Printed Matter

Printed matter – Inland rates - post WWII hyperinflation period 1945-1946

(ref. Morgan, rates in pengö)

Period	Start date	20 g	50 g	100 g	250 g	500 g	1000 g	1500 g	2000 g	3000 g
1	01-05-1945	0.10	0.50	n/a	1.00	1.50	2.50	5.00	7.50	10
2	02-07-1945	0.40	0.80	1.60	2.40	3	5	7	10	14
3	16-09-1945	2	3	5	8	10	20	n/a	30	40
4	01-11-1945	12	20	30	50	60	120	n/a	200	240
5	16-11-1945	30	40	60	100	120	240	n/a	400	500
6	14-01-1946	150	n/a	300	n/a	600	1200	n/a	2400	3600
7	01-02-1946	500	n/a	1000	n/a	2000	3000	n/a	6000	10000
8	05-03-1946	3000	n/a	6000	n/a	10000	15000	n/a	30000	50000
9*	06-03-1946	6 ep	n/a	12 ep	n/a	20 ep	30 ep	n/a	60 ep	100 ep
10*	26-03-1946	9 ep	n/a	18 ep	n/a	30 ep	45 ep	n/a	90 ep	150 ep
11*	01-04-1946	12 ep	n/a	24 ep	n/a	40 ep	60 ep	n/a	120 ep	200 ep
12*	11-04-1946	24 ep	n/a	48 ep	n/a	80 ep	120 ep	n/a	240 ep	400 ep
13*	23-04-1946	75 ep	n/a	150 ep	n/a	250 ep	375 ep	n/a	750 ep	1250 ep
14	01-05-1946	400 ep	n/a	600 ep	n/a	1 mp	2 mp	n/a	3 mp	5 mp
15**	10-05-1946	2 mp	n/a	3 mp	n/a	5 mp	10 mp	n/a	15 mp	25 mp
16**	20-05-1946	8 mp	n/a	12 mp	n/a	20 mp	40 mp	n/a	60 mp	100 mp
17**	27-05-1946	24 mp	n/a	36 mp	n/a	60 mp	120 mp	n/a	180 mp	300 mp
18**	01-06-1946	80 mp	n/a	120 mp	n/a	200 mp	400 mp	n/a	600 mp	1000 mp
19**	11-06-1946	800 mp	n/a	1.2 mdp	n/a	2 mdp	4 mdp	n/a	6 mdp	10 mdp
20**	17-06-1946	4 mdp	n/a	6 mdp	n/a	10 mdp	20 mdp	n/a	30 mdp	50 mdp
21**	24-06-1946	80 mpd	n/a	120 mdp	n/a	200 mdp	400 mdp	n/a	600 mdp	1 bp
22**	01-07-1946	8 bp	n/a	12 bp	n/a	20 bp	40 bp	n/a	60 bp	100 bp
23**	04-07-1946	400 bp	n/a	600 bp	n/a	1000 bp	2000 bp	n/a	3000 bp	5000 bp
24**	08-07-1946	20000 bp	n/a	30000 bp	n/a	50000 bp	100000 bp	n/a	150000 bp	250000 bp
25	12-07-1946	5 eap	n/a	10 eap	n/a	20 eap	30 eap	n/a	40 eap	50 eap
26***	18-07-1946	25 eap	n/a	50 eap	n/a	100 eap	150 eap	n/a	200 eap	250 eap
27***	24-07-1946	100 eap	n/a	200 eap	n/a	400 eap	600 eap	n/a	800 eap	1000 eap

n/a = not available;

* calculated from 8^th period rate based on inflation rate;

** calculated from 14^th period rate based on inflation rate;

*** calculated from 25^th period rate based on inflation rate;

ep = ezer pengö (1000 Pengö); mp = milio pengö (1,000,000 pengö); mdp = milliard pengö (1000 milio = 10⁹ pengö); bp = billio pengö (= 1000 miliárd pengö = 10¹² pengö); eap = ezer aó pengö = 1000 tax pengö

Rate per 50 g (ref. Morgan, rates in pengö)

