AUSTRIA Postage due stamps

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1894 Inscription 'KAIS. KOENIGL. OESTERR. POST PORTOMARKE'

Value in 'KREUZER', perforated

  1 k brown
  2 k brown
  3 k brown
  5 k brown
  6 k brown
  7 k brown
  10 k brown
  20 k brown
  50 k brown

Value in 'HELLER', imperforated (1899)

  1 h brown
  2 h brown
  3 h brown
  4 h brown
  5 h brown
  6 h brown
  10 h brown
  12 h brown
  15 h brown
  20 h brown
  40 h brown
  100 h brown

Value in 'HELLER', perforated (1899)

  1 h brown
  2 h brown
  3 h brown
  4 h brown
  5 h brown
  6 h brown
  10 h brown
  12 h brown
  15 h brown
  20 h brown
  40 h brown
  100 h brown

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
Value in 'Kreuzer'
1 k	c	c
2 k	c	c
3 k	c	c
5 k	c	c
6 k	*	*
7 k	*	*
10 k	*	c
20 k	*	*
50 k	**	**
Value in 'Heller', imperforate
1 h	c	c
2 h	c	c
3 h	c	c
4 h	c	c
5 h	c	c
6 h	c	c
10 h	c	c
12 h	*	*
15 h	c	c
20 h	c	c
40 h	*	*
100 h	*	*
Value in 'Heller', perforated
1 h	c	vc
2 h	c	vc
3 h	c	vc
4 h	c	vc
5 h	c	vc
6 h	c	vc
10 h	c	vc
12 h	c	c
15 h	c	c
20 h	c	c
40 h	*	c
100 h	*	c

5 Groschen brown

A range of postage due stamps resembling this set was issued much later (1947), but the value was inscribed in 'GROSCHEN' or 'SCHILLING': 1 g, 2 g, 3 g, 5 g, 8 g, 10 g, 12 g, 15 g, 16 g, 17 g, 18 g, 20 g, 24 g, 30 g, 36 g, 40 g, 48 g, 50 g, 60 g, 70 g, 80 g (all in brown), 1 S, 1.15 S, 1.20 S, 2 S, 5 S and 10 S (all in blue).

1908 Inscription 'PORTO' and value, with two headed eagle in design

  1 h red
  2 h red
  4 h red
  6 h red
  10 h red
  14 h red (1913)
  20 h red
  25 h red (1909)
  30 h red
  50 h red
  100 h red
  5 K violet (1911)
  10 K violet (1911)

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 h	c	c
2 h	c	vc
4 h	c	vc
6 h	c	vc
10 h	c	vc
20 h	c	c
25 h	*	c
30 h	c	vc
50 h	*	c
100 h	*	c
5 K	***	c
10 K	R	c

(with 'PIASTER' value)

Other stamps in the same design but with value in 'PIASTER' and colour green were issued for the Austrian post offices in Turkey.

1916 Inscription 'KAISERLICHE KONIGLICHE OESTERREICHISCHE POST PORTO'

  5 h red
  10 h red
  15 h red
  20 h red
  25 h red
  30 h red
  40 h red
  50 h red

Larger size

  1 K blue
  5 K blue
  10 K blue

Surcharged 'Deutschosterreich' (1919)

  5 h red
  10 h red
  15 h red
  20 h red
  25 h red
  30 h red
  40 h red
  50 h red

Larger size

  1 K blue
  5 K blue
  10 K blue

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
5 h	vc	vc
10 h	vc	vc
15 h	vc	vc
20 h	c	c
25 h	c	c
30 h	c	c
40 h	c	c
50 h	c	c
1 K	c	c
5 K	*	*
10 K	*	*
With overprint 'Deutsch Osterreich'
5 h	vc	vc
10 h	vc	vc
15 h	c	c
20 h	c	c
25 h	**	**
30 h	c	c
40 h	c	c
50 h	c	*
1 K	**	**
5 K	*	*
10 K	*	*

Forgeries of the 'Deutsch Osterreich' overprints exist on the 25 h and 1 K values (the basic stamps are genuine, but the overprint is forged). The lettering is done differently, for example the 'D' misses an ornament at the left bottom, the 'h's are not split at the top and the dots above the 'o' are not inclined. If anybody has an image of such a forgery, please contact me!

('C.M.T.' overprint, reduced sizes)

Stamps with overprint 'C.M.T. and value in a rectangle were issued in Galicia.

