Austria – back of the book issues

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Post offices abroad are in a separate article, found here'''.

Lombardy-Venetia is a separate article, found here.

We remind you that Austria used the stamps of Germany from March 1938 to May 1945.

Note that issues 1863-64 an earlier have been reprinted, some several times.

Military stamps
 File:Austri mil ovpt.jpg|1 heller overprinted issue. File:Austria military C.jpg|72h Franz Josef. File:Austria military Karl.jpg|90h Karl I. File:Austria mil Karlfonds.jpg|1918 20h semipostal. File:Austria Mil newspaper.jpg|1918 2h newspaper stamp. File:Austria Mil Karl typo.jpg|1929 unissued 60h value. 
 * In 1915, definitives of Bosnia and Herzegovina were provisionally overprinted K.U.K. / FELDPOST diagonally for use of the Austrian military.
 * In 1916, Austrian military stamps were issued, inscribed K·u·K·FELDPOST. There are various portraits of Franz Josef in several design sizes. As can be seen by the previous issue, similar stamps inscribed MILITÄRPOST are from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 * In 1917-18, stamps with the portrait of Karl I were released. There are two slightly different design sizes in the set.
 * In 1918, a semipostal set inscribed K·u·K·FELDPOST and KARLFONDS was issued.
 * Also in 1918, newspaper stamps with the head of Mercury were issued, also inscribed K·u·K·FELDPOST.
 * In late 1918, definitives similar to the semipostals were released. These were never issued at army post offices as World War I ended.

Newspaper stamps
 File:Austria Red Merc reprint.jpg|reprint of the Red Mercury File:Austria blue newspap emb.jpg File:Austria embossed newsp.jpg File:Austria Newspaper A.jpg|1886 type III round frame open at top. File:Austria newspaper 1880.jpg|1880 ½ kr value. File:Austria Newspaper B.jpg|1899 2h value with varnish bars. File:Austria Newspaper C.jpg|1908 10h value. This design found on oddball papers like brown or cream are cutouts from newspaper wrappers. 

Newspaper tax
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World War I
Two regions were occupied by Italian forces during World War I. One was the area around Trentino in the Tyrol region in the Alps. The other was Venezia Giulia, an area around Trieste and points north, extending south down the Istrian coast.  File:Austria rego B.jpg File:Austria Venez Giulia.jpg File:Austria regno A.jpg File:Austria tridentina.jpg File:Austria Ital occup centisimi.jpg|1919 2c general issue. File:Austria ital occup corona.jpg|1919 1 corona general issue. 
 * In 1918, Austrian stamps were overprinted Regno d'Italia / Venezia Giulia / 3. XI. 18. Forgeries exist of the higher values.
 * Italian stamps were also overprinted with Venezia Giulia, including one special delivery stamp and several postage dues.
 * 2 values surcharged in heller were released.
 * Also in 1918, Austrian stamps were overprinted Regno d'Italia / Trentino / 3. nov. 18. Forgeries exist of all values.
 * Italian stamps were also overprinted with Venezia Tridentina, including several postage dues.
 * 3 of those values were surcharged in heller.
 * In 1919, general/common issues for both regions were released, with surcharges on Italian stamps in centesimi di corona or corona. This included a special delivery stamp and a group of postage dues.
 * Both regions were annexed by Italy in 1919.

World War II
Beginning in June 1945, Austria was divided into Russian, American, British and French occupation zones.  File:Austria diag hitler head ovpt.jpg File:Austria lines overprint.jpg File:Austria 50g eagle.jpg|1945 50pf eagle. 
 * In the Russian zone, Hitler head issues were overprinted by 4 different style of overprint reading Österreich. All are known commonly forged.
 * 4 German stamps were surcharged ÖSTERREICH for use in the Russian Zone.
 * In July 1945, eagle designs inscribed REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH were released.
 * In September 1945, a 1+10RM semipostal was released.
 * Meanwhile, the other Allies issued a posthorn series.

Postage due
It appears few people in Austria ever prepaid their letters or the state stamp printers were very bored.  File:Austria kreuzer due.jpg|1894 5 kreuzer value. File:Austria brown heller due.jpg|1900 3h value. File:Austria red due.jpg|1910 4h value. File:Austria Jubilee due.jpg|1915 1h PORTO overprint. File:Austria 20h square due.jpg|1916 20h value. File:Austria FJ PORTO.jpg|1917 PORTO surcharge. 
 * In 1894-95, small postage due stamps were issued in kreuzer. There are various perfs.
 * In 1899-1900, the same designs were issued in heller, imperf and perf.
 * In 1910-13, square designs in red were released. These are only inscribe PORTO ("postage due").
 * In 1915, two jubilee stamps were overprinted or surcharged PORTO.
 * In 1916, new square designs were released with krone values in a larger size. These are inscribed KAISERLICHE KÖNIGLICHE / ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST
 * In 1917, then-current definitives were surcharged PORTO.

 File:Austria square round due.jpg|1920 30h value. File:Austria 5k hig val due.jpg|1920 5k value. File:Austria 20k pale blue.jpg|1922 20k value. File:Austria 20h tall due.jpg|1922 20k value. File:Austria 200k purp due.jpg|1922 200k value. File:Austria small eagle.jpg|1935 1s value. 
 * In 1919, the dues from 1916 were overprinted Deutschösterreich.
 * In 1920-21, new dues inscribed Deutschösterreich were released, again with the krone values in larger size.
 * In 1921, a single 15h definitive was overprinted Nachmarke / 7½K for use as a postage due. All examples are on thin brownish gray card.
 * In 1922, new square art nouveau-type designs following the definitive series were released.
 * In 1922-24, new designs in different sizes were issued.
 * In 1925-34, very small designs with large numerals were issued.
 * In 1935, designs in similar sizes except with a double eagle were issued.

 File:Austria PORTO.jpg|1946 1s due overprinted on Allied military government stamp. File:Austria Grosch due.jpg|1947 40g value. File:Austria foliate due.jpg|1949 10g value. File:Austria 80s postage.jpg|1986 3s value. 
 * In 1945, square designs returned, inscribed REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH and with an eagle featured.
 * In 1946, occupation stamps were overprinted PORTO.
 * In 1947, designs similar to the 1894-95 dues was released, except they were denominated in groschen.
 * In 1949-57, new designs were issued.
 * Beginning in 1985, starburst designs were released, also inscribed NACHGEBUHR.
 * The last postage dues were released in 1989.

Special handling
Special handling was for printed matter.  File:Austria triangle spec han.jpg|1916 2h value. File:Austria spec hand green.jpg|1917 5h value. File:Austria Spec hand Deutsch.jpg|1919 5h overprint. File:Austria 1922 spec han.jpg|1922 issue. </Gallery>
 * In 1916, triangular special handling stamps were issued.
 * In 1917, small horizontal designs were issued. Several perf varieties exist.
 * In 1919, the previous issue was overprinted Deutschösterreich.
 * In 1921, a 50h surcharge was released.
 * In 1922, a new 50h design like the then-current definitives was issued.

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