Period	Start date	Rate	Period	Start date	Rate	Period	Start date	Rate
1	01-05-1945	n/a	10*	26-03-1946	45 ep	19**	11-06-1946	3000 mp
2	02-07-1945	n/a	11*	01-04-1946	60 ep	20**	17-06-1946	15 mdp
3	16-09-1945	8	12*	11-04-1946	120 ep	21**	24-06-1946	300 mdp
4	01-11-1945	50	13*	23-04-1946	375 ep	22**	01-07-1946	30 bp
5	16-11-1945	100	14	01-05-1946	1.5 mp	23**	04-07-1946	1500 bp
6	14-01-1946	600	15**	10-05-1946	7.5 mp	24**	08-07-1946	75000 bp
7	01-02-1946	3000	16**	20-05-1946	30 mp	25	12-07-1946	20 eap
8	05-03-1946	15000	17**	27-05-1946	90 mp	26**	18-07-1946	100 eap
9*	06-03-1946	30 ep	18**	01-06-1946	300 mp	27**	24-07-1946	400 eap

* calculated from 8^th period rate based on inflation rate;

** calculated from 14^th period rate based on inflation rate;

*** calculated from 25^th period rate based on inflation rate;

ep = ezer pengö (1000 Pengö); mp = milio pengö (1,000,000 pengö); mdp = milliard pengö (1000 milio = 10⁹ pengö); bp = billio pengö (= 1000 miliárd pengö = 10¹² pengö); eap = ezer adó pengö = 1000 tax pengö

Known dates of resumption of foreign service:

01-09-1945 Yugoslavia

08-10-1945 Czechoslovakia

24-12-1945 Soviet Union

01-05-1946 Switzerland

01-06-1946 Turkey

Business papers – Inland and foreign rates - post WWII hyperinflation period 1945-1946

Business papers are defined as any mail that contained printed, typed or handwritten material or documents as long as there was no indication of personal correspondence.

(ref. Morgan, rates in pengö)

Period	Start date	up to 50 g	250 g	500 g	1000 g	1500 g	2000 g	Foreign, per 50 g	Foreign minimum
1	01-05-1945	0.30	1.00	1.50	2.50	5.00	7.50	─	─
2	02-07-1945	─	─	3	5	7	10	─	─
3	16-09-1945	─	─	10	10	─	30	8	40
4	01-11-1945	─	─	60	120	─	200	50	(250)
5	16-11-1945	─	─	120	240	─	400	100	500
6	14-01-1946	─	─	600	1200	─	2400	600	3000
7	01-02-1946	─	─	─	3000	─	6000	3000	15000
8	05-03-1946	─	─	─	20 ep	─	30 ep	15 ep	80 ep
9*	06-03-1946	─	─	─	40 ep	─	60 ep	30 ep	160 ep
10	26-03-1946	─	─	─	60 ep	─	90 ep	45 ep	240 ep
11	01-04-1946	─	─	─	80 ep	─	120 ep	60 ep	320 ep
12	11-04-1946	─	─	─	160 ep	─	240 ep	120 ep	640 ep
13	23-04-1946	─	─	─	500 ep	─	750 ep	375 ep	2 mp
14	01-05-1946	─	─	─	2 mp	─	3 mp	1.5 mp	8 mp
15	10-05-1946	─	─	─	10 mp	─	15 mp	7.5 mp	40 mp
16	20-05-1946	─	─	─	40 mp	─	60 mp	30 mp	160 mp
17	27-05-1946	─	─	─	120 mp	─	180 mp	90 mp	480 mp
18	01-06-1946	─	─	─	400 mp	─	600 mp	300 mp	1.6 mdp
19	11-06-1946	─	─	─	4 mdp	─	6 mdp	3 mdp	16 mdp
20	17-06-1946	─	─	─	20 mdp	─	30 mdp	15 mdp	80 mdp
21	24-06-1946	─	─	─	400 mdp	─	600 mdp	300 mdp	1.6 bp
22	01-07-1946	─	─	─	40 bp	─	60 bp	30 bp	160 bp
23	04-07-1946	─	─	─	4,000 bp	─	3,000 bp	1,200 bp	8,000 bp
24	08-07-1946	─	─	─	100,000 bp	─	150,000 bp	75,000 bp	400,000 bp
25	12-07-1946	─	─	─	20 eap	─	30 eap	20 eap	80 eap
26	18-07-1946	─	─	─	100 eap	─	150 eap	100 eap	400 eap
27	24-07-1946	─	─	─	400 eap	─	600 eap	400 eap	1,600 eap

(__) original probably in error – corrected here by comparison with previous and next periods.

