Revlite Luftpost - Vintage German Airmail Paper

[Mangrove]

I found some Revlite (or Reslite) Luftpost airmail paper laid in blue and white. There are no watermarks on the paper. The aircraft artwork, lack of barcode and the German names of various countries on the cover would suggest the paper was made between mid-1970s and 1991 (e.g. "Soviet Union"). Would someone know more about this paper?

 

 

[Studio97]

"E.g. soviet union" huh? What is the relation to the dates or German paper?

 

There was a newspaper called Luftpost.

[Brandywine]

The information is useful for judging the age of the paper.

The Soviet Union has ceased to exist in 1991.

So anything referring to it must be older than that.

 

This is German airmail (= "Luftpost") paper. There's no connection to any newspaper.

 

The Soviet Union is mentioned in the area where the extra fee for airmail is explained ("Zone 1").

The longer the distance the higher the fee.

 

Back then, the weight of the paper still was an issue in airmail.

 

 

Edit: Had to edit the Zone part

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Edited December 15, 2017 by Brandywine

[Chrissy]

European zones for mailing are normally price band based. Zone 1 would have been the cheapest and Zone 4 the most expensive.

[Mangrove]

"E.g. soviet union" huh? What is the relation to the dates or German paper?

 

Here's a better view to the lower part of the cover: "Sowjetunion" is Soviet Union, "Birma" is Burma (circa 1989 onwards Myanmar) and "Formosa" is Republic of China or Taiwan. Also note one Vietnam, which supports the post-1975 dating.

 

 

Back then, the weight of the paper still was an issue in airmail.

 

The weight of the paper is c. 30-35 g/m2.

[Brandywine]

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The weight of the paper is c. 30-35 g/m2.

 

AFAIK normal paper for computer printing weighs 70 - 80 g/m2,

that would be twice as much.

 

I don't think "one Vietnam" is of significance as there also is only one Korea.

I rather suppose they just meant either country as they would both be in the same zone,

so there was no need to make a difference between north and south.

Edited December 15, 2017 by Brandywine