Postage Stamps of Austria

by Tony Clayton

Austrian Empire

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Second Issues, 1858-1859

There was a change in currency in 1858, with 100 (new) kreuzer to 1 gulden (previously there were 60 kreuzer to 1 gulden).

The 2k comes in two types differing in the shape of the figure 2. The remaining values had a change in the head in 1859, with the bow at the back initially looking like a 3 changing to looking like an 8, and the hair at the top (actually part of a laurel wreath) becoming markedly spikier.

2 kreuzer yellow, Type I SG 22.	False colour image showing the thick and flat base of the 2
2 kreuzer yellow, Type II SG 22a.	False colour image showing the curved base of the 2
3 kreuzer black, Type I, 1887 SG 23.	3 kreuzer black, Type II, 1887 SG 23a.

3 kreuzer green, Type II, 1887 reprint as SG 24.

5 kreuzer red, Type I SG 25.	5 kreuzer red, Type II SG 25a.
10 kreuzer brown, Type I SG 26.	10 kreuzer brown, Type II SG 26a.
15 kreuzer blue, Type I SG 27.	15 kreuzer blue, Type II SG 27a.

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