stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 16, 2020 18:35:46 GMT
I did not find a 3 Kr but see this |
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renden
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Post by renden on Apr 16, 2020 18:50:50 GMT
I did not find a 3 Kr but see thisStan...looked at the cards (no real stamps as it is stationery....printed on cards)......so what do you think ? René |
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rex
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Post by rex on Apr 16, 2020 19:07:50 GMT
The first thing I checked ..unfortunately I don't have with me the specialized .Thanks anyway  |
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Post by rex on Apr 16, 2020 19:25:04 GMT
I did not find a 3 Kr but see thisStan...looked at the cards (no real stamps as it is stationery....printed on cards)......so what do you think ? René This is what I tought immediately, cutted out from postal stationary. The paper is very thin, so it should be an envelope not a card. Thank you all,.. the dilemma has been clarified. |
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 26, 2020 0:09:47 GMT
I received a small lot of early Aistria today, among them this- is the postmark really Vienna, End of May 1911??  a nice lot, I think I have most all of the early newspaper stamps and more of these to dig through (someday... perhaps next year.... aleways good to plan ahead I say!), here's an example (page 1 of 8, mostly full, this being the scarcest)  For those considering Austria, very affordable to acquire inventory |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Apr 26, 2020 8:12:58 GMT
Jim,being just an amateur on Austrian reprints,my best guess is,that yours might be 1884 reprints.They can be distinguished easily from originals by theirs perforations.Originals are comb-perforated 14.5,the reprints all have a larger perf.The 1884 ones 13 or 12 line-perforation.I guess they are the 1884 reprints,because there is no 15 Kr. in this set,but all other values.The only other reprints of the 1858 set,what contain all values (15 Kr. incl.) are the 1866 and the 1870 reprints.But these are printed on thick white paper,while the 1884 prints are on thin,slightly brownish-yellow paper,as your scan seems to show.None of the reprints is marked on the back.However if expertized,they may look like that (yellow Merkury from 1894)  |
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rex
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Post by rex on Apr 26, 2020 9:53:46 GMT
stainlessb . Alpen vereines means alpine club, I guess is a cancellation of some mountaineering event... at the end of may..?? 
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Apr 27, 2020 7:13:56 GMT
It obviously is a cut-out from a private stationery,printed matter rate. The "cancel" looks like a printed one and could be best described as a Pre-Cancel. The Text is: Mitteilungen des Deutschen und Österreichischen Alpen Vereienes; translated: Announcements of the German and Austrian Alpine Club;
The Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpen-Verein was founded in 1873,when the German Alpine Club merged with the Austrian Alpine Club.The Club(s) ran and still run many so called "huts" in the Alps, mark(s) the trecking trails and perform many other activities.
There is a sinister side of the club: It was very much so anti-semistic from it´s early days.The Vienna section excluded Jews in 1905. Till 1921 nearly all sections had banned Jews from membership.In 1924 a Nazi became head of the club. In 1938,the year of the "Anschluß" (Austria was incorporated into Germany),the club was renamed as German Alpine Club.Arthur Seyß-Inquart,top-Nazi and last Bundeskanzler (for two days) of Austria became the club-chairman.Seyß-Inquart later became the notoriuos administrator of the (occupied) Netherlands.After the war,in the Nuremberg Trials,he was condemned to death and hanged in 1946.
After the war the club was divided again.Nowadays both clubs work together "closely and friendly".
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Apr 27, 2020 7:22:16 GMT
sorry,double posting due to a hick-up at Pro-Boards.
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Post by nbstamper on Apr 27, 2020 11:31:02 GMT
 I have a number of older Austrian covers which I find interesting. Here is one dated October 29, 1861. |
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Post by nbstamper on Apr 27, 2020 12:13:39 GMT
I'm no expert on Austrian stamps and I could be wrong, but, so far as I know, the image of Empress Elisabeth (1837-1998) was never used on an Austrian stamp. Hers was a tragic story; a beautiful young girl who accepted a marriage with Emperor Franz Joseph and found court life repulsive. The marriage didn't work out very well and, in later years, the two were apart more than they were together. She was assassinated by an anarchist in Switzerland in 1898. My wife and I spent several days in Vienna a few years ago and toured the two palaces in the City. Sisi is still commemorated and venerated in Austria, so it is curious I haven't seen her on any stamps except some cinderellas. Am I wrong?
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Post by nbstamper on Apr 27, 2020 12:24:23 GMT
 This set was issued to commemorate the 80th birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph. The high values are scarce and it took a long while to find a decent set at a good price. |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Apr 27, 2020 12:36:01 GMT
Yes,you are wrong:
Issued Sept.10th,1998,commemorating Sissi´s 100th death anniversary.
