Preview of Stamps Catalogue CD : VOLUME 2

AUSTRIA Cancels on first issues

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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)

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 (picture can be found on the above mentioned website),
Bludenz; parallel lines,
Budweis; circle with dots (picture can be found on the above mentioned website),
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.