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![[Postal Flag 1921-1933 (Germany)]](../images/d/de1921po.gif)
2:3 
| stripes 4+7+4
by Marcus Schmöger, 23 February 2002
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A golden post horn on a black-red-gold tricolor. The width of the red stripe was 20% larger than the other stripes. This was adopted 11 April 1921 and abolished 31 March 1933. Its use on buildings was discontinued 9 November 1927. Source: Dreyer 1999 [dry99].
Norman Martin, 1998 and 10 December 1999
This flag (...) was succeeded by the 1933-1935 postal flag on 31st March 1933; however, after 30th January 1933 any black-red-gold flag was certainly rarely hoisted anymore.
Marcus Schmöger, 29 March 2001
The final postal flag of the Weimar era was introduced with the regulation of 11 April 1921, finally in force 1 January 1922. This was a black-red-gold triband with a widened red stripe (4:7:4) to accomodate the post horn. The post horn was golden, and of a new design — different from the one used 1893-1919 and also different from the one used 1950-1994. Proportion 2:3. The flag was used on land as service flag of the postal authorities, but also at sea: ships carrying mail hoisted the postal flag at the main top and as a jack. Sources:
Marcus Schmöger, 24 February 2002
The question is far from clear-cut. Emil Dreyer (Dreyer 1999 [dry99]), Norman Martin and myself were basically only interpreting the legal prescription, but none of us described how he came to the interpretation. The legal text is not really self-explaining, so it needs interpretation: