Austria, 1908 (25 heller, blue)
An old emperor with white side whiskers in profile, under a heavy postmark.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST around the portrait (partly under the postmark) and a value in heller: Austria.
- 1KAISERLICHE KÖNIGLICHE: imperial and royal
- 2ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST
- 3HELLER
- Inscription
- KAISERLICHE KÖNIGLICHE ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST · 25 HELLER 25
- Meaning
- “Imperial-Royal Austrian Post”; the heller was the small coin of the Austrian krone.
- Issued by
- Austria (Austria-Hungary)
- Today
- Austria
- Year
- 1908. Issued 1908 for the 60th year of Franz Joseph’s reign.
- Made by
- Koloman Moser (design, died 1918); Ferdinand Schirnböck (engraving, died 1930)
One fact
Koloman Moser designed the 1908 jubilee series for the sixtieth year of Franz Joseph’s reign; Ferdinand Schirnböck engraved it.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Designer Koloman Moser died 1918, engraver Ferdinand Schirnböck died 1930. The Commons file carries only PD-self, the uploader’s release of the scan; the design itself is out of copyright because both creators died more than 70 years ago. 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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