Danzig

'''Danzig is a port city on the Baltic Sea. Today, it is in Poland, now known as Gdańsk.
 * Once part of Prussia, after World War I, Danzig and the area around it was declared a free state by the League of Nations. Its first stamps were German stamps overprinted Danzig in Gothic letters.
 * This continued until 1921 when it issued its own stamps inscribed FREIE STADT DANZIG.
 * In 1923, hyperinflation struck as it did in Germany, with stamps overprinted in huge denominations.
 * With the beginning of World War II in 1939, Germany invaded and claimed Danzig.
 * In March 1945, Soviet troops invaded. Danzig became part of Poland as it is today.

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