Austria-Empire 1877 Newspaper Tax

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue Date: June 1877
  • Print Process: Typography
  • Perforations: Imperforate
  • Watermark: ZEITUNGS-MARKEN (some with WECHSEL in 1883)
  • Catalogue Michel Zeitungsstempelmarken N°s 5-6

Modified design: small crown, large shield. Valid until end 1899. Two types (based on Ferchenbauer). Used in Cisleithania.

Used stamps

1 kr Type I used in Moravia.
1 kr Type I, corner cut, bilingual used at Trento (IT) in Italy in 1888.
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1 kr Type II
2 kr Type Ia, Post Ambulance N°16.
2 kr Type Ib (dots in frame). Red cancel in Bohemia.
2 kr Type II
Black & red circles in Vienna in 1883.
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