Austria-Empire 1890 Definitives - Emperor Franz Josef I

• Issue Date: 1 September 1890
• Designed by:
• Engraving by:
• Printed by:
• Print Process: Typography or Engraving (Gulden values) on granite paper
• Perforations: various
• Watermark: none
• Catalogue N°s Michel 50-62, Yvert 46-57, 59

Portrait of Franz-Joseph in oval, for use in Cisleithania countries (see Category:Austria-Empire). The 1 to 15 kreuzer values have been printed on 3 different papers, transparent until 1894.

Unused stamps

1 kr	2 kr	File:Austria 1890 Definitives - Emperor Franz Josef I ca.jpg 3 kr	5 kr
10 kr	12 kr	15 kr	20 kr
File:Austria 1890 Definitives - Emperor Franz Josef I ia.jpg 24 kr	File:Austria 1890 Definitives - Emperor Franz Josef I ja.jpg 30 kr	50 kr
File:Austria 1890 Definitives - Emperor Franz Josef I la.jpg 1 Gulden blue	File:Austria 1890 Definitives - Emperor Franz Josef I ma.jpg 2 Gulden carmine

Used stamps

1 kreuzer

Type gEje cancel at TÜRNITZ in Lower Austria.

Thin paper. Bilingual cancel at TSCHEITSCH end 1890 in Moravia.

2 kreuzer

Antiqua Fingerhut at RAASE, Czech Silesia. Transparent paper in 1892, Mi51x.	Circle at INZING, Tyrol in 1892. Transparent paper.	Grotesk with Expedition at VÖSLAU in 1893 (?), Lower Austria.	Circle at NIEDERLINDEWIESE Czech Silesia
Circle at ERDWEIS in 1897, Lower Austria at the time.	Type gEje KLAGENFURT BESTELLT Carinthia	Circle at JČICI in 1899 in Croatia.

2 kr with DC cancels

Doppelkreis postmarks were (re)introduced in 1894.

DC at INNSBRUCK STADT, Tyrol in 1897, exp. 9 N

Bilingual DC at BRÜNN 2 in 1898, Moravia.

DC at Klosterneuburg (AT) Lower Austria in 1899, exp. 5-7 N

DC at PETERSBURG (no year) in Bohemia.

3 kreuzer

3 kr on fragment, used at Ropienka (PL) in 1893 in Poland.

Bilingual at BRÜNN ZEILE in 1895 in Moravia, with Expedition 3-6A.

Circle at WIEN 1/1 1 in 1898, with Expedition 10 11 N.

3 kr in 1899 in Vienna 1/1 3, with Expedition 6-7 N.

5 kreuzer

Transparent paper

Printed before 1894.

Antiqua Fingerhut at LOPATYN in Ukraine. Deep shade.	Antiqua with Expedition at WEYER in Upper Austria.	Bilingual at BLOWITZ in 1890 in Bohemia.
Grotesk circle at MÄHR. SCHÖNBERG in 1890 in Moravia.	Grotesk at ASPACH IM INNKREIS in 1892 in Upper Austria.
Grotesk at GAMING in Austria, year unclear Mi53x.	Circle at BRZOZÓW in 1893 in Poland	Circle at KANCZUGA in 1894, Galicia (Poland)

Greyish paper

Printed between 1894 and 1898.

Circle at BESKO in Poland	Circle at ŁOBZÓW in 1894 in Poland.	Small circle at KRASICZYN in 1894, Galicia (Poland)
Circle at SEITENSTETTEN in 1895, Lower Austria. Transparent?	Circle at AUSCHA in 1894 (Bohemia)] Transparent?	Circle at EINSIEDEL in 1895 in Czech Silesia. Looks white!	Circle at GRESTEN in 1895 in Lower Austria.
Bilingual at UNG. BROD in 1896 (Moravia)	Circle at ZWITTAU in 1896 (Moravia)	Circle at ALTSTADT in 1896 (Moravia)
Grotesk at ANSFELDEN in 1896 (Upper Austria)	Circle at GEORGENTHAL in 1898 (Bohemia)	Schraffen at NOWOSIELITZA Bukovina (Ukraine)

Very white paper

Printed from 1898.

Schraffen at OSWIECIM in 1898, Galicia (Poland)

Circle at KALKSBURG (Vienna 23) in 1898

Circle at Feldkirchen in Kaernten (AT) in 1899, Carinthia

10 kr

Circle at TRIEST in 1891.

DC at NEUHAUS b.WEISSENBACH in Lowar Austria in 1897.

File:Austria 1890 Definitives - Emperor Franz Josef I ea.jpg 10 kr

12 kr

Bilingual at KUNOWITZ in Moravia in 1890.	Bilingual in Ukraine in 1891.	Circle at SCHWECHAT in Lower Austria in 1894.
Bilingual at TREBITSCH in Moravia in 1896.	Circle at CEMBRA in Italy in 1897.

15 kr

Lilac shades.

Transparent paper, bilingual at GEWITSCH in Moravia.	Early used at PILSEN-PLZEN in 1890 in Bohemia.	Grotesk circle at GOTTSCHEE in March 1891 in Slovenia	Bilingual at Ljubljana (SI) in 1891 in Slovenia.
Bilingual at Trieste (IT) in 1891 in Italy.	Grotesk at LEOBERSDORF MARKT in 1894 in Lower Austria.	Circle at DORF FUSCH in Austria in 1894.	Circle at SOLOTWINA in 1894 in Ukraine.

Grotesk circle at MONASTERZYSKA in 1897 in Ukraine.

Circle at PATSCH in 1897, Austrian Tyrol.

Circle at HEINRICHSGRÜN in 1897 in Bohemia.

Card at HALL IN TIROL in 1897.

Reddish-lilac, Schraffen at CLES in 1897 in Italy.

With Expedition

Bilingual at Prostejov (CZ) in 1896 in Moravia.

Circle at SCHEIBBS in 1897 in Lower Austria.

20 kr

20 kr in 1891

20 kr, Fingerhut at Pribram (CZ) in 1891, in Bohemia.

24 kr

Circle at KIRCHBERG in 1890	Circle at GONOBITZ in 1891 in Slovenia.	Circles at SPILLERN N.Ö. in 1891 in Lower Austria.
Circle at LEMBERG Fil.III LWOW in 1891 in Ukraine.	Antiqua at BADGASTEIN with Expedition in 1891, Salzburger Land, Austria	Circle at SCHWANENSTADT in Upper Austria.

30 kr

30 kr in 1890

50 kr

Antiqua circle at PISEK in 1890 in Bohemia.	Transparent paper, circle at HOHENAU in Lower Austria	Circle at KROSNO in Poland.	50 kr
Circle with year at RÖMERSTADT in May 1891 in Moravia.	50 kr at BIELITZ BAHNHOF in June 1891 in Poland.	Bilingual at Uherske Hradiste (CZ) in July 1891 in Moravia.

Gulden values

1 Gulden blue in Vienna.

2 Gulden carmine, bilingual at ZADAR in 1890 in Croatia.

2 Gulden early bilingual at PIASEK in 1890 in Galicia (now Poland).

2 Gulden, circle at GRASLITZ in 1891 in Bohemia.