Condition Notes:
Various Marks and creases at the bottom of the sheet as pictured. Stamps are ungraded but are in overall pretty good condition for their age. Please refer to the pictures for more condition details and they will form part of the description.
Details:
For sale is a ¼ sheet of 25 Deutsches Reich stamps from 1923. These were originally 400 Mark stamps, but were overprinted to 100,000 (100 Tausend) Marks due to the hyperinflation that occurred during that time.
History:
By the Summer of 1923, Weimar Republic hyperinflation was REALLY getting bad. On one hand, the value of the German Mark was decreasing almost every day, and on the other hand, consumer prices were sky-rocketing on a daily basis. The effects on the economy and on the German people were devastating.
By August 1923, with the value of the German Mark fluctuating from day to day, designing and printing new postage stamps was out of the question. For the postal service of the Weimar Republic, there existed a state-of-emergency.
Beginning in August and proceeding through October of 1923, the postal service began applying re-valuation overprints to existing stocks of lower denomination stamps. The re-valuations ranged from 5,000 Marks to 2,000,000 Marks
I will always combine postage.
Once you have finished shopping please message me for an amended invoice if you are combining postage for multiple items.
However, if you proceed and pay for individual items and postage, I will refund any extra postage charges that you have paid through your method of payment after I have processed the postage label.
Packaging:
I wrap everything with at least 1 layer of bubble wrap or other forms of protection. Some other items I may double up and further package with cardboard.
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After Posting:
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