Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Austria















I'm currently adding a lot of Austrian stamps to the website. I particularly like this country's stamps - the earlier ones are a little dull but give an insight into the country's troubled history (end of Empire, inflation, incorporation into the Third Reich etc), more recent material includes some unusual issues (ceramic, plastic, embroidered etc). Most commemorative issues are just a single stamp and certainly a collection of modern issues could be put together fairly cheaply.