SG1 Sc1
Commemorative
60th anniversary of Emperor
Franz Joseph I's accession
1908 SG189 Sc110
1918 SG296 Sc-C1
1k50 o/p on SG242 Sc160
War charity funds
1914 SG240 Sc-B1
1894 SG-D63 Sc-J1
Newspaper stamp
1851 SG-N11b Sc-P1
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Commemorative |
Airmail 1918 SG296 Sc-C1 1k50 o/p on SG242 Sc160 |
Charity War charity funds 1914 SG240 Sc-B1 |
Post Due 1894 SG-D63 Sc-J1 |
World's First Newspaper stamp 1851 SG-N11b Sc-P1 |
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| first real airmail 1922 SG546 Sc-C4 |
Centenary commemorative 1950 SG1210 Sc572 |
Austria's first issue was on 1st June 1850, celebrated in a centenary commemorative, right, which illustrates the coat of arms design rather better than the pale yellow first issue [the stamp is much paler than the scan]. Austria's philatelic innovation was the world's first newspaper stamp in 1851.
Austria's first real airmail was issued in 1922
See also Austria-Hungary and Hungary.
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Austria simultaneously issued a stamp for northern Italy, which was then part of the Austrian empire, but was gradually annexed to Italian states over following decades.