AUSTRIA 1890-1907

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EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH I

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

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
  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

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

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 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)

  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

  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)

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

Emperor in and octogonal, values in black

  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

  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):

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:

Two stamps with "Friedl" perforations.

For Issues of 1908 to 1915 click here.

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:

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	*	*