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<p>[QUOTE="Werner Salentin, post: 39284, member: 2120"]One June 21st,1948 in a surprise move a currency reform was</p><p>put into effect in the western occupied zones of Germany.</p><p>The Reichsmark was declared invalid and the Deutsche Mark</p><p>(DM) was introduced.To quell speculation and surprise the</p><p>Russian Zone,the whole move was done in great secrecy.</p><p>No new stamps were printed,but the Pfennig-values of the</p><p>second Controll-Council-Issue were overprinted.This was</p><p>done decentralized by different printers in a great hurry.</p><p>So faulty overprints are numerous.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]3673[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]3674[/ATTACH]</p><p>There were two types of overprints,but I have the above only</p><p>in a complete set.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]3675[/ATTACH] </p><p>Of the second type I have a few stamps only.</p><p>For comparison here the two types side by side:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]3676[/ATTACH] </p><p>In the confusion of the rushed action also stamps of the first</p><p>Controll-Counci-Issue (numerals) were overprinted.</p><p>Sets of seventeen stamps each,in both overprint types,were</p><p>later declared valid by the central postal authorities.</p><p>Ten more stamps were not acknowledged,but exist genuinely</p><p>used.</p><p>Most numeral-overprints are quite costly.</p><p>The above stamps were valid in the American and British Zone</p><p>only and in West(ern)-Berlin.</p><p>The French Zone had her own stamps.</p><p>The one sided currency reform put an end to German unity.</p><p>It lead to the creation of two currencies DM-West and DM-Ost </p><p>(East) and from there of two states.</p><p>It took more than forty years and the breakdown of the</p><p>Soviet-Union,to overcome this split and achieve reunification.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Werner Salentin, post: 39284, member: 2120"]One June 21st,1948 in a surprise move a currency reform was put into effect in the western occupied zones of Germany. The Reichsmark was declared invalid and the Deutsche Mark (DM) was introduced.To quell speculation and surprise the Russian Zone,the whole move was done in great secrecy. No new stamps were printed,but the Pfennig-values of the second Controll-Council-Issue were overprinted.This was done decentralized by different printers in a great hurry. So faulty overprints are numerous. [ATTACH=full]3673[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]3674[/ATTACH] There were two types of overprints,but I have the above only in a complete set. [ATTACH=full]3675[/ATTACH] Of the second type I have a few stamps only. For comparison here the two types side by side: [ATTACH=full]3676[/ATTACH] In the confusion of the rushed action also stamps of the first Controll-Counci-Issue (numerals) were overprinted. Sets of seventeen stamps each,in both overprint types,were later declared valid by the central postal authorities. Ten more stamps were not acknowledged,but exist genuinely used. Most numeral-overprints are quite costly. The above stamps were valid in the American and British Zone only and in West(ern)-Berlin. The French Zone had her own stamps. The one sided currency reform put an end to German unity. It lead to the creation of two currencies DM-West and DM-Ost (East) and from there of two states. It took more than forty years and the breakdown of the Soviet-Union,to overcome this split and achieve reunification.[/QUOTE]
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