Austria Technical Details Issue Date: 08.05.2017 Designer: Anita Kern Printer: Joh. Enschedé Stamps B.V Process: Offset
Austria – Quite literally “award-winning cheese” is produced in the Schlierbach Monastery cheese dairy in the heart of Upper Austria, and Austrian Post is celebrating it with a commemorative stamp in the “Classic trademarks” series. The design on the stamp showsRead More
Austria Technical Details Issue Date: 08.05.2017 Designer: Charlotte Schwarz Printer: Joh. Enschedé Stamps B.V Process: Offset / MEtallfolien-Heißprägung
Austria – It is not the city itself, but the wine produced there that is the focus of this commemorative stamp from the “Austrian wine regions” series: the Gemischte Satz – or, to be more precise, the Wiener Gemischte Satz DACRead More
Austria – In the “Austrian Inventions” series, Austrian Post is this time celebrating Peter Mitterhofer, who made the first typewriter in the 1860s, with a commemorative stamp. Peter Mitterhofer was born in 1822 in Partschins in South Tyrol. After learning theRead More
Austria – The most successful Austrian musician of the modern age would have turned 60 this year. For this reason, Austrian Post is dedicating a commemorative stamp to the exceptional artist, Falco. Falco was born Johann Hölzel on 19th February 1957Read More
Austria – Many happy returns of the day! A lively birthday party is depicted on this puzzle stamp mini sheet issued by Austrian Post as part of the “comic stamp puzzle” series – a unique way of franking party invitations orRead More
Austria – One of Austrias best-known photographers, the artist from Salzburg, Margherita Spiluttini, is being presented on a commemorative stamp in the “Photographic art in Austria” series. The stamp shows a black and white photograph of the Hochtannberg in summer fromRead More
Austria – Creativity and the ability to present an abstract topic in an aesthetically relevant and meaningful way are the prerequisites that are essential in designing a stamp. As part of the stamp contest organised annually by Austrian Post together withRead More
Austria – On Shrove Tuesday 1867 a successful parade involving hundreds of costumed participants came to an end in the Carinthian city of Villach, and with it the famous Villach Carnival was born. Austrian Post is celebrating the 150th anniversary withRead More
Austria – What could be a more suitable means to represent the federal provinces of Austria on a stamp in graphic form than to use the already extant ancient graphic codes? The coats of arms of the nine federal provinces ofRead More