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Germany 5 Million Marks Hyperinflation Overprint

Name: Germany 5 Million Marks Hyperinflation Overprint
Brand: Germany

Germany · 1923 · 5 Million Marks

A German stamp from 1923 featuring a '5 Million' Marks overprint in black on a 2 Thousand Marks stamp, issued during the hyperinflation period.

This stamp was issued in October 1923, a critical month during the hyperinflation crisis in the Weimar Republic, demonstrating the extreme devaluation of the German currency.

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inflation overprint definitive

Catalog Numbers

scott278

Image: Deutsche Reichspost; original uploader was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ecphora" class="extiw" title="en:User:Ecphora">Ecphora</a> at <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org">en.wikipedia</a> · License: Public domain

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