Meaning of "mlrd"

mlrd = milliarden = billions

I don't recall seeing a trillion mark stamp.

Everett




Bob Ingraham wrote:
In the Germany section of Scott, the Inflation Issues are listed in "th m,"
"mil m," and "mlrd m" values. I assume that these are abbreviations for
"thousand (1,000) marks," "million (1,000,000) marks," and "billion
(1,000,000,000) marks." Correct?

What does the abbreviation "mlrd" stand for? I've found it on several
European websites, but can't find a translation, and Babelfish doesn't help.

A Carl Sagan biography indicates that he had a "6 trillion DM" stamp in his
collection when he was young. Is this a case of poor bad memory, or the
European meaning of trillion, or a value given in modern DM? The highest
value among the Inflation stamps I can find is 50 mlrd m, which I assume is
50,000,000,000 marks. Actually, two stamps have that value, Scott #299 and
#309. Is that correct? That's a lot of marks!

Bob Ingraham

In the Germany section of Scott, the Inflation Issues are listed in "th m,"
"mil m," and "mlrd m" values. I assume that these are abbreviations for
"thousand (1,000) marks," "million (1,000,000) marks," and "billion
(1,000,000,000) marks." Correct?

What does the abbreviation "mlrd" stand for? I've found it on several
European websites, but can't find a translation, and Babelfish doesn't help.

A Carl Sagan biography indicates that he had a "6 trillion DM" stamp in his
collection when he was young. Is this a case of poor bad memory, or the
European meaning of trillion, or a value given in modern DM? The highest
value among the Inflation stamps I can find is 50 mlrd m, which I assume is
50,000,000,000 marks. Actually, two stamps have that value, Scott #299 and
#309. Is that correct? That's a lot of marks!

Bob Ingraham

"Bob Ingraham" wrote in message
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What does the abbreviation "mlrd" stand for?

"Milliard." What we USAns call "billion." (What we call "trillion," they
call "billion.")

"Tracy Barber" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:16:08 -0600, Everett Maddock
wrote:

mlrd = milliarden = billions

I don't recall seeing a trillion mark stamp.

There wasn't one issued, fortunately for those that pushed
wheelbarrows of marks around to buy a loaf of bread.

I always liked the story about the person who took a wheelbarrow of marks
out and left it unattended. Someone pilfered the wheelbarrow and left the
marks. Not sure where I heard it, but it is cute. And I can imagine it
happening.

Frank

Inflation-era revenue stamps exist in denominations up to
10 billion marks - that's 10,000,000,000,000 or 10 trillion
to English speakers.

The 1946 inflation in Hungary can top that. The highest
denomination postage stamp was 5 million adopengos (where
1 adopengo = 2 times 10 to the 21st power), or (hope I get
this right) 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pengos.

Jay Carrigan change domain to mchsi
www.jaypex.com


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says...

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:16:08 -0600, Everett Maddock
wrote:

mlrd = milliarden = billions

I don't recall seeing a trillion mark stamp.

There wasn't one issued, fortunately for those that pushed
wheelbarrows of marks around to buy a loaf of bread.

Tracy Barber

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 21:08:53 -0400, "Frank Emanuel"
wrote:


"Tracy Barber" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:16:08 -0600, Everett Maddock
wrote:

mlrd = milliarden = billions

I don't recall seeing a trillion mark stamp.

There wasn't one issued, fortunately for those that pushed
wheelbarrows of marks around to buy a loaf of bread.

I always liked the story about the person who took a wheelbarrow of marks
out and left it unattended. Someone pilfered the wheelbarrow and left the
marks. Not sure where I heard it, but it is cute. And I can imagine it
happening.

At least the wheelbarrow had some value! :^)

Tracy Barber

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 02:35:49 GMT, (Jay T.
Carrigan) wrote:

Inflation-era revenue stamps exist in denominations up to
10 billion marks - that's 10,000,000,000,000 or 10 trillion
to English speakers.

Yup. Stock Transfer Tax and the Bill of Exchange Tax stamps. Those
values are obscene!

The 1946 inflation in Hungary can top that. The highest
denomination postage stamp was 5 million adopengos (where
1 adopengo = 2 times 10 to the 21st power), or (hope I get
this right) 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pengos.

And you can get those stamps for almost nothing today!

Amazing how far down the value chain things can go...

Tracy Barber

In an earlier message "Frank Emanuel" wrote:

"Tracy Barber" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:16:08 -0600, Everett Maddock
wrote:

mlrd = milliarden = billions

I don't recall seeing a trillion mark stamp.

There wasn't one issued, fortunately for those that pushed
wheelbarrows of marks around to buy a loaf of bread.

I always liked the story about the person who took a wheelbarrow of marks
out and left it unattended. Someone pilfered the wheelbarrow and left the
marks. Not sure where I heard it, but it is cute. And I can imagine it
happening.

Frank



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On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:32:32 +0100, "David F."
wrote:

Inflation-era revenue stamps exist in denominations up to
10 billion marks - that's 10,000,000,000,000 or 10 trillion
to English speakers.

Not in my experience! The highest 1923 issue was 50 Billion
(50,000,000,000) Marks.

I am English and as long as I can remember, a Billion is written
as 1,000,000,000 - one thousand million. I think your zero's
are on overload!

David - please re-read his statement about a "revenue" stamp. :^)

The 1946 inflation in Hungary can top that. The highest
denomination postage stamp was 5 million adopengos (where
1 adopengo = 2 times 10 to the 21st power), or (hope I get
this right) 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pengos.

Jay Carrigan change domain to mchsi
www.jaypex.com

Oooooh! Don't get me started on another collection!!! I love those
1923 Inflation issues! I didn't know about the others!

HELP ME TRACY!!

Rut roh...

Tracy Barber