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From: pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Peter J. Dotzauer)
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Subject: Re: Another Clue to Possible E. German Prefixes
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Date: 31 May 90 15:37:04 GMT
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In article <8432@accuvax.nwu.edu> 0002909785@mcimail.com (J. Stephen
Reed) writes:

>West German postal codes are normally four digits, ranging from 1000
>(West Berlin) to 7999.  An article in the Germany Philatelic Society
>magazine noted that according to a Deutsche Bundespost bulletin some
>years ago, the 8000s and 9000s are reserved for "other German
>regions".  The editor of the magazine investigated further and found
>that those numbers were, in fact, being held primarily for East

Does that mean that Bavaria regained its independence? Bavaria has
8000 codes (in fact Munich is 8000).


Peter Dotzauer, Analyt.Cart.& GIS, Dept.of Geogr., OSU, Columbus, OH 43210-1361
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