21 June: A mystery! 12 + 5 = 17 Gr * 2/3 = 11 Rpf + 6 Rpf makes 17 Rpf, which is too much for an inland letter on 21 June and not enough for a foreign one. Anyone got an explanation?
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17 June: It is announced, that the central warehouse will now send the following Hindenburg Head German stamps to the post offices: 1, 3, 4, 10, 20, 30, 50, 60, 80 and 100 Rpf. It has also prepared for certain post offices the German Airmail stamps with values of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100 Rpf and 2 and 3 Reichsmark. These stamps are now valid for franking. The stamps of 8, 12, 24, 25, 30, 35, 45, 60, 64 Groschen and 1 and 2 Schilling are to be returned to the warehouse.
21 June: A mystery! 12 + 5 = 17 Gr * 2/3 = 11 Rpf + 6 Rpf makes 17 Rpf, which is too much for an inland letter on 21 June and not enough for a foreign one. Anyone got an explanation?
| See Der Uebergang des österreichischen Postwesens an das Reich Part 5: 22 June 1938 |
6 July: 1 Gr counted as 1 Rpf + 11 Rpf makes 12 Rpf, the inland letter rate.
8 July: Reissue of page 2 of the "21. Postgebührenweisers": basic rates unchanged but expressed solely in Rpf. A few rates (eg printed matter) were still expressed in Rpf/Gr (and some eg the Postlagernd rate not mentioned). The registration fee remained unaltered at 27Rpf/40Gr: see the Rates table column 'C' and the separate article on registration rates.
9 July: Promulgation by the German Governor in Land Austria, whereby the ordinance on the introduction of new postage rates and the assimilation of the postal services in Land Austria from 9 July 1938 is disclosed. This was actually published on 22 July. The individual paragraphs of this ordinance came into force at various dates.
| See Der Uebergang des österreichischen Postwesens an das Reich Part 6: 18 July 1938 |
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