1916 Postage stamps of 1908 overprinted 'PORTO'

  1 h grey ('PORTO' red)
  '15 PORTO 15' on 2 h violet

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 h	vc	vc
15 h	c	c

1917 Non issued Postage stamps of 1916 overprinted 'PORTO'

  10 on 24 h blue
  15 on 36 h violet
  20 on 54 h orange
  50 on 42 h brown

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 on 24 h	c	vc
15 on 36 h	c	c
20 on 54 h	vc	vc
50 on 42 h	c	vc

1919 Inscription 'Deutschosterreich porto', perforated or imperforated

  5 h red
  10 h red
  15 h red
  20 h red
  25 h red
  30 h red
  40 h red
  50 h red
  80 h red

Larger size (only perforated)

  1 K blue
  1 1/2 K blue
  2 K blue
  3 K blue
  4 K blue
  5 K blue
  8 K blue
  10 K blue
  20 K blue

The perforated stamps have perforation 12 1/2.

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
5 h	vc	vc
10 h	vc	vc
15 h	vc	vc
20 h	vc	vc
25 h	vc	vc
30 h	vc	vc
40 h	vc	vc
50 h	vc	vc
80 h	vc	vc
1 K	vc	vc
1 1/2 K	vc	vc
2 K	c	c
3 K	c	c
4 K	c	c
5 K	c	c
8 K	c	c
10 K	c	c
20 K	c	c

1919 Postage due stamp, postage stamp overprinted 'Nachmarke 7 1/2 K'

  7 1/2 K on 15 h brown

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
7 1/2 on 15 h	vc	vc

1922 New designs, inscription 'Osterreich' and value in 'Kronen'

1 K, 2 K, 4 K, 5 K, 7 1/2 K (all in brown, design as shown above), 10 K, 15 K, 20 K, 25 K, 40 K, 50 K (all in green, design as shown above).

10 K, 15 K, 20 K, 50 K (all in green, rectangular design).

1922 Again new design

150 K, 200 K, 400 K, 600 K, 800 K, 1000 K, 1200 K, 1500 K, 1800 K, 2000 K, 3000 K, 4000 K, 600 K (all in lilac).

1925 New design, value in 'GROSCHEN' or 'SCHILLING'

  1 g red
  2 g red
  3 g red
  4 g red
  5 g red
  6 g red
  8 g red
  10 g blue
  12 g blue
  14 g blue
  15 g blue
  16 g blue
  18 g blue
  20 g blue
  23 g blue
  24 g blue
  28 g blue
  30 g blue
  31 g blue
  35 g blue
  39 g blue
  40 g blue
  60 g blue
  1 S green
  2 S green
  5 S green
  10 S green

Postal forgeries exist of the values 24 and 39 g and are known as "Andritzer Postfälschung". Andritz is a village near Graz. They were used from 26 Juin to 4 October 1933. Only 17 used 24 g are known to exist and no 39 g value has survived. See also http://stampswiki.de/index.php?title=Andritzer_Postf%C3%A4lschung.

1935 Design with eagle in a circle, on the groschen issues, the eagle is situated at the right hand side, on the Schilling issues, the eagle is on the left

  1 g red
  2 g red
  3 g red
  5 g red
  10 g blue
  12 g blue
  15 g blue
  20 g blue
  24 g blue
  30 g blue
  39 g blue
  60 g blue
  1 S green
  2 S green
  5 S green
  10 S green

I've seen imperforate stamps of this set.

Two imperforate 12 g stamps

1945 Eagle with hammer and sickel with value in square below it, inscription 'REPUBLIK OSTERREICH' (issued for the Soviet occupation zone)

  1 red
  2 red
  3 red
  5 red
  10 red
  12 red
  20 red
  24 red
  30 red
  60 red
  1 violet
  2 violet
  5 violet
  10 violet

1946 Posthorn stamps of the American/Britsh/French occupation zone, with overprint 'PORTO'

  3 g orange
  5 g green
  6 g violet
  8 g red
  10 g grey
  12 g brown
  15 g red
  20 g brown
  25 g blue
  30 g lilac
  40 g blue
  60 g light green
  1 S violet
  2 S yellow
  5 S blue

1947 A set resembling the 1894 postage due stamps was also issued.

Postage due stamps in the following two designs with inscription 'MILIT. POST-PORTOMARKE' or 'MILITARPOST PORTOMARKE' can be found in Bosnia and Herzegowina.