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Post by rod222 on Aug 27, 2013 14:30:08 GMT
Look, then look again. Strange isn't it? What is even stranger, there lies aboard, coloured micro dot printing, in code, that evidences the date of printing. A fascinating Stamp. As fascinating as the fellow it portrays.  Don Quixote. US collectors, can be forgiven, if they see a certain "broken hat" variety here  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 27, 2013 14:43:35 GMT
Auxilliary Markings : The W1 in a circle. If a postage item was passed without a cancellation, when picked up, a subsequent marker would be applied, the hammer, a Circle with "W1" inside. How this worked I have no idea. They are not scarce, so it must have been a common occurence.  |
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Post by cjd on Aug 28, 2013 3:36:05 GMT
Austria, General? How interesting could that be?
Well, you're two for two.
If I've seen your explanation of the W.1 hammer before, I've forgotten it. I'll try to make sure I've grabbed it now. Nice to know. (If there is W.1, there must be W.2, no? Otherwise, why not just 'W'?)
The Don Quixote stamp didn't warrant a second look. Until it did. There is a reason why Austria and Sweden are two of the only countries I pay much attention to in the modern era.
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Post by Ryan on Aug 29, 2013 17:43:59 GMT
The Don Quixote stamp didn't warrant a second look. Until it did. There is a reason why Austria and Sweden are two of the only countries I pay much attention to in the modern era. That stamp is an Austrian personalized stamp ("Meine Marke"). Once upon a time I had a link for an online catalogue on the Austria Post site, but it's no longer valid. There is this listing from an Austrian dealer. It's nowhere near complete, but gives a good idea of the huge range of stuff available. www.kosel.com/en/sh/atpers.htmThe painting is by Mexican artist Octavio Ocampo. www.wikipaintings.org/en/octavio-ocampo/visions-of-quixoteRyan |
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Post by Ryan on Aug 29, 2013 17:46:35 GMT
Auxilliary Markings : The W1 in a circle. If a postage item was passed without a cancellation, when picked up, a subsequent marker would be applied, the hammer, a Circle with "W1" inside. How this worked I have no idea. They are not scarce, so it must have been a common occurence. This is still done today on German stamps - stamps with a "Nachträglich entwertet" postmark are those which have been cancelled after passing through the system without a cancellation. Whether that is done by the letter carrier or in the address sorting stage is something I don't know. An excellent system, far superior to the marker monkey's methods. Ryan |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 2, 2014 23:24:11 GMT
Austria Cover. Austria to Australia 1991. Being a Stamp Collector, I was curious, ......Being a Muggle, I doubted whether The Wizard would respond. I emailed him, well, you would, wouldn't you?  He courteously replied, Mr. Flynn had an RPG game (by Mail) business back in the 1980's (The Internet killed that) (RPG = Role Playing Game)  |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 14, 2014 6:07:02 GMT
Austria 1850 Revenues. Bill Stamps (Affiches) Updating a boo boo, Kroner rather than Kreuzer. 1850 Receipts Shall repost when I fill the gaps, when I find all my back of bookers. Anyone know what "C M" refers to? 60 Kreuzer to the Florin (Florentinus [from Florence]) later= Forint krajcár = Kreuzer  |
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Post by maerkat on Feb 14, 2014 14:33:32 GMT
Hi Rod, Re: Austrian revenues. The C.M. stands for Conventions Münze. Here is a link to a page that explains exactly what the Austrian Conventions Münze was and how it came about: www.austrianphilately.com/altbrief/currencies.htmAlso, I think the unit of currency abbreviated Fl was actually the Gulden. When the C.M was in use there were 60 Kreuzer to 1 Gulden. After the currency reform of 1858 they used the decimal system, so 100 kreuzer = 1 Gulden. The revenues on your page are actually General Duty revenues. Austria did not have a separate issue for Bills of Exchange as in many other countries, so the General Duty stamps would have also been used for Bills. However, the duty type "Affiches" is actually a French term for Bills and Posters, but the Bills referred to is (advertising) Handbills that would have been posted publicly. Austria did have a separate revenue issue for Advertisements, inscribed Ankundigüngs-Stempel. They also used the "leaf" design of the general duty revenues common to Austria, Hungary and Lombardy-Venetia. |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 14, 2014 20:59:53 GMT
Thanks a bunch, Ray!
any way you think I can improve the page, please add your suggestions,
newbie collectors always have some of these Austrian Revenues in their "what to do with" albums,
and I want to show a representative Face ID, the actual papers, perfs etc is overwhelming,
I don't wish to visit that.
