Austria: Postcards, Postal Stationery & Covers

Three first day covers from Austria, a series of Special Fountains.  

Art treasures in Austria - Roman Fountain
Special postage stamp series

The first stamp from this special postmark series shows the popular "Roman Fountain" on the main square in Friesach. This fountain is described as the largest and most beautiful complex in all of Carinthia. Unfortunately, neither the architect nor the sculptor is known. The fountain belongs to the style of Mannerism and was completed in 1563. The original client is also known: Leonhard von Keutschach, one of the richest men in the country at the time. He had this fountain, which is made of stone and bronze, made for his magnificent Tanzenberg Castle. It is also not known why the fountain had to leave its first place, but it has been standing on the main square of Friesach since 1802 and can be admired by everyone there.




Art treasures in Austria - Convent Fountain
Special postage stamp series

The second motif of the series shows the lead fountain or convent fountain of Heiligenkreuz Abbey. In the middle of the so-called fountain house, which served as a washroom for the monks at the time, lies the well made of lead. It is a total of two and a half meters high, its diameter is about ten meters. Nothing is known about the history of the creation of this well either. Only its Renaissance forms point to a creation from the middle of the 16th century. century. More than a century passed before the fountain was first mentioned in writing. And this reason is a sad one: On the occasion of the Turkish invasion, the well - probably by farmers - had been chopped up. But already a few years later, the lead fountain was restored and received - with the bowl and the cross made of copper - its current appearance.



Art treasures in Austria - Leopoldsbrunnen
Special postage stamp series

The third motif of this series about art treasures in Austria shows a very special jewel of Austrian bronze sculpture art, the Leopoldsbrunnen in Innsbruck. This fountain has some special features: It is not only the oldest equestrian fountain and the oldest free-standing bronze monument in Austria, but also the first fountain in Austria that shows a horse without support only on the hindquarters. The client of this monument was Archduke Leopold v. Austria, whose enthusiasm for art went so far that he melted cannons for casting wells in the middle of the Thirty Years' War. This work was created by Kasper Gras (1622 to 1630), in cooperation with the experienced casters Heinrich and Friedrich Reinhart. Originally, the fountain stood in the Hofgarten on the Rennweg, was then even dismantled and stored until it was finally set up in its current place in 1894.



 ( the notes are from the Austria forum website, buts in German, so I have translated and posted here.
 
link :  austria-forum.org/af/Wissenssammlungen/Briefmarken/1972/Kunstschätze_-_Römischer_Brunnen  )

Austrian First Day Cover for 2 shilling stamp , commemorating 1000 years of Art in Krems.
Krems is a town 70 km from Vienna, and has a lot of Museums / Art Gallery and Churches.  
Well worth a visit to Krems if you have one or two days extra in Vienna and are a fan of Art 

 For more information about the Krems art scene a visit to a couple of websites will be quite useful

  www.krems.at/en/culture/kunstmeile
 
  www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-krems-austria/

This young lady from Venice was also depicted on an earlier 5 DM banknote of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Another new arrival; A philatelic cover from Austria with both paper types of the 1933 WIPA issue - regular and granite papers.

Austrian First Day Cover with Austria 791 which commemorates Gothic in Austria, in the town of Krems and has a picture of the Madonna , stamp was released in 19th May 1967.

the cancel is for a town 3500 Krem an Der Donau , which is a must see if you are visiting Austria and would like to visit some of the oldest known burial grave.

here is a link to read more about the town. www.donau.com/en/the-danube-in-lower-austria/imx/municipality/krems-an-der-donau/

Austian First day cover showing 3s stamp of Wild Cherry (Prunus avium) (Kirsche is cherry  in German)  , from 25 nov 1966.

 postmark reads "Special Show - Fruit on Stamps "

I recently found this envelope with a Prague cancellation and sent to an address in Prague.There are three cinderellas attached and I have been unable to find any information about these.Maybe featuring members of the Habsburg royal family ?

daniel
Many thanks for the info on these items.I purchased this last year from a seller in Prague and only received it last week.The seller informed me he has a lot of these and is willing to sell them.I was promised a scan which has not arrived yet.Will keep you informed.

Anglobob

A New Year greeting card with a R.P.O./T.P.O. cancellation Train 323 from Hermagor to Arnoldstein,small towns located in Carinthia,Austria,
Postmarked on 24 Dec 1908 or 1909...year is not fully  legible.The 5h stamp is Sc 113,issued in 1908.

A cover related to WIPA 1933 but specifically related to a special flight to Budapest on 24th June 1933. The stamps are from 1925 and have special WIPA postmarks for 23rd June 1933.