet "To the Protestant Children of Westphalia" with appeal for donations for Rheno-Westfalia, Dr., 1908; reports of the skippers Leonard Lösel, W. Schulz u. H. Alt

Lebenslauf, Bewerbung u. Zeugnisse, 1893; Gesundheitszeugnis, 1901; Briefe u. Berichte aus Neuguinea, 1902-1903; Unfinished paper "Which causes condition the decline of the local population and what means are available to prevent it? 3 p.., hs. 1904; Letter of condolence from Dr. Hoffmann, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Hafen, on the death of Ostermann and Bergmann, 1904; request from Reverend K. Zippel in Naumburg for a bronze plate for Heinrich Ostermann on Ragetta, 1947

Bde 1-13 destroyed.

Contains among other things: "Buzzard", "Falcon" - Apia, Sydney, Marshall Area Reports on the conditions in Samoa, Ponape, Marshall Islands, New Guinea Protectorate 1895 to 1896