Deutsche Post of the GDR

This article is about the "Deutsche Post of the GDR". For other agencies called "Deutsche Post", see Deutsche Post (disambiguation).
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.
Deutsche Post of the GDR
Deutsche Post der DDR
Flag used from 1975 until 1990
Agency overview
Formed1949
Dissolved1990
HeadquartersEast Berlin

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.