I have made a contact with a Hungarian Revenue collector today too, so hopefully we can get something meaningful happening.
I won't be back for a while, doing an 80 Km non stop cycle ride in training, in 20 minutes time, that usually knocks me out for the weekend.
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 14, 2014 21:38:30 GMT
... I won't be back for a while, doing an 80 Km non stop cycle ride in training, in 20 minutes time, that usually knocks me out for the weekend. See you when you get back, Rod! I'll hopefully have posted some images during your recovery, to give you something to comment on when you're back up to it! |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 15, 2014 9:46:29 GMT
... I won't be back for a while, doing an 80 Km non stop cycle ride in training, in 20 minutes time, that usually knocks me out for the weekend. See you when you get back, Rod! I'll hopefully have posted some images during your recovery, to give you something to comment on when you're back up to it! Hi Dave  I am currently residing in the Palace of Pain, survived the ride (3hrs 34") Ray, I use "Florin" which is equal to the Gulden, as a way to link the stamp to the vignette eg "Fl" otherwise new collectors may be confused over Fl and Gulden. They are both related through their link to a Gold Standard Florentinus and Gulden. |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 17, 2014 5:45:11 GMT
1868 Austria General Duty revenues (Green) Any recommendations / corrections welcome.  |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 17, 2014 5:51:44 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Apr 11, 2014 1:27:18 GMT
Austria 1973 A Pastel Palette that's pleasing to the eye ..........  Postmarks (Socked on the nose) SON  The Last Socked on the nose in the above, is a circle with three squiggly Lines ? Can someone offer a quick translation please?  |
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Post by Philatarium on Apr 11, 2014 2:37:05 GMT
Rod: What a gorgeous set of stamps! And what a great collection of SONs!
My German, even with the assistance of Google translate, isn't helpful enough in this case.
I think it has to do with a certain Christmas and New Year's (rescue?) card series, or else just the cancel pertains to the series? It seems to be particular for this charity: SOS Children's Villages.
Hopefully somebody who actually knows something will chime in soon!
-- Dave
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Post by Ryan on Apr 11, 2014 2:53:59 GMT
Austria 1973 A Pastel Palette that's pleasing to the eye .......... .... The Last Socked on the nose in the above, is a circle with three squiggly Lines ? Can someone offer a quick translation please? Ah, the "Beautiful Austria" definitives are one of my favourites of all definitive series! The circle with the wiggly lines is similar to the "W.1" cancellation you showed earlier in this thread - if a stamp escaped cancellation, it was given a quick handstamp cancellation to invalidate further use, thereby avoiding the marker monkey's attentions. Also, I can comment on the W.1 marking - apparently it was applied at Vienna's post office #1, and a handful of other Vienna post offices also used a similar handstamp (#24, 28, 41, 68, 76 & 101, and post office #77 used an unabbreviated "WIEN 77" handstamp). A translation of the German text doesn't deal with the squiggly cancellation. The collector is looking for pre-printed postal cards issued for Christmas & New Year's, and the illustration just serves as an example. Ryan |
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Post by Philatarium on Apr 11, 2014 3:34:19 GMT
Thanks, Ryan! I was in way over my head!
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Post by rod222 on Apr 11, 2014 3:35:06 GMT
Thanks Dave, thanks Ryan such knowledgeable people here  So, with the "W1" strike, I can make a new album page, but what to call them ? auxilliary postal markings? I recall a member of SCF posted a "variety" ? (I think of this series) where the year numeral at the bottom of the stamp
was printed backwards.
