West Germany on porn movie addresses as a way to date films

kls1 · June 28th, 2011, 02:50 AM

I need some help from some German members or at least someone familiar with Germany.

I'm trying to date some of my DBM films and noticed that some of the covers say W. Germany.

I'm assuming those movies were released in 1990 at the latest but on EGAFD they have dates of 1992 on some of those films.

Were some companies still using W. Germany even after 1990?

Examples:
DBM - Dolly Buster - Casting 1 is listed as 1992 on EGAFD but the cover has the address of W. Germany.

Is it from 1990 or is it later in spite of the W. Germany address?

ewald · June 28th, 2011, 06:21 AM

After the reunion of west and east germany to only one germany in 1990, both parts of the country still used different four-digit postal codes with the same numbers.
Even for national letters, you have to use a special kind of pre-postal-code. West germany cities got W-1234 und the former GDR used O-1234.

Not until the 01.july 1993 germany got a new five-digit post code system.

So, between 1990 and 1993, many companies used the west germany also in international buisiness to point out, that they are located in ther former west germany.

kls1 · June 28th, 2011, 11:44 AM

That's exactly the type of information I was looking for.
Thank you.

Edit just to clarify:
The first movie in the DBM - Dolly Buster series has an address of 4230 Wesel W.-Germany.
Since it had a 4 digit code it means it was made before 1993.

On Dolly Buster numbers 8-12 they have an address of 4230 Wessel Germany. They dropped the West from Germany but are still using a 4 digit code. So that's after 1990 but prior to 1993.

On Dolly Buster 13 and afterwards they're using 46474 or 46485 Wesel Germany which means they were made in 1993 at the earliest since they have a five digit code.

Is that correct?

ewald · June 28th, 2011, 06:00 PM

Sounds correct, but please remember that ...

- West-Germany was mostly used before 1990
- not all people and companies used the W-1234 or O-1234
- the new 5-digit postal codes were public before 1993, so some companies used then on their products before they got offical.

June 28th, 2011, 02:50 AM	#1
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kls1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 451 Thanks: 2,186 Thanked 6,851 Times in 434 Posts	That's exactly the type of information I was looking for. Thank you. Edit just to clarify: The first movie in the DBM - Dolly Buster series has an address of 4230 Wesel W.-Germany. Since it had a 4 digit code it means it was made before 1993. On Dolly Buster numbers 8-12 they have an address of 4230 Wessel Germany. They dropped the West from Germany but are still using a 4 digit code. So that's after 1990 but prior to 1993. On Dolly Buster 13 and afterwards they're using 46474 or 46485 Wesel Germany which means they were made in 1993 at the earliest since they have a five digit code. Is that correct? __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by kls1; June 28th, 2011 at 06:09 PM..

June 28th, 2011, 06:21 AM	#2
ewald Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 17 Thanks: 3,943 Thanked 600 Times in 17 Posts	After the reunion of west and east germany to only one germany in 1990, both parts of the country still used different four-digit postal codes with the same numbers. Even for national letters, you have to use a special kind of pre-postal-code. West germany cities got W-1234 und the former GDR used O-1234. Not until the 01.july 1993 germany got a new five-digit post code system. So, between 1990 and 1993, many companies used the west germany also in international buisiness to point out, that they are located in ther former west germany.

June 28th, 2011, 06:00 PM	#4
ewald Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 17 Thanks: 3,943 Thanked 600 Times in 17 Posts	Sounds correct, but please remember that ... - West-Germany was mostly used before 1990 - not all people and companies used the W-1234 or O-1234 - the new 5-digit postal codes were public before 1993, so some companies used then on their products before they got offical.