Deutsche Bundespost

'German Federal Post') was a German state-run postal service and telecommunications business founded in 1947.

The corporation was dissolved in 1995 under two rounds of postal reforms that took place in the German Post Office in 1989 and 1995, respectively.

The Bundespost was developed according to a three-tier principle common in public administration in the Federal Republic of Germany.

In the first post office reform implemented on 1 July 1989, the Bundespost was divided into three divisions (also called public enterprises):[3] The central authorities remained as described above.

The divisions were privatized on 1 January 1995 in a second round of reforms, resulting in:[2][3][4] The federal ministry for post office and telecommunications (Bundesministerium für Post und Telekommunikation) retained oversight responsibility for postal services and telecommunications.

1978 DBP stamp commemorating the historic 1928 flight across atlantic
Postal railway wagon of Deutsche Bundespost in Rottweil
German letter box with an old post horn logo with flashes from the Deutsche Bundespost ; above, the new stylised post horn logo from Deutsche Post AG