Austria-Empire 1873 Mercury Type II

Description

• Issue Date: 1873
• Print Process:
• Perforations: none
• Watermark: ZEITUNGS-MARKEN (some of the 200 stamps per page)

Mercure head redesigned (type II), for use in Cisleithania countries (see Austria-Empire). Valid until 1900.

Stamps

Coarse print

Ferchenbauer type IIa, violet shades.

Type II fingerhut in Slovenia.

Fine print

Ferchenbauer types IIa or IIb, shades.

Type IIa, unused

Same, with main distinctive marks

Type II

Type IIa, frame at Klagenfurt (AT)

Type IIb

Type IIb, circle in 1876. To be confirmed!