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Post by zipper on Mar 28, 2015 0:41:53 GMT
I love the building on the right.  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 28, 2015 0:49:14 GMT
I love the building on the right. Me too! any identification inscription on reverse? No spokes in the Ferris Wheel? Yikes! |
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Post by zipper on Mar 28, 2015 0:58:02 GMT
Just checked the listing. All it said is Ferris Wheel, Vienna Austria.  |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 28, 2015 1:04:56 GMT
Just checked the listing. All it said is Ferris Wheel, Vienna Austria. Thanks Zipper, It has the feeling of an Exposition I checked World Expos en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_expositionsVienna only appears 1873, I have no idea if the postcard would be that early. |
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Post by zipper on Mar 28, 2015 2:03:35 GMT
The Ferris Wheel first appeared in 1893 at the Columbian Expo in Chicago. (They were trying to upstage the Eiffel Tower.)
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Post by rod222 on Mar 28, 2015 6:02:48 GMT
The Ferris Wheel first appeared in 1893 at the Columbian Expo in Chicago. (They were trying to upstage the Eiffel Tower.) Wow! Well done. Interesting Info. One thing leads to another................. Solved Postcard circa 1897 Prater Amusement park en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Riesenrad |
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Post by zipper on Mar 28, 2015 6:43:23 GMT
Thank you, Rod. Very cool.
I think the 1893 Ferris Wheel sat 60 persons per car. Our Art Institute had an exhibit in 1993 that had photo-blowups and lots of info. Also, I read a great book titled The Devil in the White City that tells all about the architects and the machinations behind the scenes. The Expo was supposed to open in '92, but they couldn't get it done in time.
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Post by Ryan on Apr 12, 2015 2:43:56 GMT
I love the building on the right. Me too! any identification inscription on reverse? I haven't found out yet what exactly it is that we're looking at. There was an amusement park called "Venice in Vienna" in the Wurstelprater from around 1895 to 1901 or so. The Venice concept with the canals and such fell out of favour somewhat and there was then for a very brief time an "International City" (internationale Stadt) with reconstructions of buildings in assorted styles - perhaps this is what we're looking at. (Or perhaps these international-styled buildings were leftovers from the 1873 Expo?) I've found a historical archive of photos from Vienna - this link has the results restricted to items from 1900 to 1918 which are tagged with the word "Wurstelprater". Perhaps you can find something here (275 items to look through!). Ryan |
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Post by Ryan on Apr 12, 2015 17:21:38 GMT
Forgot to mention something that can tie in the Vienna Ferris wheel with a modern Austrian stamp. The letter rate for domestic postage in Austria was increased last month from €0.62 to €0.68. A €0.06 makeup stamp was issued to cover the change, featuring the Wiener Riesenrad (in its modern form with half as many carriages as it had back in the day).  Ryan |
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Post by jimjung on Sept 6, 2015 16:14:01 GMT
Lobenstein, Austria Schlesien to Katharfin, Troppau, Katerinky Although this postcard is Austria Hungary, Lobenstein and Katerinky is in in modern day Czech Republic.  |
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Post by BC on Sept 6, 2015 20:54:55 GMT
Jimjung, that is not the German Lobenstein, it was a village in Austrian Silesia back then, and now called Uvalno in Bruntal District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.
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Post by jimjung on Sept 7, 2015 10:45:20 GMT
 Thanks, BC. I didn't even find that on a google of Lobenstein. Had to google Úvalno to get the wikipedia page. Such a small village of only 5.69 square miles. Population in 2011 was just 991.
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Post by stainlessb on Jun 19, 2020 0:13:54 GMT
this seemed an appropriate place- postal stationary- from postcards - Franz Joseph first a 2 (Kreuzan/Heller???) 4/13/1897 6 sided barred cancellation Meran (actually in Northern Italy)  Next a less ornate card (no labrynth border) 5 Heller I thing 7/26/1873(?_ Weiliczk (actually present day Weiliczka, Poland, same type of obliteration )3-3-1-3-1-3-3)  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 16, 2021 20:32:53 GMT
Philatelic cover from Austria to mark the total solar eclipse from August 11 th, 1999:  |
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Post by daniel on Oct 15, 2021 3:14:22 GMT
Franciscus Josephus I.D.G.IMP.Austr.Rex Boh.Gal.Ill. etc.et AP.Rex Hung.
So this card, marking Franz Joseph's Diamond Jubilee 1848-1908, tells us. It translates as Franz Joseph I, by the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, Galicia, Illyria etc and Apostolic King of Hungary. His full official title was much, much longer. The card is beautifully engraved and I am showing 3 different versions. They all bear an imprinted version of the Austrian 5 heller stamp depicting a young Franz Joseph from 1848. Two of the cards have a red Wien Jubilee postmark for 2 XII 1908. The style is pure Vienna Secession.
The second card shows a Cinderella stamp for 1908 and the third card, no cancellation, bears the Franz Joseph's personal motto Viribus Unitus, United with Stength or With United Forces, around the Imperial Crown and 1914.
