Stamps and Stories Great Britain, Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia to 1945

Postage stamps

Austrian Post in Crete · 36 stamps

What do the value dots mean?Common< 5Low5 – 50Medium50 – 500High500 – 5 000Exceptional5 000 +left column mint, right column used · USD, catalogue

1903

1903–1904 Austrian Postage Stamps Surcharged

Watermark
None
Perforation
13½ x 13

Austria ran post offices on Crete at Candia (Heraklion), Canea (Chania) and Rettimo (Rethymno) from 1890 to 1914. To compete with the French offices, it overprinted its stamps in French currency in 1903 – from 5 centimes to 4 francs.

Sources

Sources: Wikipedia: Austrian post offices in Crete

No. 1
1
No. 2
2
No. 3
3
No. 4
4
No. 5
5
No. 6
6
No. 7
7
SWTypeValueColourDescriptionMintUsed
1A5C/Hgreenish grey/black
1A*A15C/Hgreenish grey/blackPerf: 13 x 12½
2A210C/Hcarmine/black
3A325C/Hultramarine/black
3A*A425C/Hultramarine/blackPerf: 13 x 12½
4A550C/Hgreyish blue/black
4A*A650C/Hgreyish blue/blackPerf: 13 x 12½
5B1Fr/Krcarmine rose
6B12Fr/Krgreyish violet
7B24Fr/Krgreyish green
1‑7Set (* Stamp not included in this set)

1904

1904 Austrian Postage Stamps Surcharged - With Varnish Bars

Issued
November
Watermark
None
Perforation
13 x 13½
No. 8
8
No. 9
9
No. 10
10
No. 11
11
SWTypeValueColourDescriptionMintUsed
8C5C/Hgreenish grey
8A*C15C/Hgreenish greyPerf: 13 x 12½
9D10C/Hcarmine/black
10D125C/Hultramarine/black
10A*D225C/Hultramarine/blackPerf: 13 x 12½
11E50C/Hgreyish blue
11A*E150C/Hgreyish bluePerf: 13 x 12½
8‑11Set (* Stamp not included in this set)

1906

1906 Austrian Postage Stamps Surcharged - Without Varnish Bars

Watermark
None
Perforation
12½-13½
No. 12
12
No. 13
13
SWTypeValueColourMintUsed
12F5C/Hgreenish grey
13F110C/Hcarmine/black
12‑13

1907

1907 Austrian Postage Stamps Surcharged

Watermark
None
Perforation
13 x 12½
Sheet size
50
No. 14
14
No. 15
15
No. 16
16
SWTypeValueColourMintUsed
14G5C/Hgreen
15G110C/Hcarmine red
16G215Cviolet/black
14‑16

1908

1908 Emperor Franz Joseph

Issued
15. July
Watermark
None
Perforation
12½
Design
Koloman Moser
Engraver
Ferdinand Schirnböck

Until 1908 the Austrian offices on Crete used Austrian stamps surcharged in French currency. In 1908 they got their first stamps printed directly in centimes and francs – with Franz Joseph's portrait, in designs similar to the Austrian set for the 60th anniversary of his accession, designed by Koloman Moser.

Read more

They were also valid at the Austrian offices in the Levant; the Cretan offices closed in 1914.

Sources: Wikipedia: Austrian post offices in Crete, Wikipedia (de): Postgeschichte und Briefmarken von Österreich, Belvedere, Koloman Moser – Werkverzeichnis: Briefmarkenserie 60. Regierungsjubiläum Kaiser Franz Joseph I.

No. 17
17
No. 18
18
No. 19
19
No. 20
20
No. 21
21
No. 22
22
SWTypeValueColourMintUsed
17H5Cgreen
18H110Cred
19H215Cdark brown
20H325Cdark blue
21I50Cred
22I11Frbrownish
17‑22

1914

1914 Emperor Franz Joseph - Coloured Paper

Watermark
None
Perforation
12½
No. 23
23
No. 24
24
SWTypeValueColourMintUsed
23H410Ccarmine
24H525Cultramarine
23‑24