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Post by nbstamper on Apr 27, 2020 13:43:38 GMT
Aha! Glad to be shown to be wrong and it's good to see her image. I hadn't got that far in looking at Austrian stamps. Thank you!  |
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Post by kasvik on Apr 27, 2020 15:15:32 GMT
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Post by nbstamper on Apr 27, 2020 21:39:00 GMT
As indicated in the video clip, Sissi was adored in Hungary. She learned the language and played a role in maintaining the unity of the Austro-Hungarian Empire til the time of her death. Thanks for sharing that.
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Post by philatelia on Apr 28, 2020 2:33:18 GMT
My husband’s family was originally from the Hungarian - Yugoslav border but were ethnically German (Donauschwaben). When an aunt and great auntie came to Florida, I invited them over for lunch and a movie - the movie about Sissi. Neither of them had ever seen it and they sat there mesmerized - they just LOVED it. They both spoke German AND Hungarian, too, so no subtitles needed. There were tears in their eyes when they got to the part where she visited Hungary. Honestly, it was wonderful to see their delight and I’ll never forget that afternoon.
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Post by rex on Apr 29, 2020 10:04:55 GMT
Hoping not to be off topic.. I find this on the web..  ...maybe a close letter.. cindarellas..? |
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Post by marking on Apr 29, 2020 14:40:50 GMT
I am find references to "varnish bars" with little explanation. Was ist das? The varnish bars were an experiment from 1899-1905 to prevent the reuse of stamps by removing the postmark As the varnish soaked into the stamp removing the stamp by soaking would damage the image Initially the bars were very wide but went through several "shrinking" stages as the cancel ink did not adhere very well The test was abandoned in 1905 possibly because the problem was not worth the added production costs Seeing the bars and trying to measure them can be quite challenging unless you have a higher end scanner and advanced software (no comments/details on this)  ANK 104  1904 Franz Joseph with varnish strip - Click on image for full version |
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 3, 2020 12:31:08 GMT
[...] the image of Empress Elisabeth (1837-1998) [...] used on an Austrian stamp. Another recent example, this block issued for the Shanghai 2010 stamp expo:  This stamp block is clearly intended for the foreign collector's market, as it is labelled "Austria" and not "Österreich". It is not the only recent Austrian issue to do so, but not all new issues are labelled like that. Which begs the question, do you know of other countries that use a non-official language to label their country name on their stamps? (Not counting Switzerland that uses the Latin "Helvetia" consistently, of course). |
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Post by cjoprey on May 3, 2020 12:46:03 GMT
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Post by marking on May 3, 2020 23:18:26 GMT
 ANK 2 XA Type III 1850 - the rarest of the 7 color variations only in Type III  3 XA Hand made paper 1850  4 XA on very thick paper 1850  5 Y Machine made paper 1850 |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on May 4, 2020 17:22:12 GMT
A very interisting colour of the 2 Kreuzer ! Mine looks quite different,here together with Lombardy no.2:
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Post by marking on May 4, 2020 18:56:41 GMT
A very interisting colour of the 2 Kreuzer ! Mine looks quite different,here together with Lombardy no.2: It is one of the 7 listed gray to black shades Rarest and only found as a Type III mausgrau which has a slight tinge of green and will of course look different on every monitor Unfortunately I cannot tell what yours is |
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Post by rex on May 10, 2020 16:54:24 GMT
Austria (Bosnia Erzegovina) 1918 Unificato n. 142 Overprint ''1918'' upside down  |
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Post by stainlessb on May 15, 2020 20:07:08 GMT
1891 30K Michel # 65E perf 10.5 and what appeards to be a perf error (?!)  |
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Post by stainlessb on May 15, 2020 21:19:49 GMT
I think this is 1867 25 Kr, 9-1/2 perf coarse printing Michel # 40I.... but the color doesn't seem to match the descriptions I'm seeing.... unless you'd consider this as "Brownish Lilac". Small gum disturbance on back  |
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Post by tomiseksj on May 15, 2020 21:52:35 GMT
1891 30K Michel # 65E perf 10.5 and what appeards to be a perf error (?!)... I think it more likely that someone was using the stamp to practice their reperforating skills -- the gauge does not match the original.  |
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Post by stainlessb on May 15, 2020 21:55:00 GMT
Hey Stan....is it possible to name the Country of your scans .....my memory is dying.at times....need to know, my friend !! René We're in the Austria Classic Stamps thread  |
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Post by stainlessb on May 15, 2020 21:57:01 GMT
I think it more likely that someone was using the stamp to practice their reperforating skills -- the gauge does not match the original. I think you may be right! It does makes for an interesting "curio". at least they did it parallel! |
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