AUSTRIA MISCELLANEOUS

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Postal stationery

Example:

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I have seen the values:
(in 'Kreuzer'): 3 k green on blue, 5 k red, 10 k blue
(in 'Heller'): 3 h brown, 5 h green, 6 h orange, 10 h red on blue, 20 h brown and 30 h red on lilac.

I'm not sure what this is, the head of Mercury surrounded by ornaments. It might be a cut from some postal stationary.

'Tuberculose' labels, empress Elisabeth, inscription 'VIRIBUS UNITIS KAISERIN ELISABETH', exists in orange, red, green and blue

"Elizabeth" on letter (1912)

These labels are not very rare. I've been told that they were issued from 1908 to 1913 for returned soldiers, hospital and Red Cross work.

1870 Private telegraph company in Vienna Inscription: 'Wiener Privat-Telegrafen Gesellschaft'

  10 k red and grey
  20 k red and blue
  40 k red and green
  80 k red and lilac
  1 Fl 20 red and gold

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
10 k	RR	***
20 k	RR	**
40 k	RR	**
80 k	RR	***
1 F 20	RR	***

1873 Telegraph stamps, head of emperor Francis Joseph, inscription 'K.K. OEST. TELGRAPHEN - MARKE 1873'

  5 k brown
  20 k blue
  25 k black
  40 k green
  50 k grey
  60 k red
  1 F yellow
  2 F violet

There are two types of printing of these stamps, lithographed and engraved. There are also two types that can be distinguished by the value inscription, the background behind the value is more solid in one type. The word '1873' is also smaller in the that type. I have seen many of these stamps overprinted 'SPECIMEN'.

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
Cheapest types
5 k	*	*
20 k	*	*
25 k	*	*
40 k	*	*
50 k	*	*
60 k	**	**
1 F	**	**
2 F	**	**

Telegraph receipt in the same design:

FRANZ - JOSEPH LAND

1874 These bogus stamps were issued for a North pole expedition:

Two values with the Emperor exist and two triangular stamps (as shown above). I have seen 25 Skr red and blue stamp imperforate.

If I'm well informed they were produced for Sigmund Friedl (a stamp dealer in Vienna).

A label issued for the same occasion.

Friedl Essay

A Friedl essay for Austria, inscription 'RECOMMANDO'. Probably a bogus item pretending to be a registration label of some sort.

Two other Friedl essays 'INTERNAT. POST' with value inscription in 10 different currencies.