Austria - Stamp Auctions
The Austrian Empire issued its first adhesive postage stamps on June 1, 1850. The stamps featured the Imperial arms and were issued in five denominations.
The complete sheets included 60 stamp impressions and four blank positions with St. Andrew's Cross printed on them. These four positions are very rare and bring high prices at stamp auctions.
Later issues featured a profile portrait of emperor Franz Josef I. In all 12 different issues were printed until the end of wwI.
At the end of the war the first "German Austria" stamps appeared in December 1918. Beginning in 1922, all issues of Austrian First Republic stamps were inscribed "Österreich".
In April 1938, the Republic of Austria was annexed by Germany, and became the state of Ostmark within Greater Germany. From that time, until the collapse of the Third Reich in early 1945, German stamps were used.
The Second Republic of Austria stamps officially appeared in November 1945, and were valid throughout the country and all the Allied Occupation zones. Austrian stamps and postal history items are very popular collecting areas as well as Austro-Hungary, Austrian offices in the Ottoman Empire.
Lot 2202 - Austria 1950 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Carinthian Plebescite set of 3, UM VF. (3) Cat £180 (image available) {UM} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £48.80) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1950 |
Price: £ 61.00
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Lot 2241 - Austria 1991-99 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Collection of u.m. on Lighthouse leaves. Appears to be complete for the period. Few 100's Cat £700 {UM} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £150.40) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1991-99 |
Price: £ 188.00
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Lot 2207 - Austria 1950-3 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Birds set v.f.u. (7) Cat £400 {U} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £106.40) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1950-3 |
Price: £ 133.00
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Lot 2201 - Austria 1950 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Carinthian Plebiscite set of 3, very fine used Cat £150 (image available) {U} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £28.00) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1950 |
Price: £ 35.00
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Lot 2204 - Austria 1950 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Corinthian Plebescite set, u.m. VF. (3) Cat £180 {UM} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £35.20) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1950 |
Price: £ 44.00
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Lot 2209 - Austria 1950-53 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Birds set of 7, Fresh FU, 60g has a couple of toned perfs. (7) Cat £400 {U} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £66.40) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1950-53 |
Price: £ 83.00
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Lot 2203 - Austria 1950 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Corinthian Plebescite set, very fine u.m., odd speck on gum appears contemporary. (3) Cat £180 {UM} [US8] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1950 |
Price: £ 22.00
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Lot 2208 - Austria 1950-3 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Air Birds 1s to 20s(6) fine mint Cat £500 {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £70.40) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1950-3 |
Price: £ 88.00
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Lot 2206 - Austria 1950 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Carinthian Plebiscite set fine u.m. Cat £180 {UM} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £52.80) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1950 |
Price: £ 66.00
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Lot 2205 - Austria 1950 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Plebiscite, odd gum crease, m.m. (3) Cat £180 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60) UPA UPA Auction UPA 92Austria 1950 |
Price: £ 32.00
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