AUSTRIA LOCAL ISSUES

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1919 Tirol, inscription "LAND TIROL FREIMARKE"


Reduced sizes.

These stamps were used for food parcels in Tirol. A 20 heller red on white and red on yellow exist in the small size and a larger stamp of 20 heller in red (also exists with 3 types of overprints).


Non Official Overprints

All these overprints were made by local postmasters (without official authorization).

Stamps of Austria overprinted 'EIL' (exists for the towns of Linz and Graz)

"Eil" on Austrian stamp 'Eil' on 50 h blue

 

"Eilmarke" on Austrian stamps (Graz issue):

"Eilmarke" on Austrian stamps (Graz issue) "EILMARKE" on Austrian stamp

 

Local issue of Spielfeld, inscription 'Befreiung Spielfelds 29 Juli 1920' and 'Deutscher Gau Osttirol':

 

'Abstimmung in Salzburg 29 MAI 1921':


I have also seen this overprint on the 1 kr brown and the 2 kr blue of the same set.

 

'Burgenland befreiung' (Liberation of Burgenland):

 

Other local issues:


Eagle and '24 April 1921'

I have seen this red 'Eagle and 24 April 1921' overprint on the following issues:
On 1919 Eagle issue: 5 h grey (small size), 80 h red, 1 K brown, 1 1/2 K green, 2 K blue.
On 1919 woman planting tree issue: 50 h blue.
On 1919 parliament issue: 2 1/2 K olive, 5 K black, 7 1/2 K lilac, 20 K violet and red.

 

Knittelfeld issue, stamps of Austria overprinted 'Republik Deutsch- Oesterreich':


(Cancel from a prisonercamp 'Gefangenenlager': highly suspected item!)

I have also seen this overprint on the 15 h Emperor Charles issue of 1917.

I've seen an imperforate reprint-sheet, issued in 1978 with additional inscription 'GEDENKBLATT 60 JAHRE 1918 1978' of this values 20 h green (Emperor Charles), 3 h violet (crown) and 40 h green (arms).

 

Salzburg:


(Overprint 'Salzburger Volksabstimmung', reduced sizes)

 

1924 'Notpost Linz - Wien' (emergency post), various designs:

 

1918 Tirol issue, stamps of Austria, overprinted with an eagle

This overprint was a private one and was not authorized by the authorities. Nevertheless some used examples seem to exist.


Examples of three stamps with a small eagle overprint

I have seen the following values with this 'small eagle overprint':
On crown issue of 1916: 3 h violet, 5 h green, 6 h orange, 12 h blue.
On Emperor Charles issue of 1917: 20 h green, 25 h blue, 30 h violet
On arms issue of 1916: 40 h olive, 50 h green, 60 h blue, 80 h brown, 90 h lilac.
On express delivery stamp of 1917: 2 h red (see image above).


These are the only two stamps I have seen sofar with a larger eagle overprint.


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