1923 My Covers

WEIMAR REPUBLIC
My COVERS
1923

5th Feb 1923
COVER to LEIPZIG

7th Jul 1923
COVER DÜSSELDORF to DEN HAAG

This letter was sent from Düsseldorf to Den Haag (The Hague) in the Netherlands (Holland) on 7th Jul 1923. It has a total of sixteen 1922 issue, 50 Mark Michel 209 posthorn stamps for a total of 800 Marks, this was the correct postage for a letter up to 20g to an overseas destination at that time.

22nd Aug 1923
OFFICIAL COVER
MILITARY DISTRICT COMMAND IV

This registered cover, sent from Dresden to Torgau, was posted with five 1923 issue, 400 Mark Official stamps Michel 80 and a single 1923 issue, 200 Mark Official stamp Michel 78, for a total of 2,200 Marks. The postmark is dated 22nd Aug 1923 and was used for official business by the 4th Division of the Military District Command IV.

Military district IV was assigned the areas of the province of Saxony with its headquarters in Dresden. The military district was divided into the Wehrersatzbezirke Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. The Wehrkreiskommando IV was named at the beginning of the war as Deputy General Command IV. Army Corps and at the same time commander in Military District IV. It was subordinate to the commander of the Ersatztruppen IV, or Division No. 154.

At the lower left on the front of the cover there is an official purple stamp and on the reverse there are the remnants of an official wax seal

The commander of Military Distrct IV at this time was Alfred Müller (1921-1925). Wikipedia has more information on his career and early death at the age of 59 in 1925 in a training accident.

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COVER from HAMBURG to ENGLAND
(24th Aug 1923)

2nd Oct 1923
HYPERINFLATION COVER
DOBELN to HAMBURG

This letter was cancelled at the height of the hyperinflation period on the 2nd October 1923, about 2 months before the revaluation of the currency. It was sent from Dobeln and has a good variety of hyperinflation stamps. Due to the high cost of postage at this time there wasn't enough space to put them all on the front of the envelope and the reverse is also pretty much covered.

9th Oct 1923
HYPERINFLATION COVER
LOCAL to BERLIN

This letter was a local letter sent on 9th October 1923 in Berlin. It has four 1922 issue, 100,000 Mark Michel 257 stamps on each side for a total of 800,000 Marks, the correct postage for a local letter upto 20 grams at this time. The letter appears to be from the General Local Health Insurance Office in Berlin.

HAMBURG to EDINGBURGH, SCOTLAND
(2nd Nov 1923)

2nd Nov 1923
COVER BERLIN to HAMBURG

Cancelled on 3rd Nov 1923 this Registered cover was sent from Berlin to Hamburg. The total value of the stamps is over 100 million Marks and there appear to be some missing as well.

6th Nov 1923
HYPERINFLATION COVER
BERLIN

This letter was cancelled at the height of the hyperinflation period on the 6th Nov 1923, just before the revaluation of the currency. It was sent from Berlin and has fifthteen Michel 323 200 Million Mark stamps on the front and an additional twenty Michel 321 50 Million Marks stamps for an incredible 4 Billion Marks .... phew !!.

4 Billion Marks was the correct postage for a letter less than 20g to a foreign destination. This new postage rate was effective from the day before this letter was sent (5th Nov) but believe it or not on the last few days of the hyperinflation period (26th Nov to 1st Dec 1923) this letter would have cost 320 billion Marks to send.