Austria - Stamp Auctions

The Austrian Empire issued its first adhesive postage stamps on June 1, 1850. The stamps featured the Imperial arms and were issued in five denominations.
The complete sheets included 60 stamp impressions and four blank positions with St. Andrew's Cross printed on them. These four positions are very rare and bring high prices at stamp auctions.
Later issues featured a profile portrait of emperor Franz Josef I. In all 12 different issues were printed until the end of wwI.
At the end of the war the first "German Austria" stamps appeared in December 1918. Beginning in 1922, all issues of Austrian First Republic stamps were inscribed "Österreich".
In April 1938, the Republic of Austria was annexed by Germany, and became the state of Ostmark within Greater Germany. From that time, until the collapse of the Third Reich in early 1945, German stamps were used.
The Second Republic of Austria stamps officially appeared in November 1945, and were valid throughout the country and all the Allied Occupation zones. Austrian stamps and postal history items are very popular collecting areas as well as Austro-Hungary, Austrian offices in the Ottoman Empire.
 

Lot 28280 - Austria 1866 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

Danube Steamship Company group inc 10k green, 10k red, 10k violet & 17k red. Unused (4) {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £64.00)

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Austria 1866
Price: £ 80.00

Lot 2201 - Austria 1911-33 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

WIPA various advertising labels for the 1911/1933 WIPA Philatelic Exhibitions. (33) {L} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)

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Austria 1911-33
Price: £ 22.00
Lot 2156 - Austria 1952 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

Lot 2156 - Austria 1952 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

1952 Games and 1952 Stamp Day f.u. Cat £76 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £22.40)

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Austria 1952
Price: £ 28.00

Lot 2160 - Austria 1954 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

Small but Superb u.m. collection on 1 stock card - SG1255-1263 and SG1265-1268. (13) Cat £93 {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £51.20)

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Austria 1954
Price: £ 64.00

Lot 2158 - Austria 1952-53 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

A fresh commem group with Olympics 2s40+60g unmounted mint, 1952 Stamp Day mint with tiny trace of gum disturbance, then unmounted mint 1952 Catholics Day & 1953 Evangelical School rebuilding set of 5. Very fine(8) Cat £123 {UM} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £30.40)

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Austria 1952-53
Price: £ 38.00
Lot 2152 - Austria 1951 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

Lot 2152 - Austria 1951 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

Reconstruction set f.u. (4) Cat £90 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £28.80)

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Austria 1951
Price: £ 36.00

Lot 2154 - Austria 1952 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

Small but Superb u.m. collection on 1 stock card - SG1234-1235 and SG1237-1241. (7) Cat £112 {UM} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £62.40)

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Austria 1952
Price: £ 78.00

Lot 2159 - Austria 1953 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

Small but Superb u.m. collection on 1 Leuchtturm album page - SG1242-1252. (11) Cat £111 {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.80)

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Austria 1953
Price: £ 76.00

Lot 2155 - Austria 1952 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

Sixth Winter Olympic Games, Oslo. 2s.40+60g Deep Blue-Green, superb u.m. Cat £41 {UM} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £22.40)

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Austria 1952
Price: £ 28.00

Lot 2153 - Austria 1951-61 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 96

A mint & used collection on leaves from 1951 Renner to 1961 Freedom Martyrs. Useful values include 1952 Winter Olympics mint, 1s + 25g Catholics Day mint, 1954 Health Service set & Stamp Day u.m., 1955 10th Anniversary set fine used, 1958 Buildings x 14 u {MX} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £56.80)

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Austria 1951-61
Price: £ 71.00