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:''References to "Mi" plus a number (e.g., Mi #242) refer to the catalog number of a particular stamp in the Michel catalog of German postage stamps.'' The Deutsche Post (''DP''), also Deutsche Post of the GDR (''German: Deutsche Post der DDR'') was the state-owned postal and telecommunications monopoly of the German Democratic Republic (GDR - East Germany). The DP was placed under the control of the Ministry for Postal and Telecommunication Services of the GDR ''(Ministerium für Post- und Fernmeldewesen der DDR'' -(MPF)) - a member of the Council of Ministers of the GDR ''(Ministerrat der DDR)'' - and was in operation from 1949 until the reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990. ==Historical background== With the end of World War II in Europe in May 1945, the Allied Control Council succeeded the former Nazi regime in Germany; as part of this action, the ''Deutsche Reichspost'' (the postal service of the German Reich) was absorbed by the occupation authorities. Germany was divided into four occupation zones, and Berlin into four sectors; the territories east of the Oder-Neisse rivers were placed under Polish and Soviet authority. One of the first tasks of restoring civil government in Germany involved the restoration of postal and telecommunications services. The German Central Administration for Communication Services ''(Deutsche Zentralverwaltung für das Nachrichtenwesen)'' began its work in the Soviet occupation zone under the jurisdiction of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany on 27 July 1945. The post office in the Soviet zone fell under its authority. Initially, the individual states ''(Länder)'' in the Soviet zone issued their own stamps, but by 1946, stamps bearing the inscription ''Deutsche Post'', valid in all four occupation zones, were being issued.〔Michel Deutschland Spezial 1997, p. 799〕 When the negotiations about a general German currency reform broke down, the Western Allies proceeded with the currency reform in West Germany, and on 21 June 1948 the Deutsche Mark was introduced.〔Michel Deutschland Spezial 1997, p. 893〕 In response, the Soviet Union announced its reform of the East German currency on 24 June 1948; the East German Mark became the currency for the Soviet zone, and its stamps were marked with overprints.〔 This established the economic separation of the two German states. In July 1948, the stamps of the previously common issue were overprinted with the words "Soviet Occupation Zone" and subsequently the Soviet zone issued different stamps than the western zones, all, however, under the "Deutsche Post" label.〔Michel Deutschland Spezial 1997, p. 911ff〕 The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) was founded on 23 May 1949; the formation of the German Democratic Republic followed on 7 October 1949.〔Michel Deutschland Spezial 1997, p. 929 and p.1549〕 In the FRG the "Deutsche Post" was renamed ''Deutsche Bundespost'' (German Federal Post) in 1950, while the GDR retained the term "Deutsche Post". Due to Berlin's occupation status, the West Berlin postal service was technically independent of the West German ''Bundespost''; it was known as the ''Deutsche Bundespost Berlin''. However, no such requirements were applied to the DP operating in East Berlin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deutsche Post of the GDR」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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