Austria-Empire 1867 Newspaper

Type Ia coarse print brown-grey

Description

• Issue Date: 1 June 1867
• Print Process: Letterpress
• Perforations: none
• Watermark: ZEITUNGS-MARKEN (some of the 200 stamps per page)

Hermes head, for use in Cisleithania countries (see Austria-Empire categories), and in the Kingdom of Hungary until 31 July 1871. Valid until 1900 (but other types were issued in 1873-1876, see other pages).

Unused stamps - all issues

All 3 main types are assembled here, for an easier overview.

Type Ia coarse print purple brown	Type Ib coarse print	Type Ic coarse print	Type Ic marks
File:Austria 1867 Newspaper Id-u.jpg Type Id coarse print	Type Ie coarse print	File:Austria 1867 Newspaper If-u.jpg Type If fine print

File:Austria 1867 Newspaper IIag-u.jpg Type IIa coarse print

Type IIa fine print dark purple

File:Austria 1867 Newspaper IIb-u.jpg Type IIb fine print

File:Austria 1867 Newspaper IIIz-u.jpg Type IIIz fine print - the first sub-type, thick paper

Type III fine print

File:Austria 1867 Newspaper IIIa.jpg Type IIIa fine print

Coarse Print

Type Ia

The left corner point of this left meander is mostly rounded. Break point in the meander lower left. Color point above the lower left corner. The upper right meander is slightly elongated on the left and beveled at the top or the right tip is rounded. Break point in the meander lower right. Color point in the lower right corner.

brown-gray

dark purple brown

Purple brown

Early used in 1867

Greyish. Circle in March 1873. Not Ic.

purple brown

Type Ib

Shades lilac brown, grey, violet, lilac.

Type Ib coarse print, note the typical places. Lilac.

Type Ib, upper page border.

Type Ib coarse print, used in Austria in 1872.

Grey shade, used at GERSTHOF Vienna. Ib (?)

Type Ib on a complete newspaper wrapper

Type Ic

Type Ic coarse print, oval PRAG O.P.A. ZTGS.EXP. with Expedition 5 U.

Fingerhut at ROHATETZ in Moravia.

Type Ic coarse print, used in Vienna in 1870.

Type Id

Type Id coarse print, used in Vienna in 1872. Note the meander typicity highlight.

Type Ie

Type Ie coarse print, used at PEST. Note the meander typicity highlight.

Type IIa

See Austria-Empire 1873 Mercury Type II page.

Fine Print

Type II

See Austria-Empire 1873 Mercury Type II page.

Type III

See Austria-Empire 1876 Newspaper.