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Re: Help with Old Danish Printed Bricks
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Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:49:18 GMT
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Well, it's Dutch!

Posterijen - (I think this means literally Post Office?)

You're right, well it's more of a company name. "Post Office" would be "Post
Kantoor".

Automatiek - (I think this means Garage, what is the literal translation
Auto Maker?)

I have no idea what the translation of "automatiek is", but it means a place
where you can buy snacks (like a snackbar).
It's the combination of a snackbar and a gumball-machine (guys! help me out
here! :-)
You can get a snack, by inserting a coin in a machine, then you can take the
snack out of the machine.
Nothing to do with cars.


P.T.T. - (I can't figure out what this is an abreviation for, or what it
means)

That's the company name of the Posterijen.
Post, Telephone, Telegraf.  (PTT).
Nowadays it's called KPN


Thanks,
Clark

Hope this helped.
Saskia



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  Re: Help with Old Danish Printed Bricks
 
(...) We'd call those "vending machines" and the place would be an "automat" (though you don't hear that name often). Bruce (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl)
  Re: Help with Old Danish Printed Bricks
 
(...) In America, they were called Automat's I believe (...) Just my (2) Cents! Jamie (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl)

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  Help with Old Danish Printed Bricks
 
Hello, I recently acquired a few Danish printed bricks, but can't figure out what they mean. Here's a list, along with picture links: Posterijen - (I think this means literally Post Office?) (URL) - (I think this means Garage, what is the literal (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl)

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