Postage Stamps of Austria

by Tony Clayton

First Republic

1925 Definitives <<-- : -->> 1928 Issue

1926 Child Welfare Issue

Issued on 8th March 1926, this issue shows scenes from the Nibelung Legends.
Being recess printed, and because the paper was dampened and dried and could be put into the press in both orientations, the stamps occur in both wide and tall formats because the paper shrunk. The wide versions are scarcer than the tall, with the 20+5g wide being very scarce and the 3+2g wide extremely rare if it exists at all. These stamps are line perf.12½.

3+2 groschen sepia.
SG 636. Siegfried and the Dragon.

8+2 groschen indigo, tall.
SG 637. Gunther's voyage.

8+2 groschen indigo, wide.
SG 637.

15g
15+5 groschen lake.
SG 638. Kreimhild and Brunhild
20g
20+5 groschen olive-green.
SG 639. Hagen and the Rhine Maidens.

24g
24+6 groschen violet.
SG 640. Rüdiger and the Nibelungs.
40g
40+10 groschen red-brown.
SG 641. Dietrich's fight with Hagen.

1925 Definitives <<-- : -->> 1928 Issue

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v2 20th March 2020

15+5 groschen lake. SG 638. Kreimhild and Brunhild	20+5 groschen olive-green. SG 639. Hagen and the Rhine Maidens.
24+6 groschen violet. SG 640. Rüdiger and the Nibelungs.	40+10 groschen red-brown. SG 641. Dietrich's fight with Hagen.