Matter for the blind – Inland and foreign rates - post WWII hyperinflation period 1945-1946

(ref. Morgan, rates in pengö)

Period	Start date	Domestic, up to 7 kg	Foreign, per kg
1	01-05-1945	no data	─
2	02-07-1945	0.40	─
3	16-09-1945	0.40	4
4	01-11-1945	1	24
5	16-11-1945	1	50
6	14-01-1946	10	300
7	01-02-1946	20	1500
8	05-03-1946	100	8 ep
9	06-03-1946	200	16 ep
10	26-03-1946	300	24 ep
11	01-04-1946	400	32 ep
12	11-04-1946	800	64 ep
13	23-04-1946	2.5 ep	200 ep
14	01-05-1946	10 ep	800 ep
15	10-05-1946	50 ep	4 mp
16	20-05-1946	200 ep	16 mp
17	27-05-1946	600 ep	48 mp
18	01-06-1946	2 mp	160 mp
19	11-06-1946	20 mp	1.6 mdp
20	17-06-1946	1 mdp	8 mdp
21	24-06-1946	20 mdp	160 mdp
22	01-07-1946	40 mdp	16 bp
23	04-07-1946	4 bp	800 bp
24	08-07-1946	5,000 bp	200,000 bp
25	12-07-1946	1 eap	10 eap
26	18-07-1946	5 eap	50 eap
27	24-07-1946	20 eap	200 eap

Samples – Inland and Foreign rates – Hyper inflation period 1945-1946

(ref. Morgan, rates in pengö)

Period	Start date	Domestic					Foreign
		50 g	100 g	250 g	500 g	1000 g	per 50 g	minimum
1	01-05-1945	0.30		1.00	1.50	2.50	─
2	02-07-1945	0.80	1.60	2.40	3.00	5.00	─
3	16-09-1945	3	5	8	10	20	8	16
4	01-11-1945	20	30	50	60	120	50	100
5	16-11-1945	40	60	100	120	240	100	200
6	14-01-1946	─	300	─	600	1200	600	1,200
7	01-02-1946	─	1000	─	2,000	3,000	3,000	6,000
8	05-03-1946	─	5 ep	─	10 ep	15 ep	15 ep	30 ep
9	06-03-1946	─	10 ep	─	20 ep	20 ep	30 ep	60 ep
10	26-03-1946	─	15 ep	─	30 ep	45 ep	45 ep	90 ep
11	01-04-1946	─	20 ep	─	40 ep	60 ep	60 ep	120 ep
12	11-04-1946	─	40 ep	─	80 ep	120 ep	120 ep	240 ep
13	23-04-1946	─	125 ep	─	250 ep	375 ep	375 ep	750 ep
14	01-05-1946	─	600 ep	─	1 mp	2 mp	1.5 mp	3 mp
15	10-05-1946	─	3 mp	─	5 mp	10 mp	7.5 mp	15 mp
16	20-05-1946	─	12 mp	─	25 mp	50 mp	37.5 mp	75 mp
17	27-05-1946	─	36 mp	─	60 mp	120 mp	90 mp	180 mp
18	01-06-1946	─	120 mp	─	200 mp	400 mp	300 mp	600 mp
19	11-06-1946	─	1,200 mp	─	2,000 mp	4,000 mp	3,000 mp	6,000 mp
20	17-06-1946	─	6 mdp	─	10 mdp	20 mdp	15 mdp	30 mdp
21	24-06-1946	─	120 mdp	─	250 mdp	500 mdp	375 mdp	750 mdp
22	01-07-1946	─	12 bp	─	25 bp	50 bp	37.5 bp	75 bp
23	04-07-1946	─	600 bp	─	1,000 bp	2,000 bp	1,500 bp	3,000 bp
24	08-07-1946	─	30,000 bp	─	(5,000 bp)	10,000 bp	7,500 bp	15,000 bp
25	12-07-1946	─	10 eap	─	20 eap	30 eap	20 eap	40 eap
26	18-07-1946	─	50 eap	─	100 eap	150 eap	100 eap	200 eap
27	24-07-1946	─	200 eap	─	400 eap	600 eap	400 eap	800 eap

(-) original probably in error – corrected here by comparison with previous and next periods.

Known dates of resumption of foreign service:

01-09-1945 Yugoslavia

08-10-1945 Czechoslovakia

24-12-1945 Soviet Union

01-05-1946 Switzerland

01-06-1946 Turkey

Parcels, 1927-1944, prices in fillér

(Source: J Whiteside, from inspection of cards, indicated as data in bold italics; data in ordinary font are from various sources; data in italics are ‘current best estimate’.)

