Monday, August 8, 2011

An Album Page of German "HyperInflation" Postage Stamps

Issued during a period of runaway monetary inflation between 1921 and 1923 in Germany.The Mark devalued so rapidly in these years that overprints were necessary to change values without printing more stamps  Some details of  these overprints issued to keep up with the devaluation of the German Mark are illustrated below





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