All Rates 1945 to 1946 – Hungarian Philatelic Society of Great Britain

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	120	─	2400	600	3000
7	01-02-1946	─	─	─	300	─	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.

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