Austria-Empire 1899 Newspaper

2 Heller stamp on newspaper from Linz to Eberndorf / Carinthia

Description of the 1899 newspaper stamps

• Issue Date: 20 December 1899
• Print Process:Typo on granite paper without varnish bars
• Perforations: none (perforated exist, but only by private initiatives)
• Watermark: none
• Catalogue Michel N°s 97-100

Newspaper stamps

Mercury's head to the left in a circle, with digits in the 4 corners, square format. For use in Cisleithanien countries (see categories). Issued December 20, 1899, valid for postage until December 31, 1916.

Unused stamps

Imperforated
2 H blue Mi.№ 97	6 H yellow-orange Mi.№ 98	10 H light brown Mi.№ 99	20 H carmine Mi.№ 100a	20 H rose Mi.№ 100b

Used stamps

Imperforated
2 H : DORNBIRN 25.IX.1907	6 H : orange F.P.A. Wien-? 10 28.12.1908	10 H : LINZ 2 7.VII.1903	20 H : SALZBURG 2 5.V.1906	20 H : GRADO 22.5.1904

Variety of color nuances, stamps and units.

2 Heller

light blue : PRAG

2.?.1900 at Chernivtsi (UA) in Ukraine.

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3x2 Heller Bogen lower margin piece with bar. HORN 24.1.1907

5x2 Heller Olmütz/Olomouc

6 Heller

6 H yellow-orange : in 1900 at HLUBOČE - to be identified	DC at OLLMÜTZ (Moravia) in 1901.
6 H red-orange	2/2 WIEN 25.IV.1906	SALZBURG2 in 1903

10 Heller

? 18.10.1902 : At the top right a printing randomness.

1/1 WIEN 20.?.?

Upper edge Prague

Bottom edge Vienna

Prag 29.5.?

20 Heller a carmine

carmine

SALZBURG 4.V.1907

Railway DC Kufstein-Ala

Bottom edge

20 Heller b lively magenta

KOLOMEA (Galicia) 17.2.1903

Wien 1/1 28.2.1901

Unused privately perforated stamps

Imperforated
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2 H blue Mi.№ 97	6 H yellow-orange Mi.№ 98	10 H light brown Mi.№ 99	20 H carmine Mi.№ 100a	20 H rose Mi.№ 100b

Used privately perforated stamps

The stamps were officially issued only imperforate; Perforations and, more rarely, punctures occur as private forms of separation on all four sides as well as only on 2 or 3 sides.

Privately perforated
2 H blue Mi.№ 97	6 H orange Mi.№ 98	10 H brown Mi.№ 99	20 H carmine Mi.№ 100a	20 H lively magenta Mi.№ 100b

Variety of color nuances, stamps and units.

2 Heller

Perf.11½ light blue : WIEN 4.4.?

serrated horizontally

Experimental teeth 30.5.1906

WIEN 55 Lower margin perforated on three sides

WIEN 31.?.1900

6/1WIEN 5.VII.1907

6 Heller

PRAHA 1 * PRAG 21.6.1901

28.VII.1908

Upper margin serrated on three sides

serrated vertically

10 Heller

perforated on three sides

20 Heller a

SALZBURG2 17.III.1908

SALZBURG2 ?.XII.1907

20 Heller b

PRAHA 1 * PRAG 6.4.1901

ZEITUNGSAMT

Letter

Printed matter which served to renew the order for newspapers could be enclosed by the publisher (with the address of the recipient) in the newspaper bundles under an open envelope; these letters were promoted to reduced newspaper postage. Letter sent from Vienna to Budapest and properly canceled at the post office in Budapest.

Wrapper

Bulk franking 45x2H HLUBOKÁ 4.VI.1907

Section of newspaper packaging with address label and two 2x2 Heller stamps blue = 8 Heller franked, corresponds to four newspapers that are noted with a blue 4 on the address label. The newspaper stamps were stamped in accordance with regulations in the arrival office at Innspruck 1.

In this cutout, the same number of newspapers is franked as before, but with a 2 Heller stamp in blue and a 6 Heller stamp in orange.

5x20 Heller, carmin, on the cover of a newspaper package from Vienna to Innsbruck-Wilten.	5x20 Heller, lively magenta, on the cover of a newspaper package from Vienna to Innsbruck-Wilten.
Wrapper franked with 2 hellers to Rovereto, 11 March 1903, sent. Forwarded from Rovereto on March 12, 1903 to Vicenza and franked with 13 Heller because the 2 Heller is not valid abroad.	File:Austria 1899 Newspaper Wrapper08.jpg

Very rare four color franking, 2H blue + 6H orange + 10H brown + 20H rose = 38H = 19 newspapers. The nineteen is written in blue next to the address.

Newspaper address sheet

Official address slip

With the ordinance of 8 March 1904, address sheets were issued by the postal administration. For the production of address labels for newspapers, they were provided with the stamp imprint of the 2 Heller newspaper stamps. A sheet in light yellow or light green color, size 45 x 30 cm, contained 30 address labels with a total of 30 stamp imprints. The newspaper editors cut these address sheets into individual address sheets.
The sheet was sold at the face value of the stamps printed on it, i.e. 60 Heller, given to the authorized newspaper editors.
The green address sheets were intended for the separate mailing of the morning and evening papers for newspapers that appear twice a day.

Light green address label on newspaper loop from Vienna to LAAKIRCHEN 14.7.1910

Unused light yellow address labels.

Private address slip

From 10. April 1505 the postal administration also took over the printing of newspaper stamps of 2 Heller, but in green, on private envelopes, wrappers and address slips. (Imprints of certain postage stamp value levels had already been possible since April 1, 1903 on private letters, correspondence cards, address loops and on cards that were intended to be sent as printed matter.)
From 15. January 1909 it was also possible to print 6 Heller newspaper stamps in purple.
This private overprint was subject to the same conditions of use as the officially issued newspaper stamps or official postal stationery with newspaper stamp imprint.
There are also multiple stamp impressions, also of different value levels.

WIEN 1 17.III.1907

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