1939 Austria issued the first postal card with an imprinted stamp

Listed in: Stamps > Germany > Third Reich (1933-1945)

CST / Beijing	Mar 05, 2021 02:46 AM
CEST / Berlin	Mar 04, 2021 07:46 PM
CDT / Chicago	Mar 04, 2021 12:46 PM
MSK / Moscow	Mar 04, 2021 09:46 PM
MDT / Denver	Mar 04, 2021 11:46 AM
EDT / New York	Mar 04, 2021 01:46 PM

Ended on Mar 4, 2021 PST

1939 Austria issued the first postal card with an imprinted stamp

Lot 555

Austria issued the first postal card with an imprinted stamp on 1 October 1869.
To commemorate its 70th anniversary, the above card was prepared for a planned exhibition to be held in Berlin. The exhibition, however, was cancelled because of war preparations. Consequently, the card was never formally issued, but a quantity was stolen from the State Printing Works in Wien after World War II by looters, and specimens thus came into the hands of collectors. The card was valued at 70 marks ($42) in the 1997 edition of the Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Deutschland. This one was purchased via an Internet auction from a private individual for $3.75 in 1999.

Type: Postal History, Postcard

Condition: Mint

Period: 1920-1939

Contact seller
All items of auction
View all images

Sold For

Bids

Sold

All images of the Item

1933-45 Third Reich Propaganda & Postal History, Part II - Specialized Auction #13

Live Auction

15% Buyers Premium

436 items listed

Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035

1933-45 Third Reich Germany Propaganda auction in 3 parts. More than 1,000 items of German propaganda. Highly specialized auction with many rare and valuable postcards, covers, souvenir sheets, posters, documents, and more. High value and low starting prices.

Auction Terms of Sale

Bid Increment is minimum amount an auction bid must be raised each time the current highest bid is surpassed. The increment is determined by the value of the most recent bid.

The table shows the amount of bid increments in the current auction.