Third topic used by early Austrian / Austro-Hungarian stamps is the head of Mercury – the Roman messenger god. The Mercury stamps were used as newspaper stamps - stamps created for the specific purpose of serving as postage on newspapers.
Published on April 24th 2009 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
One of the most common topics of early Austrian postage stamps is emperor Franz Joseph. The very first stamps showing the portrait of emperor were issued in 1858.
Published on April 23rd 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
Austria began issuing of postage stamps on 1 June 1850 with a series of imperforate typographed stamps featuring the coat of arms (double-headed eagle). These stamps were valid throughout the Austrian Empire and Austro-German postal union.
Published on April 22nd 2009 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
Early Austrian stamps (1850-1918, aka the Austro-Hungarian Empire) are very likely one of the most common causes of headache for most worldwide stamp collectors. I confess it took me years to get a somewhat decend grip of issued main types, and I’m still far away from being an expert with these stamps. For the rest of this week I’ll be covering these issues in a multipart article starting with this post.
Published on April 21st 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
I think most worldwide collectors are very familiar with Austrian “Beautiful Austria” definite postage stamp series from the 1970’s. Stamps from this set are very easy to come by and they are very common; in addition stamps from the set are extremely well designed… But what’s bugging me, is a bizarre wavy-line round cancel I’ve managed to come across.
Published on April 20th 2009 | Read more.... | 6 Comments »
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