Germany Covers - My Hyperinflation Example - Please Share Yours

Hi I have a few Germany covers and I thought I would share a very nice one I got from a very old collection. Here is the description: DT. REICH MeF 295 (8) Brief o 9.10.23 BARSSEL > Bremerhaven Described also as MICHEL-Nummer: DT. REICH MeF 295 (8) Brief

I find these quite interesting. 2 million for a letter...

I also will include a picture of the reverse.

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Please explain the last picture?


Peter

Here is an international mailing of November 19, 1923 from Nuernberg to Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Franking is 40 billion marks, using a block of 20, 2 billion mark stamps (Mi #326). Franking is correct for international letter up to 20 grams. This was the last day of this rate.

I do not know the meaning of the "2BA" on the cancellations. The directory of Nuernberg post offices (1944) lists five "2" p.o.'s: 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D.

The International Geneva Association was an organization for luxury hotels and restaurants. This appears to be correspondence between two branches.

The last picture was just a close up of the postmark for anyone that was interested.


Hi I see the problem On my screen I saw the cover. Not sure how that happened but now I see the pictures I downloaded for another post. So, the importance of the last picture is that it shows a "pressure variation" in the stamp leaving a spot. Not a plate error but more of a printing one-off.

Nice cover - I like the block and I like the international address also. I cannot help with the postmark but someone will here I am sure.

Nice covers.

The date looks like 9/10/23 (if I read the date and chart correctly)would be the day before it jumped to 2m Marks.

As bob said, his was the last day before it jumped from 40 Billion Marks to 80 Billion Marks.

Thanks for showing,
Pat



https://www.stamp-collecting-world...._hyperb.html
(from the article)
The 1923 postal rate table, for domestic / foreign letters under 20 grams, is shown below. By October of 1923, 2,000,000 Marks wasn't even enough to mail a single domestic letter, thus by that time, most of the re-valued stamps, shown in the images above, were all useless.

Letter Postage Rates for 1923
For Domestic / Foreign Letters, Less than 20 Grams


1923-JAN-15 -- 20 Marks / 150 Marks
1923-MAR-01 -- 40 Marks / 300 Marks
1923-JUL-01 -- 120 Marks / 800 Marks
1923-AUG-01 -- 400 Marks / 3,000 Marks
1923-AUG-24 -- 8,000 Marks / 60,000 Marks
1923-SEP-01 -- 30,000 Marks / 200,000 Marks
1923-SEP-20 -- 100,000 Marks / 750,000 Marks
1923-OCT-01 -- 800,000 Marks / 6,000,000 Marks
1923-OCT-10 -- 2,000,000 Marks / 15,000,000 Marks
1923-OCT-20 -- 4,000,000 Marks / 30,000,000 Marks
1923-NOV-01 -- 40,000,000 Marks / 200,000,000 Marks
1923-NOV-05 -- 500,000,000 Marks / 4,000,000,000 Marks
1923-NOV-12 -- 5,000,000,000 Marks / 40,000,000,000 Marks
1923-NOV-20 -- 10,000,000,000 Marks / 80,000,000,000 Marks
1923-NOV-26 -- 40,000,000,000 Marks / 320,000,000,000 Marks
1923-DEC-12 -- 50,000,000,000 Marks / 300,000,000,000 Marks

For accuracy, the date on the cancel is 19.11.23, or November 19, 1923.

Hi Bob,
That is the date on your cover for sure.

I was looking to see if I had deciphered the date on the first cover accurately.

I seem to always forget which comes first month or day.
9.10.23 - Sept.10 or Oct.9 makes a big difference.

pat

Easy Pat. Just the other was around from us. Day first, then month


Peter

Most of the world I think is Day Month Year or in metric Year Month Day. US is the numeric of March 1, 2021; or month , day , year. Canada is a hybrid and can be either. Older people will use month day year and younger people will be metric or could be European...... I grew up in the 60s/70s and was always day month year. US was going metric in the 70s and Canada went along with them but US changed their mind and Canada continued. As a result, my changeover generation have Kilometers and kilos but height and weight is usually expressed in feet, inches and pounds. Fuel is in litres but mileage is expressed in miles per gallon (Imperial) and on and on........ Better stop, I am getting a headache.

Interesting examples for topic.
Came across this looking for something else.

https://www.rfrajola.com/infla/INFLA.pdf

Here is another cover from Germany's period of hyperinflation. This one is domestic use, but registered and apparently with fee paid for acknowledgement of receipt. The franking seems to be correct for the September 1-19, 1923 period (75 thousand marks + 75 thousand marks).

Cover was sent on Sepember 15, 1923 by Frau Rosenthal of the Nordstern/North Star Life Insurance Co. in Berlin to Frau Hoch?, "Herrn Kuratus Dr. Auditor" (Eng.: Mr. Commissioner Dr. Judge) at "N.M." (?) in Soldin, E. Brandenburg (now Mysliborz, Poland).

Receiving cancel of Soldin (16.9.23), return address and seal of Nordstern Insurance Company are on the reverse.

There is a fantastic exhibit of German hyperinflation covers during the post WWI period on the AAPE online exhibit website, very appropriately titled "When Money Buys Little".

Link given below:

http://www.aape.org/exhibit_view_pa...PageNumber=1

Prexie3c:
What a great visual representation of the rapidly changing rate structure.
Thanks for sharing.
Pat