I havn't checked my duplicates.Oops. Wrong stamps, before you go madly searching, this was the offender....  |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 11, 2014 3:55:37 GMT
Some "In retrospect, devalued " Auxilliary Austrian Postal Markings. Translate through Google tinylink.net/d6lla(From Ryan's "Nachträglich entwertet" postmarks suggestion.) |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 16, 2014 1:49:58 GMT
Austria Land Tirol Labels  Poster Stamps possibly by Viktor Weixler  |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 16, 2014 22:53:09 GMT
1974  1974  Newspaper Stamps Exist some values in coarse thick brownish paper (eg: the 30 heller example on this page), and Perforated privately.  |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 16, 2014 23:41:47 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Apr 19, 2014 6:51:19 GMT
Austria Poster Stamps  1982 Murau Stamp Collector's Club  |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 22, 2014 1:13:52 GMT
Austria Lombardy-Venetia 1854 No Steiner page exists. The CV of my stamp is $5.95  |
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Post by rod222 on May 22, 2014 7:53:34 GMT
Austria 1874 Government Telegraph Stamps. Lithographed and Engraved Telegraph stamps issued in 1873-1874 by Austria-Hungary, for use in Cisleithania. Also used in pneumatic tubes stations. The 1873 set, (decorated value tablets) are amongst the most expensive stamps in the catalogue of Austria CV 3,000 Euro.  |
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Post by Jen B on Jun 27, 2014 2:17:00 GMT
Ever wonder who invented the flint used in cigarette lighters? You haven't? Well I'm going to tell you anyway. Carl Auer Freiherr von WelsbachAn Austrian scientist and inventor whose inventions in the late 1800s included the flint used in lighters, gas mantles used for street lights, and the metal filament light bulb.  Scott B149, part of a set of Austrian semi-postals issued in 1936 commemorating Austrian inventors. They were sold at double their face value, but I'm not sure to whose benefit. Beautifully designed by Wilhelm Dachauer and engraved by Ferdinand Lorber. |
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Post by rod222 on Jun 27, 2014 2:29:45 GMT
Scott B149, part of a set of Austrian semi-postals issued in 1936 commemorating Austrian inventors. They were sold at double their face value, but I'm not sure to whose benefit. Beautifully designed by Wilhelm Dachauer and engraved by Ferdinand Lorber. Great Stamp engraver site, not been there before. Many Thanks. |
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Post by rod222 on Jun 27, 2014 3:11:49 GMT
One of my favourite designers, but he was highly criticised for his 1922 definitive set, (one of my favourite sets) according to William Finlay. Willi Dachauer's student, A. Pilch, extended the heritage, and went on to design stamps himself.....  |
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Post by Ryan on Jun 27, 2014 10:42:21 GMT
Carl Auer Freiherr von WelsbachAn Austrian scientist and inventor whose inventions in the late 1800s included the flint used in lighters, gas mantles used for street lights, and the metal filament light bulb. .... Scott B149, part of a set of Austrian semi-postals issued in 1936 commemorating Austrian inventors. They were sold at double their face value, but I'm not sure to whose benefit. The invention of the incandescent light bulb was an extremely drawn-out affair and histories make for good reading - the first incandescent light dates from 1802, and Edison's first successful bulbs weren't ready for production until the early 1880s. Von Welsbach's metal filament patent dates from 1898 and production of the first bulbs began in 1902, 100 years after the first light. Edison's tests encompassed almost anything, it seems - over 1600 different tests were made, including coconut fibres, beard hair (!!), and eventually the filaments in the earliest bulbs were made of Japanese bamboo. The Michel & Netto catalogues both say that these stamps were issued for Stamp Day. I think the surtax for Stamp Day issues usually went to some national association of stamp clubs or something like that, but that isn't specifically stated in either catalogue. They do say that the stamps could only be purchased from the major post offices in complete sets, and that postally used copies are very uncommon due to the high surcharge. Ryan |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 8, 2014 23:02:06 GMT
Some "Back of Book" (B.o.b) Postage Dues Scott indicates the Kroner values paper White and Grey-white, prices for the cheaper variety. (But which one is which?) 1.1/2 and 20 Kronen in white-grey. Designs by J Renner and Willi Dachauer   |
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