GERMAN PHILATELY

MISCELLANEOUS POSTCARDS
(1923)

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12-Sep-2026 11:47

1923 was a very interesting year in terms of collecting German postal items. The year began fairly quietly but by the end of Oct and the beginning of Nov inflation skyrocketed. As can be seen by the few examples below, posting a card would soar from several Marks to Millions of Marks in less than 6 months.

This is a fascinating area of study as stamps and cards were often worthless only days after being printed, stamps were issued, then immediately overprinted with higher values. There are some truly awesome postal items to collect just before devaluation, and I will add some of those from my collection once I have completed the postage stamp section of this website.

FIRMA ADOLF ZÖLLER
(26th May 1923)

With only 40 Marks postage on 26th May 1923. things were only going to get worse (see later cards for just how much posting a card was going to get in a matter of only months).

CARD to POTSDAM
(25th Aug 1923)

This postcard from Potsdam has 10 self-adhesive stamps for a total of 8,200 Marks.

OBERBAYERN PHILATELISTENTAG
(8th/9th Sep 1923)

INFLATION CARD
(9th Oct 1923)

INFLATION CARD
(2nd Nov 1923)

The following card was posted towards the end of the inflation period on 2nd Nov 1923. The total postage paid was 800 Tausend Marks and the card was posted in HAMBURG.

DRESDNER BANK
(5th Nov 1923)

At the height of the ultra-inflation period sending a postcard was insanely expensive. This particular example from the Remscheid branch of the Dresdner Bank, has 500 million Marks postage ... staggering.