The post office in the Warsaw ghetto was run by the Judenrat government, but the money it derived from the sale of postal items went to the main post office in Warsaw. In order for the ghetto post office to pay the workers, a surtax was applied to the mail that was delivered to the residents of the ghetto.
This postcard was sent to the Warsaw ghetto. It has a machine cancel March 11, 1941, with the ghetto receiving handstamp and the circular surtax marking.
This image shows the markings enlarged: the circular surtax stamp barely visible at the top left and the rectangular ghetto receiving handstamp at the bottom right.
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