Postage rates from post hyperinflation (1925 – 1945)

 

 

Postage rates from 1 January 1925 until 1 August 1927

 

Local

National

International

Postcard

3

5

15

Letter less than 20 gram

5

10

25

Letter 20 – 250 gram

10

20

     40 1)

Airmail

NA

+ 10

2)

Special Delivery

   +30 3)

   + 60 4)

    + 50 3)

Registered

+20

+ 20

+ 20

Rates in pfennig

1)      Up to 40 grams

2)      Destination dependent

3)      Town and villages

4)      Rural areas

Postage rates from 1 August 1927 until 15 January 1932

 

Local

National

International

Postcard

5

8

15

Letter less than 20 gram

8

15

25

Letter 20 – 250 gram

15

30

40 1)

Airmail 2)

NA

+ 10 / +20

3)

Zeppelin flights

Various rates depending on destination normally 100 - 400

Special Delivery

   +40 4)

   + 80 5)

    + 50 4)

Registered

+30

+ 30

+ 30

Rates in pfennig

1)      Up to 40 grams

2)      For the first 20 grams, 20 Pf from 20 – 40 grams.

3)      Destination dependent

4)      Town and villages

5)      Rural areas

 

 

Postage rates from 15 January 1932 until end WW II

 

Local

National

International

Postcard

5

6

15

Letter less than 20 gram

8

12

25

Letter 20 -250 gram

16 1)

24 2)

40 3)

Printed Matter

3

5   4)

Airmail

NA

+ 10

5)

Registered

+ 30

+ 30

+30

Receipt request

+ 30

+ 30

+30

Special delivery

+ 40

+ 40

+50

Rates in pfennig

1)      Between 15 Jan 32 and 1 Dec 33 25 Pf

2)      Until 1 Dec 33 15 Pf

3)      Up to 40 gram

4)      Per 100 gram

5)      Destination dependent

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