Empire - Stamps

(0.6k) blue, first type with deformed "G" of ZEITUNGS (SG N.11 I, cat £225), four margins and oval GRAZ ZEITUNG cancel, signed Rismondo

(6k) blue Type I (SG N.11 cat £225 plus premium for Lombardy), four clear though uneven margins, slight crease, but clearly struck CASTELFRANCO straightline cancel of Lombardy

blue Mercury Type II (SG N1) with PADOVA cds of Venezia. Three margins, otherwise fine

offset (Abklatsch) of the full design on the 15k (Mi 22), used at WIEN cds

1863 ARMS PERF 14 (014546)
red cancels on 10k and 15k, both are WIEN cds, the 15k also with LEMBERG straightline (Poland)

1864 ARMS PERF 10 (014549)
blue cancels on 3k, 5k, 10k, all are WIEN/ FILIALE cds

2k coarse whiskers (SG 50, Mi 35 I) wmk vertical line from sheet edge, mint (slight gum cracks, otherwise fine)

50k with oval K.K. DIREKT...TRIESTE cancel

50k with GELD-ANWEISUNG/ WIEN money order cds

50k Franz Joseph (SG 57a) with CZERNOWITZ cds

50k brownish-rose (SG AH57), this is the first printing (scarce shade, cat £425), representative example, sound condition but heavy LINZ cds, reasonably prced as a spacefiller

25k lilac (SG 56, Mi 40) with neat BLUE cancel GELD-ANWEISUNG from money order use

1Fl orange with dramatic "accordeon" paper fold, pen cancel

50k brown perf 12 (SG 66, Mi 41 II D) nicely centred and fully struck HABSBURGGASSE/ WIEN cds, Rismondo certificate

50kr fine whiskers (SG 66, Mi 41 II) with GELDANWEISUNG / RAGUSA cds (now Dubrovnik), fine

1k (Mi 5) small crown with typographic precancel, also 1890 1k with similar typographic precancel

2k (Mi 6) small crown with red WIEN cds

card depicting the Pavillon Weisshappel (meat & delicatessen) with 2h Franz Joseph, JUBILAUMS AUSSTELLUNG cds, locally sent, 1898

three exhibition cards (two different vews, and two with special exhn cds)

CHARITY STAMPS (022063)
viewcard with 5h Franz Joseph, and two charity stamps (German schools Union, and Fadinger Bund, WIEN cds to ARAD cds, c1903

entire document of 1850 bearing 30kr CM revenue, and fine red wax seal of the Jewish Committee of Ragendorf (= Rajka, Hungary)

1858 etc 5kr and 30kr both with perfs misplaced, so that adjoining stamp shows

nice label depicting wounded soldier on stretcher, affixed to viewcard (Ivancice, Moravia) with 10h Austria and both tied with ?SLAVANY cds, message text affected by water but stamp and vignette fine, to Hungary, c1915

Viewcard with 5h from DOBRIS cds (Czech), underpaid and attracted 5h and 10h Dues on arrival at KAROLINENTHAL cds, 1901

1850 FIRST ISSUE (025375)
2k black with "dumb" four-ring cancel of Wischau, four margins but small repaired tear lower left, scarce cancel, modestly priced in view of condition

BLUE CANCEL (025376)
1867 Franz Joseph 2k coarse print (SG 50, Mi 35), deep orange shade and blue MARIAHILF cds, nice colour combination

1883 ARMS (025383)
5k perf approx 8 (as SG 72b etc) mint

RAILWAY T.P.O. Nr 15 (025420)
entire with 5kr Franz Joseph, K.K. POST AMBULANCE Nr 15 t.p.o., from Galliano to TRIENT / TRENTO cds, 1875

1860 FRANZ JOSEPH (025528)
3k green (SG 34) with nice red registered cancel

1850 FIRST ISSUE (025529)
9k blue, machine paper, (1854, SG 10, four margins), with nice red registered cancel

1858 FRANZ JOSEPH (025929)
3k black, type II closed loops (SG 23a, Mi 11 II) fine used with decorative red boxed datestamp of WIEN

1864 ARMS (025939)
3k perf 10, nice pair on piece with boxed FELDKIRCH cancel

1860 FRANZ JOSEPH (026005)
2s (SG 33) with fully struck KREIBITZ cds (Bohemia)

1860 FRANZ JOSEPH (026006)
2s (SG 33) with fully struck BRUSSAU cds (Moravia)

1863 ARMS PERF 14 (026008)
2s (SG 39) with fully struck MORSCHENSTERN cds (Bohemia)

1850 ARMS (026012)
9k with large margins and red WIEN datestamp

1864 ARMS PERF 9½ (026020)
5k with NOWESIOLO cds (stamp a little faded but perfect example of this scarce locality, Poland)

1863 ARMS PERF 14 (026023)
3k (SG 40 cat £160) on small piece with oval RECOMMANDIRT / TRIEST datestamp

1863 ARMS PERF 14 (026024)
3k (SG40 cat £160) on small piece with oval WIEDEN IN WIEN / RECOMMANDIRT datestamp

1896 HIGH VALUES (026025)
1G and 2G in new colours (SG 105/06 cat £88) both with matching oval POSTANWEISUNG . CONTROLE B / WIEN cancels (money order use)

1883 ARMS (026099)
5kr perf 10½ (SG 72d cat £300, Mi 46D) unmounted mint

1867 FRANZ JOSEPH (026140)
25k purple-brown (SG 56) FJ, coarse printing, blue cds, watermark part of letter "E", fine used

1850 ARMS (026191)
3k ribbed paper, four margins and neat cancel (SG 3b cat £250) but natural paper crease and very slight thin, hence modest price, good representative example, signed Risimondo (as fine)

1867 FRANZ JOSEPH (026195)
50k (SG57a) with fully struck oval "GELD-ANWEISUNG / Wien 1" cancel

1874 FRANZ JOSEPH (026196)
25k fine whiskers, lilac shade (SG 65a, Mi 40 II b), straightline KLAGEN(FURTH) cancel, unusual

1850 ARMS (026197)
3k, three broad margins, fourth touched in one corner, dark blue straightline datestamp of KINDEBE(RG) (Muller 40 points)

1918 AIRMAIL (026345)
2K50 FLUGPOST ovpt on 3K blue paper, the rare perf 11½ (SG 297Aa cat £1300) mint light hinge, very fresh

1908 JUBILEE (026347)
5h and 10h (SG 192, 194) each in imperf pair, mint light hinge (10h with sheet margin)

1850 ARMS KLOBAUC (026352)
Postmark "KLOBAUC / R.B. Brunn" (Moravia) fully struck on 6k Arms of 1850, four margins (Muller 40 points)