Austria 1967 Exhibition "Gothic art in Austria", Krems

• Label : "Österreichische Post- und Telegraphenverwaltung"; 1967; commemorative stamp of the issue "Gothic art in Austria", exhibition in Krems (Lower Austria);
  

(issue of 1 stamp)

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 1238; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1072; Scott: No. 791; AFA: No. 1138
• Color : dark green blue
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 3 S (Schilling)
• Postage validity : 19 May 1967 – 30 June 2002
• Designed by :

- Adalbert Pilch (1917-2004) (design)

- Rudolf Toth (1918-2009) (engraving)

• Printed by : "Österreichische Staatsdruckerei", Vienna (Austria)
• Print process : Recess printing on non-luminescent, normal paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 14
• Print run : 3,200,000
• Stamp size (printed area of a single line without signature line) : 28.5 x 32.0 mm

Commemorative stamp of the issue "Gothic art in Austria", exhibition in Krems (Lower Austria);
(issue of 1 stamp)

Stamp

Michel No. 1238, mint

Michel No. 1238, postmerked

To the stamp motive:
- 3 S (Schilling) : carved sculpture "Virgin of Mercy" (lime wood) from the "Pilgrimage and Parish Church 'Mary Visitation'" in Frauenstein (Upper Austria); created in the 16th century
(Note: Renaissance is very rarely in Austria to that time, rather was the late Gothic style still predominant,)