Stamp Desk / Emperors and queens
Austria, 1908 (30 heller, young Franz Joseph)
A young officer in uniform, with a Latin name beside him.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST around the portrait and a value in heller: Austria.
- 1KAISERLICHE KÖNIGLICHE
- 2ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST
- 330 HELLER 30
- Inscription
- KAISERLICHE KÖNIGLICHE ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST · FRANCISCVS IOSEPHVS I · 30 HELLER 30
- Meaning
- “Imperial-Royal Austrian Post”; FRANCISCVS IOSEPHVS is Franz Joseph in Latin.
- Issued by
- Austria (Austria-Hungary)
- Today
- Austria
- Year
- 1908. Issued 1908 for the 60th year of Franz Joseph’s reign.
- Made by
- Koloman Moser (designer, died 1918); Ferdinand Schirnböck (engraver, died 1930)
One fact
This 1908 jubilee stamp shows Franz Joseph young, as he was when he came to the throne in 1848, with his name in Latin.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Every named creator died more than 70 years ago: Koloman Moser (died 1918), Ferdinand Schirnböck (died 1930). Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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