AUSTRIA 1890-1907

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EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH I

1890-1900 Large sizes, inscription "KAIS. KOENIGL. OESTERR. POST"

1 G blue

Value in 'GULDEN'
  1 G blue (1890)
  1 G violet (1896)
  2 G red (1890)
  2 G green (1896)

Value in 'KRONEN' (1900)

1 K red

  1 K red
  2 K violet
  4 K green

These stamps exist with many perforations.

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 G blue *** *  
1 G violet *** *  
2 G red *** **  
2 G green *** ***  
1 K ** c  
2 K *** c  
4 K *** **  

 

1890 Small sizes, values in 'KREUZER'

Head of emperor in ellipse

3 k green

Emperor in an ellipse  
  1 k grey and black
  2 k brown and black
  3 k red and black
  10 k blue and black
  12 k red and black
  15 k lilac and black
  20 k green and black
  24 k blue and black
  30 k brown and black
  50 k violet and black

24 k blue and black 30 k brown 50 k lilac and black

New types, emperor in an octagonal (1891)
  20 k green and black
  24 k blue and black
  30 k brown and black
  50 k lilac and black

These stamps exist with many perforations.

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
Head in ellipse
1 k * vc  
2 k c vc  
3 k c vc  
5 k * vc  
10 k * vc  
12 k ** c  
15 k * vc  
20 k ** *  
24 k * *  
30 k ** c  
50 k ** **  
Head in octagonal
20 k * vc  
24 k * c  
30 k * vc  
50 k ** c  


Forgery; 20 k yellow. Perhaps a cut from some souvenir sheet?

 

1900 Value in 'HELLER'

Emperor in an ellipse, value in black (1899)

1 h lilac

  1 h lilac and black
  2 h grey and black
  3 h brown and black
  5 h green and black
  6 h orange and black

Emperor in an ellipse, values in the same colour as the stamp (1904)

2 h black, with varnish bars

  1 h lilac
  2 h black
  3 h brown
  5 h green
  6 h orange

Emperor in a rectangle, value in black on a coloured ground

20 h brown

  10 h red and black
  20 h brown and black
  25 h blue and black
  30 h lilac and black

Emperor in a rectangle, value in black on a white ground (1904)

20 h brown

  10 h red and black
  20 h brown and black
  25 h blue and black
  30 h lilac and black

Emperor in a rectangle, value in the same colour as the stamp (1906)

10 h red

  10 h red
  12 h violet
  20 h brown
  25 h blue
  30 h lilac

Emperor in and octogonal, values in black

30 h olive

  35 h green and black
  40 h olive and black
  50 h blue and black
  60 h brown and black

Emperor in octogonal, value in white

72 h red

  35 h green
  40 h violet
  50 h blue
  60 h brown 
  72 h red

For the specialist; these stamps exist with varnish bars (to prevent re-using the stamps):

2 h black, with varnish bars

Also many perforations exist.

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
Emperor in an ellipse, value in black
1 h c c  
2 h * vc  
3 h c vc  
5 h * vc  
6 h * vc  
Emperor in an ellipse, values in the same colour as the stamp
1 h * c  
2 h * c  
3 h * vc  
5 h * vc  
6 h * c  

Emperor in a rectangle, value in black on a coloured ground

10 h * vc  
20 h * c  
25 h *** c  
30 h * c  

Emperor in a rectangle, value in black on a white ground

10 h * vc  
20 h ** c  
25 h ** c  
30 h ** c  

Emperor in a rectangle, value in the same colour as the stamp

10 h c vc  
12 h * c  
20 h * vc  
25 h * vc  
30 h ** c  
Emperor in and octogonal, values in black
35 h *** vc  
40 h ** c  
50 h ** *  
60 h *** c  

Emperor in octogonal, value in white

35 h ** vc  
40 h ** c  
50 h *** c  
60 h ** vc  
72 h *** c  

For stamps overprinted with 'PARA', 'PIASTRE', 'CENTS' or 'FRANC' see Austrian post offices in Turkey and Crete, examples:

8 para on 2 k brown 10 Para on 5 h green 30 para violet 5 Piaster on 1 K red 5 centimes green


Two stamps with "Friedl" perforations.

 

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Newspaper stamps of this period

1899 Newspaper stamps, head of Mercury

  2 h blue
  6 h orange
  10 h brown
  20 h red

These staps exist privately perforated, example:

2 h blue, "Private perforation"

 

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
2 h * vc  
6 h ** *  
10 h ** c  
20 h * *  

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