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Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2 |
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Note: on my website many of the
pictures can not be seen! They are of course present in the catalogue;
contact me if you want to purchase the catalogue.
A few examples of the many postmarks that can be found on Austrian stamps:
Mute cancels ('Stumme-Stempel' in German, others exist):
Vienna 4-ring cancel with dots in the center
Vienna grid cancel
(Krakau mute cancel; circle with mute cancel)
Cancel of Venice 'V.' in three concentric rings
Nagy Banya cancel and Pesth cancel.
Other mute cancels exist of other towns, see for example: http://www.helsinki.fi/~korhonen/boehm/boehm3p_stumme.html (in German).
I know of the following mute cancels:
Batzau (Patzau?); open circle constiting of 8
parts and one central closed circle
Bielitz; three concentric circles with rays, square with
12 smaller squares in the middle,
Bludenz; parallel lines,
Budweis; circle with dots,
Czimelitz; 6 concentric circles,
Gran; square with 6 x 6 smaller squares,
Jaegerndorf; Flower like cancel,
Krakau; Circle with fancy pattern,
Mezzolombardo; circle constisting of lines,
white disk in the center,
Krelowitz; 3 concentric lines black disk in the
center (two types),
Nagy Banya; cancel similar to the 'Muhlrad'
(millwheel) cancels of Bavaria,
Pesth; millwheel cancel or wheel cancel,
Potschatek; circles,
Pressburg; pattern of concentric circles with
one circle larger, dots in the center,
Tabor; 3 concentric circles with a black disk in
the center (picture can be found on the above mentioned website),
Teschen; circle with arrows pointing inwards,
Vienna (Wien); four concentric circles with dots
in the center (two types, most common mute cancel)
or grid consisting of 6 x 6 small lozenges (see image above),
Wischau; small millwheel cancel,
There also exist some other mute cancels where the town of origin
is unknown.
If anybody possesses images of these cancels, please contact me!
Reprints of the 1 k and 2 k with forged mute cancel of Krelowitz
(A Vienna cancel '1' in 4 concentric rings)
'1576' numeral cancel of Znaim.
(Vienna ray-cancel; Wien Strahlenstempel)
Townname and date ('Lang-Stempel' in German):
Townname and date in square ('Kasten-Stempel' in German):
Two-ring cancel with townname and date and Vienna cancel:
Townname and date in circle
Townname and date with special ornament below:
'RECOMMANDIRT' cancel (in red, = 'registered' in english):
Other cancel:
Cancels on later series:
(Another fancy cancel of Hollabrun, reduced size)
Austrian Italy cancel (on 'SOLDI' stamps):
Seepost cancels:
An interesting website with more cancels: http://berg.heim.at/kaprun/430320/01-Lehr/06/02/OT.htm