Probably I have to correct myself: From Nov.26th,1923 onwards till Nov.30th all still usuable stamps were sold and used at four times of their face-value.So a 20 Milliarden stamp costed 80 Milliarden and was used as such. From Dec.1st the stamps remained valid for another month,but now at face value only. (10 Milliarden Mark = 1 Renten-Pfennig) For the cover in question that means: 220 Milliarden would have been 880 Milliarden. And that would be the correct postage for a registered letter to a foreign destination with a weight of up to 80 g !
My Chinese one is commercial use for sure. I have it here in a box. I'm sure many Germany ones would have more than the Chinese but I never find them with lots of stamps. I think these three are 1922 (two marks), 1923 (100 marks) and 1924 (3 pf). They cover the same period but not a high stamp count or amount. (fronts only; no backs on these three) . What is the most postage on a cover that someone has in their collection?
Jim, I don't have any inflation covers in my German collection, in fact I have just a few German covers. What I do have is a wrapper from a package that has 10-12 $5 stamps on it, so perhaps $50 or $60 in U.S. dollars. I'd have to dig it up to get the exact amount.
Have always liked the multi-colors from Eastern Europe: details, themes, and the care that it takes to not allowing the colors to overlap. South America and Caribbean stamps as well...
Thanks. Naturally, I saw the chinese imprint, but what confused me was the letter next to value. It looks like cyrilic"L".
