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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1572162, member: 38849&quot;]Interesting - the stamps of this period show no inflation at all.&nbsp; The 1946 &quot;numerals&quot; ran from 1pf to 84pf, plus a 1mk for packages.&nbsp; The 1947-48 &quot;workers&quot; series ran from 2pf to 84pf, plus mark values for packages; the 3 and 5 mark are very rare genuinely postally used.&nbsp; The BiZone overprints of the numerals and workers ran from 2pf to 84pf, plus 1-2-3-5 mark for packages.&nbsp; The final series of everyday stamps, the buildings of 1948, ran from 2pf to 90pf, and the letter rate remained a low 20pf in the third year after V-E Day.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first issues of the Federal Republic (7 Sep 49) were 10pf and 20pf, then 20pf and 30pf, and then back to 2pf to 90pf for the 1951-52 posthorn series.&nbsp; Just a little perspective on the cost of living.&nbsp; Of course, maybe postal rates were intentionally held very low, or even subsidized.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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