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Post by david on Jan 1, 2022 12:14:07 GMT
Hello these are some enveloppes i have from Austria. Most have a bigger stamp on them but i am not sure if they are special or not. comment is always welcome.    |
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Post by david on Jan 1, 2022 12:17:20 GMT
Not sure if this is something that was printed a lot or kinda rare. I guess it is nothing special but this is a postcard i found.   |
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Post by stainlessb on Jan 29, 2022 16:09:29 GMT
This is one of 2 covers i received as part of a small Austria lot- The original postmark over the 10 Kr stamp is indistinct so where this originated is unclear, but it appears to have been sent by one Erica Mercass (sp?) to Mr. Allen French, at what is possibly a bank in Munich/Bavaria.... It arrived in Muenchen on August 27, 1895 and was redirected the Hoel Athénée, Rue Scribe , Paris, where it arrived two days later (Aug 29, 1895), on the back are two more of the same Munich cancellation. as well as double stamped in Paris- My guess is the postal clerk in Paris was named R. Raitbout. On Rue Scribe there is still a Maison Athénée, but I cannot find any information regarding it's history, but we can only hope the Allen French received whatever this contained! I noticed what appears to be very faint writing on the back (perpendicular), so I looked inside to see if (perhaps) ink had transferred, when I noticed that on the front side paper of the envelope when held to the light appears to be a secret message (LOL) The ...menes Note If anyne can make out the original address, please let me know! The second one I received requires a bit more research    |
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Post by JeffS on Jan 29, 2022 18:46:07 GMT
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Post by stainlessb on Jan 29, 2022 19:30:57 GMT
JeffS I thought of that, but it seems a bit 'crude" ...and why would there be a need to watermark paper used for an envelope (that would likely get discarded) but that may indeed be it! Had it not been for my lamp pulled down, I would probably never have noticed
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Post by brightonpete on Jan 29, 2022 19:40:09 GMT
Nothing odd about watermarked paper/envelopes. I recall buying dollar writing tablets at the local drug store in which all pages were watermarked. Envelopes were also watermarked. All the tablets I have now are un-watermarked, I suppose it's passé now to do that.
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Post by stainlessb on Jan 29, 2022 23:49:44 GMT
Pete, now that I think of it, I have seen envelopes with watermarks, so Jeff is likely correct! Here's the other cover i received- at first I though it less interesting, then I started looking into things. Austrian 6 Heller stamp is not unusual... nor is the blue grease pencil/crayon cancellation that unusual. Teplitzer Chamottewaren-Fabriks-Niederlage translates (according to Google) to Defeat of the Teplice Chamotte goods factory , which looks like it may have been a ceramics factory linkLobkowitzplatz 1 originally the site of the Clarissin Monestary of St. Clair (1307) , which was later converted to a hospital, and then in 1884-85 a "monumental - strictly historical' rental building was erected (which I'm guess would mean that offices, portions of the building were rented out, of which Teplice Chamotte was located On the back- Auskunftei translates to Credit Inquiry Agency and the address 7 Schottenring is (today) part of the Vienna Police Headquarters! (note at some point "Inquiry Office" is handwritten on the back) In the cancellation, which appears to be 6/17/1901 is the word BESTELLT which translates among other things to Order or Summons, and with the printed adressee/adressor I'm leaning towards this contained a Legal Notice of some sort! Perhaps dealing with the busines failure of Teplice Clamtte   |
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Post by salentin on Jan 30, 2022 6:38:13 GMT
"Chamotte = Schamott" is fireprove ceramic material,used for ovens etc.
"Niederlage" means subsidiary
"Auskunftei" is a private eye office,giving information about the finanicial background etc. of companies or persons.
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Post by stainlessb on Jan 30, 2022 15:28:35 GMT
Thank you salentinThis is where someone who speaks the language has an advantage over Google Translate! I am happy to have gotten 2 out of 3! (or almost!!) |
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Post by anglobob on Feb 20, 2022 20:40:48 GMT
Two types of early stationery from Austria. The first one dated July 5,1897 sent to Paris,with a postmark from Ischl. The second one dated 17 September,1887 sent to Darmstadt and with a postmark from Niemes...now Mimon in the Czech Republic.  |
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Post by anglobob on Feb 21, 2022 18:13:21 GMT
Two stationery cards with the pre-printed rate of 1 schilling,used in 1953. The first one is part of the Get to know Austria series of cards.The second one appears to be a little plainer and has the term ...fernverkeltr...long distance.Possibly used for international correspondence ?   |
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Post by salentin on Feb 21, 2022 18:55:57 GMT
From 1951 till 1964 there were two domestic rates for postcards: 70 g for cards adressed to the location of the sender 1 S for cards to all other destinations in Austria.
The second card is so typical for Austria: Frau Frankhauser is adressed as "Professorsgattin",meaning bluntly "wife of a teacher". In Austria they love titles of all kinds !
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Post by anglobob on Feb 21, 2022 20:07:04 GMT
A 5h value domestic stationery postcard dated 12 December 1916 with an additional 3h value stamp attached to comply with a new 8h rate which became effective on 1 October,1916. The card was sent to Vienna from Jagerndorf which was a small town in Upper Silesia near the Polish border.It is now known as Krnov,part of the Czech Republic. I have enclosed a scan of the reverse.Hopefully someone can translate the contents of the message.  |
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Post by anglobob on Mar 17, 2022 14:09:25 GMT
New year greeting card from 1914,sent from Benesov-now in Czech Republic-to Krajina,now in Serbia.  |
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Post by anglobob on Mar 17, 2022 18:13:09 GMT
Two more stationery postcards.The first one was sent from Teschen to Victoria,Australia.The date is not clear but on the reverse there is a date of December 28,1900 and an arrival date stamp in Avoca of Feb 6,1901.At the end of WW1,Teschen was split between Poland and Czechoslovakia and is now named Cieszyn in Poland and Tesin in the Czech Republic. The second card was sent from Reichenberg-now Liberec in Czech Republic-to Rotterdam,Holland.It has a railway cancellation Reichenberg-Tannwalder,dated 15 August 1901 .A date stamp shows it arrived in Rotterdam on 16 August 1901.  |
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Thanks, BC. I didn't even find that on a google of Lobenstein. Had to google Úvalno to get the wikipedia page. Such a small village of only 5.69 square miles. Population in 2011 was just 991.
