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AUSTRIA 1919-1921

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1919 Inscription "Deutschosterreich" (referring to the German speaking part of the previous Austrian Hungarian empire)

Posthorn

  3 h grey
  6 h orange
  12 h blue
  15 h brown (imperforated or perforated)
  25 h violet (imperforated or perforated)
  60 h olive (imperforated or perforated)

One headed eagle, small size

  5 h green (imperforated or perforated)
  5 h grey (imperforated or perforated)
  10 h red (imperforated or perforated)
  10 h orange (imperforated or perforated)
  25 h blue
  45 h olive
  1 K red on yellow
  1 K blue

One headed eagle, larger size

  80 h red
  1 K brown
  1 1/2 K green
  2 K blue
  3 K green (two colours 1921)
  4 K red and lilac (1921)
  5 K violet and red (1921)
  7 1/2 K yellow and brown (1921)
  10 K violet and blue (1921)

Woman planting tree

  20 h green
  30 h brown (imperforated or perforated)
  40 h violet (imperforated or perforated)
  40 h red
  50 h blue

Parliament building
  2 K orange and black
  2 1/2 K olive
  3 K blue and brown
  4 K red and black
  5 K black
  7 1/2 K lilac
  10 K green and brown
  20 K violet and red
  50 K black on yellow (1921)


4 K with inverted center

The values 4 K and 20 K exist with center inverted (extremely rare).

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
All values vc to c vc to c  


Non-issued airmail stamp? 2 K with 'Flugpost' overprint


A Local Issue with overprint 'Eagle and 24. April 1921' and 'Burgenland Befreiung'.

 

1921 Inondation fund, previous stamps overprinted "hochwasser 1920" in fancy letters, colours of the stamps changed, these stamps were sold at 3 times their postal value

  5 h grey on yellow
  10 h brown
  15 h grey
  20  h green on yellow
  25 h blue on yellow
  30 h violet on blue
  40 h brown on red
  50 h green on blue
  60 h lilac on yellow
  80 h blue 
  1 K orange on grey
  1 1/2 K green on yellow
  2 K brown
  2 1/2 K blue
  3 K green and red
  4 K lilac and brown
  5 K green
  7 1/2 K red
  10 K blue and green
  20 K red and 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
All values c c  

 

1920 As previous issues, but now overprinted "Karnten Abstimmung" in fancy letters for a plebiscite in Carinthia, colours changed

10 K green and red "Karnten Abstimmung", imperforated

Perforated  
  5 h grey on yellow
  10 h red on red
  15 h yellow
  20 h green on blue
  25 h lilac on red
  30 h brown on yellow
  40 h red on yellow
  50 h blue on blue
  60 h olive on grey
  80 h red
  1 K brown
  2 K blue

Imperforate
  2 1/2 K red
  3 K blue and green
  4 K red and violet
  5 K blue
  7 1/2 K green
  10 K green and red
  20 K lilac and 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
All values c to * c to *  

According to 'The Serrane Guide', many forged overprints exist. No further information is available to me.

 

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  

 

1920 Newspaper stamps, head of Mercury, inscription "Deutschosterreich", imperforate

  2 h violet
  4 h brown
  5 h grey
  6 h blue
  8 h green
  9 h yellow
  10 h red
  12 h blue
  15 h lilac
  18 h green
  20 h orange
  30 h brown
  45 h green
  60 h red
  72 h brown
  90 h violet
  1.20 K orange
  2.40 K green
  3 K grey

Note, that these stamps exist with private perforations, example:

2 h violet, "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
All values vc vc  

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