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Evolution of Selected German Democratic Republic Postage Rates in Effect Through the
Reunification Period to April 1, 1991.
Domestic 03/01/46 10/01/54 07/01/90 4/01/91
Local Letters
0-50 gr. 0.16 0.10
50-250 gr. 0.32 0.20
250-500 gr. 0.40 0.30
500-1000 gr. 0.60 0.40
Inland letters
0-20 gr. 0.24 0.20
20-250 gr. 0.48 0.40
250-500 gr. 0.80 0.60
500-1000 gr. 1.20 0.80
All domestic letters. The distinction between local and inland letters was discontinued with the transition effective July 1, 1990.
0-20 gr. 0.50
20-50 gr. 1.00
0-20 gr. std.** 1.00
20-50 gr. non-std. 1.70
50-100 gr. 0.60 2.40
100-250 gr. 1.60 3.20
250-500 gr. 2.00 4.00
500-1000 gr. 4.80
* Individual rates are traced from their inception date through the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 to the first post reunification
consolidated change effective April 1, 1991.
** Standard printed matter, letters, and printed letters had to meet these requirements:
+ weight: 0-20 grams + width: 9.0-120 cm. + length: 14.0-23.5 cm. + thickness: 0.5 cm.
The Standard measurement concept was first introduced in the DDR March 1, 1963 for inland letters.
Domestic 03/01/46 10/01/54 10/01/56 07/01/90 04/01/91
Registration 0.60 0.50 1.50 2.50
Special Delivery. The distinction between local and inland delivery was deleted October 1, 1956 and a rate split was modified
to the time of the day.
Local 0.80 0.60
Inland 1.60 1.20
6/10 a.m. 0.50 2.00 5.00
10 p.m./6 a.m. 0.50 2.00 8.00
Printed Matter
0-20 gr. std. 0.06 0.60
0-50 gr. 0.08 0.05 0.70 1.00
0-100 gr. 0.16 0.15 0.70 1.40
100-250 gr. 0.30 0.25 1.40 1.80
250-500 gr. 0.60 0.50 1.80 2.40
Printed Matter Letter (new rate not previously used in the DDR)
0-20 gr. std. 0.80
0-50 gr. 1.40
50-100 gr. 2.00
100-250 gr. 2.60
250-500 gr. 3.20
Post Cards
Local*** 0.10 0.30 0.60
Inland 0.12 0.10 0.30 0.60
*** The local postcard rate also applied to “socialist” countries: Eastern Europe, USSR, Cuba, Peoples’ Republic of China,
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Mongolia. Compare the listing for postcards under the Foreign rate tables.
170 / July – August 2000 The Canadian Philatelist / Le philatéliste canadien