Austria 1981 Toleration Act , Bicentenary
From Stamps of the World
- Issue Date : 09 October 1981
- Designed by : S. Buchner
- Engraved by: R. Toth
- Printed by :
- Print Process : mixed
- Perforations : 14,25
- Run: 3,500,000
- Catalogue N°s: Michel 1685, Yvert 1513
The Patent of Toleration was an edict issued on 13 October 1781 by the Habsburg emperor Joseph II. The Patent extended religious freedom to non-Catholic Christians living in the crown lands, including Lutherans, Calvinists, and the Eastern Orthodox. Portrait of Emperor Joseph II.
