During the hyperinflation of the Weimar Republic, a wheelbarrow load of postage stamps was needed to mail a single first-class letter. The thousands of stamps added so much weight to the letter that, in turn, another wheelbarrow of stamps was needed to cover the additional postage. This “sturm auf stampfen” shut down all postal operations in Germany for nearly two years from 1929-31.
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