Stamp Desk / Emperors and queens
Austria, 1910 (25 heller, Franz Joseph)
An old emperor’s profile, almost hidden by a dark round postmark.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST around the picture and a value in heller or kronen: Austria.
- 1KAISERLICHE KÖNIGLICHE (under the postmark)
- 2ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST
- 325 HELLER 25
- Inscription
- 1830 · KAISERLICHE KÖNIGLICHE ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST · 25 HELLER 25 · 1910
- Meaning
- “Imperial-Royal Austrian Post”; heller and kronen were Austria’s money, 100 heller to the krone.
- Issued by
- Austria (Austria-Hungary)
- Today
- Austria
- Year
- 1910. Issued in 1910 for Franz Joseph’s 80th birthday (the years 1830 and 1910 on the stamp).
- Made by
- Koloman Moser (designer, died 1918); Ferdinand Schirnböck (engraver, died 1930)
One fact
The 25 heller of 1910 shows Franz Joseph himself, who turned 80 that year; this one was postmarked at Meiselding in Carinthia.
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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