Start date	Zone	< 1 kg	1-5 kg	5-10 kg		10-15 kg		15-20 kg
01-01-1927	< 50 km	30	40	50		60		70
	50 to 100 km	50	70	100		120		150
	100 to 150 km	50	70	120		160		200
	150 to 200 km	50	70	140		200		280
	> 200 km	50	70	200		300		400
	Home delivery	8	16	16		20		20
				5-6 kg	6-10 kg	10-11 kg	11-15 kg	15-16 kg	16-20 kg
13-02-1940	< 50 km	30	40	45	50	55	60	65	70
	50 to 100 km	50	70	75	100	105	120	125	150
	100 to 150 km	50	70	80	120	130	160	170	200
	> 150 km	50	70	90	140	160	200	220	280
	Home delivery	8	16	16	16	20	20	20	20
15-09-1941	<50 km	30	50	55	60	65	70	75	80
	50 to 100 km	50	80	85	110	115	130	135	160
	100 to 150 km	50	80	90	140	150	180	190	220
	150-350 km*	50	80	100	170	190	230	250	300
	>350 km*	50	80	110	200	210	280	290	360
	Home delivery	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
01-03-1943	<50 km	60	60	65	70	75	80	85	100
	50 to 100 km	60	90	95	120	130	150	160	180
	100 to 150 km	60	90	100	160	170	220	230	270
	150-350 km	60	90	110	200	210	270	280	360
	>350 km	60	90	110	240	250	320	330	500
	Home delivery	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
01-07-1943**	<50 km	60	80	90	100	110	120	130	140
	50 to 100 km	80	100	110	150	160	180	190	220
	100 to 150 km	80	100	120	190	200	240	250	290
	150-350 km	80	100	120	230	250	300	320	400
	>350 km	80	100	120	270	290	370	390	540
	Home delivery	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

* >150 km until 31-12-1941, new band of >350 km from 01-01-1942;

** until services ceased as the Red Army advanced from September 1944.

Note: information on home delivery charges is currently incomplete. It is unclear whether they applied above a certain distance from the nearest post office or for all deliveries.

COD charges:

Start date	Value to be collected
Start date	up to 20 p	20-50 p	50-100 p	100-500 p	500-1000 p	1000-2000 p
01-01-1927	25	45	60	120	200	220
13-02-1940	25	45	60	120	200	220
15-09-1941	30	50	70	130	220	240
01-03-1943	30	50	70	130	220	240
01-07-1943	40	60	90	140	250	270

Other charges:

Start date	Value declared			Express fee	Porto*
Start date	up to 100 p	100-400 p	per 400 p	Express fee	Porto*
01-01-1927	20	40	40	50/60**	12
13-02-1940	20	40	40	60	12
15-09-1941	20	40	40	60	12
01-03-1943	20	40	40	60/100***	12
01-07-1943	20	40	40	100	14

* postage to be paid by the addressee, per parcel

** 60 f from 15-11-1930

*** 100 f from 31-03-1943

Other charges:

‘Terjedelmes’ (bulky) and Törékeny (fragile) – add 50% for either

‘Filléres’ (fruit) – applicable from 13-02-1940 until 28-02-1943 – half the normal rate

‘Staff’ or ‘Permit’ parcels are, mainly, for foodstuffs, sent often to former postal employees. They usually have a permit cachet in green ink on the back with an authorising signature. The rates seem to have remained the same throughout this period at 10 f for up to 10 kg, 20 f for 10-20 kg.

Parcels – inland rates – Hyperinflation period 1945-1946

(ref. Morgan, values in Pengö)

