Postal signal flag
The postal signal flag was introduced by the Fourth Implementing Ordinance to the Flag Law Act (postal signal flag for seagoing vessels) of December 5, 1951 ( Federal Law Gazette 1952 II p. 403 ). It was intended for all sea and merchant ships that are allowed to fly the federal flag under the Flag Act . As long as these ocean-going vessels carried mail on behalf of the Deutsche Bundespost and had it on board, they carried the postal signal flag in front of the top in addition to the federal flag .
The mail signal flag for seagoing ships was a triangular gold-colored flag ( stander ), the height of which is related to the length as three to five. The two long sides are each provided with a black (outside) and red (inside) edge strip. The width of each stripe is one twelfth the height of the flag. In the gold-colored field there is a black post horn with its mouthpiece pointing towards the mast.
The postal signal flag was abolished again by ordinance of September 26, 1990 ( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 2144 ).
See also
literature
- Manual dictionary of the postal system , published by the Federal Ministry for the Post and Telecommunications System , 2nd completely revised edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1953, page 557
- Meyer: The German Post Flags: A Heraldic Contribution to the German Postal History from 1867 to the Present ; in: Archive for German Postal History, Hrst: Society for German Postal History ; Issue 1 from 1960; Pp. 32-39
Web links
- Federal Law Gazette for the Republic of Austria : 186. Announcement: Federal postal flag and postal signal flag for seagoing ships of the Federal Republic of Germany , issued on May 10, 2006
- Historical flags: Bundespostflagge (1950-1994)
- Bundespostflagge and postal signal flag 1950-1994 on Flags of the World (English)