Classical Stamps

Issued 1863/64 the wide-perforated set (2 & 3 Kr. missing)
was printed from mid-1864 onwards on paper with the sheet-
watermark "BRIEF-MARKEN."

 

The same set in Soldi-currency (2,3,5,10,15 Soldi) was issued
in 1864.
For use in Venetia and the Levante.
Stamps with Levante cancellation are slightly more worth than
used in Venetia.

 

In February 1867 Hungary became a kingdom,seperated from
the Empire of Austria.However,Emperor Franz Josef was also
the King of Hungary.
A new definitive series was issued,with no inscription,so it
would not favour any language.
The values expressed in kr. served both languages:
Kreuzer in German and Krajczár in Hungarian.

issued on June 1st,1967
On Sept.1st,1967 two additional values 25 and 50 Kr. were
issued,what I do not have.
The above stamps are of coarse printing.
This was the last common issue for Austria and Hungary.
In 1871 Hungary started issuing her own seperate stamps.
(see my posting 35 in this thread)

 

in 1874 the printing-methode was changed.Before felt was used
for as printing-underlay.Now they used paper.That resulted in
finer prints.The plates were not altered or changed !
Again I have no 25 and 50 Kreuzer.
The fine prints were valid and used in Austria only.

 

1866 Venetia was ceded to Italy.Later issues in Soldi - currency
were for use in the Levante only.

The 1867 set contained further values of 2,3,25 and 50 Soldi
in coarse print.

 

The fine print stamps came into use between 1875 and 1883.
I have the 5 Soldi only.The other vaues are 2,3,10,15 and 25 Soldi.

 

The scan shows nicely the coarse printed stamp on the left
and the fine print on the right.
However not all stamps show the characteristics so well !

 

The last stamp of the classical periode,issued June 1st,1867.
Of course one could argue that the next following stamp,the
1/2 Kreuzer Newspaper-Stamp looks nearly the same as the
1 Kr. shown here.But it was issued in 1880.So I think,it is a
reasonable idea,to make the break between these two.

This stamp was printed onwards till 1884 and was valid till 1900.
So many different types,coarse and fine prints,with or without
watermark exist.
As it was at the end of the classical periode,when stamp-collecting
became popular,many stamps have survived,so that the basic
types are well affordable.More than two billions were printed.

You may have noticed,that I did not show the Newspaper Stamps
from 1858/59,1861 and 1863.
The last one is not expensive,but I just don´t own it.
The ones from 1858,1859 and 1861 are pricey,and may well
cost more than cat.-value,if in a nice colour and shape.
They also were printed in rather big numbers 12 millions the
1858 one,80 millions the one from 1859 and 90 millions the
one from 1861.However the same happened as with the Mercuries:
very few of them survived.

 

Milan,by no means it is something like a misuse ! Quite to the
contrary,I am glad if this thread is not a one man show !
I must admit,that I know very little about the stamps of Serbia.
Only one I own,shown in my post no.28 in this thread.
I had a look at Michel and found that the two stamps you
have shown,are part of a very interesting set.
Michel lists five different major prints,each with a wealth of
different perforations.

 

Just 3 stamps I own of Sicily,part of the Kingdom of the Two
Sicilies.But then,according to Michel only seven stamps in total
(Scott makes it nine) were issued,before Garribaldis troops
conquered the kingdom in 1860 and incorporated it into the
new Kingdom of Italy.

The stamps,issued on Jan.1st,1859,were valid till July 17th,1860.
They show King Ferdinand II,whos reign of more than 28 years
was one of corruption and terror that ended with his dead in 1859.
But the stamps were great !

 

The Kingdom of Naples was situated on the mainland of southern
Italy.It was the "other" part of the Kindom of the Two Sicilies.
Seven stamps were issued on Jan.1st,1858.
Two more rare and expensive stamps were issued after the
abolition of the monarchy in Nov. and Dec. 1860,before the
incorporated into the new united Italy.

 

As the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies had a different currency
than the rest of Italy (1 Ducata = 100 Grana = 200 Tornesi)
(1 Ducata was equivalent to 4.24 Italian Lire),eight seperate
stamps with the portrait of King Victor Emanuel II. were issued
in Feb./May 1861.

this is the lone one,I have

 

Milan,
I am not quite sure,what you mean with No.1951.
My guess is that you misstyped for 1851.
However the shown stamp is from 1858.
But anyway,I am glad to oblige and will show my danish classical
stamps next,hopefully this weekend.
But please do not overestimate the depth of my collection !
I have few stamps only,missing all the expensive ones.

Werner

 

In my opinion (I am quite sure being right) the shown stamps
are of the overprint type VI.
They were issued between April 1876 to May 1877.

 

Milan,
I cannot really say,whether your stamp is Scott 7a or 7b.
Perhaps the watermark might help.But as the difference between
Wmk.111 and 112 is not really striking.It still might leave you guessing.
However it looks to me,that the colour of your stamp is a light
brown.Scott names it yellow-brown,while Michel calls it orange-
brown.So if the scan is true-coloured,my best guess is 7a.
However 7a can also be dark-brown,like 7b is.And I guess
different tones will exist.