Period	Date	Zone	>1 kg	1 - 5 kg	5 - 10 kg	10 - 15 kg	15 - 20 kg	Card price*	Card tax**
1	01-05-1945	No service
2	02-07-1945	I, II	6	8	10	15	20	0.70/0.90 1.5/1.7 from 01-09-1945	0.20 (included in card price) 1.00 from 01-09-1945
		III	8	10	15	20	25
		IV	10	14	20	25	30
		V	12	18	25	30	40
3	16-09-1945	I, II	-	20	30	40	50	1.5/1.7	1 (included in card price)
		III	-	30	60	80	100
		IV	-	30	60	90	120
		V	-	30	60	100	140
4	01-11-1945	I, II	-	200	300	400	500	1.5/1.7	10 in addition
		III	-	300	600	800	1,000
		IV	-	300	600	900	1,200
		V	-	300	600	1,000	1,400
5	16-11-1945	I, II	-	400	600	800	1,000	1.5/1.7 20/40 from 20-11-1945	10 in addition
		III	-	600	1,200	1,600	2,000
		IV	-	600	1,200	1,800	2,400
		V	-	600	1,200	2,000	2,800
6	14-01-1946	I, II	-	3,000	6,000	7,000	8,000	100/200	10 in addition?
		III	-	3,000	6,000	8,000	10,000
		IV	-	3,000	6,000	9,000	12,000
		V	-	3,000	6,000	10,000	14,000
7	01-02-1946	-	-	10 ep	15 ep	20 ep	25 ep	300/600	100 ap
8	05-03-1946	-	-	50 ep	80 ep	100 ep	150 ep	5/10 ep	100 ap
9	06-03-1946	-	-	100 ep	160 ep	200 ep	260 ep	10/20 ep	100 ap
10	26-03-1946	-	-	150 ep	240 ep	300 ep	390 ep	15/30 ep	100 ap
11	01-04-1946	-	-	200 ep	320 ep	400 ep	520 ep	20/40 ep	100 ap
12	11-04-1946	-	-	400 ep	600 ep	800 ep	1040 ep	40/80 ep	100 ap
13	23-04-1946	-	-	1250 ep	2000 ep	2500 ep	3250 ep	125/250 ep	100 ap
14	01-05-1946	-	-	6 mp	8 mp	12 mp	16 mp	300/500 ep	100 ap
15	10-05-1946	-	-	30 mp	40 mp	62 mp	80 mp	1.5/2.5 mp	100 ap
16	20-05-1946	-	-	120 mp	160 mp	240 mp	320 mp	6/10 mp	100 ap
17	27-05-1946	-	-	360 mp	480 mp	720 mp	960 mp	18/30 mp	100 ap
18	01-06-1946	-	-	1.2 mdp	1.6 mdp	2.4 mdp	3.2 mdp	60/100 ep	500 ap
19	11-06-1946	-	-	12 mdp	16 mdp	24 mdp	32 mdp	600/1000 ep	500 ap
20	17-06-1946	-	-	60 mdp	80 mdp	120 mdp	160 mdp	3/5 mp	500 ap
21	24-06-1946	-	-	1.2 bp	1.6 bp	2.4 bp	3.2 bp	60/100 mdp	500 ap
22	01-07-1946	-	-	120 bp	160 bp	240 bp	320 bp	6/10 bp	500 ap
23	04-07-1946	-	-	6 ebp	8 ebp	12 ebp	16 ebp	300/500 bp	500 ap
24	08-07-1946	-	-	300 ebp	400 ebp	600 ebp	800 ebp	?/?	500 ap
25	12-07-1946	-	-	60 eap	80 eap	120 eap	160 eap	5/10 eap	500 ap
26	18-07-1946	-	-	300 eap	400 eap	600 eap	800 eap	25/50 eap	500 ap
27	24-07-1946	-	-	1.2 map	1.6 map	2.4 map	3.0 map	100/200 eap	500 ap

ep = ezer pengö (1000 Pengö); mp = milio pengö (1,000,000 pengö); mdp = milliard pengö (1000 milio = 10⁹ pengö); bp = bilio pengö (= 1000 miliárd pengö = 10¹² pengö); ebp = thousand billion pengö; ap = adó pengö (tax pengö); eap = ezer adó pengö = 1000 tax pengö; map = milio adó pengö (= 1,000,000 adó pengö)

* Single card/COD card;

** revenue stamps had to be applied in addition to the 10 fillér imprint; from 16-01-1946 the existing imprint had to be crossed out or covered by a revenue stamp.

Notes:

1. Some data in the above table are based on known data for one period multiplied by inflationary factors incurred to subsequent periods. Periods 9 to 13 are based on definitive information for period 8, periods 15 to 24 are based on period 14, and periods 26 and 27 are based on period 25.

2. Parcels of weight greater than 20 kg, up to 55 kg could be sent only with special permission, e.g. official parcels, and this service was not offered to individuals or businesses.

3. The COD parcel service outside of Budapest restarted on 01-12-1945.

4. It is believed that foodstuffs (filléres) were transported at half the above rates.

5. ‘Staff’ or ‘Permit’ parcels could be sent at a special reduced rate to former postal employees. A permit cachet on the reverse of the card had to be filled in and authorised. Rates are unclear, but the above source shows an example from Period 2 where the rate charged was 1 p for 10 kg instead of the normal 10 p (Zones I, II).

6. The above reference contains numerous additional charges that could be made, including surcharges for parcels not pre-paid, return receipt, repacking, storage beyond ‘reasonable collection time’, home delivery, and their applicability and cost changed over the inflationary period as services developed. Data are incomplete, but could perhaps be derived using the inflationary factor method.

Foreign parcels were permitted from the following dates:

08-10-1945 Czechoslovakia

15-04-1946 Sweden

14-06-1946 Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Great Britain and colonies, India, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, Yugoslavia (and probably Albania, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg)

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