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Austria, Offices abroad
Austria - Austria-Hungary - Offices in Crete - Offices in the Turkish Empire - Lombardy-Venetia
Offices in the Turkish Empire
1st June 1867
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| Sc #1, orange | Sc #1a, yellow |
Perforated 9½, watermark BRIEF-MARKEN, coarse print, typographed.
Printed by Vienna State Printing Works.
| Description | Scott# | SG# | Mi# | Y&T# | Notes |
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| 2 soldi orange | 1 | 1 | SG "yellow to orange" | ||
| 2 sld yellow | 1a | ||||
| Sc2-7 other values with colour and shade variations. | |||||
Offices in Crete
1903
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| 1903 SC1-7 | xxx |
| Description | Date † | Scott ‡ | SG | Mi | Y&T | |
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| Stamps of Austria surcharged in black, perf 12½, 13½ | ||||||
| 5 centimes on 5 heller blue | 1 | F1 | ||||
| 10c on 10c rose | 2 | F2 | ||||
| 25c on 25h ultra | 3 | F3 | ||||
| 50c on 50h grey | 4 | F4 | ||||
| 1 franc on 1 krone carmine rose | 5 | F5 | ||||
| 2f on 2k grey-lilac | 1904 | 6 | F6 | |||
| 4f on 4k green | 1904 | 7 | F7 | |||
† Year of issue, where other than 1903.
‡ Scott notes numerous perf variants.
Gibbons [2] states that although stamps surcharged in French denominations are generally regarded as for use in Crete, they were sold and used in many offices in the Turkish Empire.