Austrian Postal Service

Maria Theresa, a woman with many titles

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 26 August 2019

Maria Theresa of Austria was born in Vienna on Thursday, May 13, 1717, as the second child of Emperor Charles VI. She was a descendant of the House of Habsburg and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel. Maria Theresa became one of the most influential...

The Austrian Alpine Association (part 2)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • April 5, 2016

Austria stamps

In Part 1 of the newspaper bindings of the 'Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein', the Michel catalogue of Postal Stationery states that the sale of newspaper bindings was terminated on April 10, 1916, and that no more newspaper bindings were issued thereafter. At first glance...

Ramon over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: @Kristal, i could help you with an older catalogue. you could send me an email at Origato@live.nl if you're interested.

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Willem over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': I think there are indeed uncancelled ceramics stamps. Only the stamps from the first day are postmarked. Furthermore, the PostN website stated…

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Crystal Clark over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: My daughter and I are just starting out collecting stamps. We would love a catalog.

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Bate Hijlkema over Uitgifte 2014: Augarten Porcelain – Vienna Rose: Does the method of cancelling the stamp correspond to the Ceramic stamp of our country?

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Otto over 1000th Freestamp Magazine: The Treasure Chamber: Thanks for the many blogs over the past years. I’ve learned a lot from them and visited many museums as a result. A history lesson via stamps. Brilliant…

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S Cooper over William John Caparne, irises and art: Hello Barbara. I too am a Caparn descendent on my mother's side. My brother and I own several watercolours too ! Am very proud of his contri…

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