Austria: 1948-52 Women's Costumes - Getting There!

I have finally mounted the 1948-52 Women's Costumes acquired over the years. Just 6 more to complete the basic set of 37 in nice used condition (and more batches of Austria are in the mail). I always liked these stamps as a childhood collector.

Rod222 called the 3g Tyrol Girl of 1950 "the world's rarest common stamp" in this thread:

https://goscf.com/t/7658#7658

Of course I do not have it yet...

Here are my pages. I decided to sort them by year.










I scanned them in their plastic sleeves, that makes for the slight blurry look some places.

...and some close-ups; lovely simple designs!

Nice work BC.

I also like that set and they are probably some of the
first stamps I collected.

I'm basically missing the lowest and highest denomination.

Is that a hinge mark on the page for the 3 groschen?

You are very observant Litho! I accidentally put the 50g there and then removed it and put it in it's proper place.

As for the high value block, it was a lucky find in a cheap lot, I previously posted here:

https://goscf.com/t/14443#14443

I have done exactly the same thing, leaving hinge marks or mounts on the pages.

I also remember collecting some of these during my childhood. Brings back very fond memories. Lovely collection you have of them.

I'm a big fan of including blocks, and customizing the pages for them. Very sharp.

Me too (obviously!) especially when fine used

Vienna 1850??? (see Scan 3)

BeeSee, I have loads of these stamps in a bag somewhere. As I don't collect this series, I'll have a look and see if I have any that you don't have yet.

UPDATE: I have the four highest values (90g brownish violet, 1s rose red, 2.70 brown, and 4.50 brownish violet). If you're interested, perhaps we could arrange a swap.

Sigh, whenever I think I have a great page
someone comes along with a better one,
Nice work BeeSee, I envy your computer drafting skills.

Very nice to see a collector who uses "used" stamps,
I really dig the cancellations.

Is it me? or does anyone else feel all the girls
are the same model?
Do we have any news on the designer?

A nice octagonal pmk that may get Puzzler perspiring.

Rod, all I know about the designer is what you put here (from the Austrian Philatelic Society page):

https://goscf.com/t/7658&whichpage=2#69691

Jimjam, I would be happy to trade - what do you want in return? What do you mean by "Vienna 1850" in my third scan?

Hi, BeeSee. Underneath your block of 4, it seems to say 'Vienna 1850.' (I just realised that on each page there is one caption that reads in a similar manner, e.g., Vienna 1840, Lower Austria 1850.) I'm just wondering what it means.

These days I mainly collect Australian and New Zealand postmarks. Let me know if you have any you'd be willing to swap.

BTW I have 1 90g, 1 of the 1 schilling, 2 of the 2.70, and 8 of the 4.50.

1950 Tirol Pustertal....you welcome to it.

Jimjam, the captions are the regions (and sometimes date) where the costumes come from. I used the Scott translation from the tiny German text in the bottom center of each stamp.

I will check and see what I have in terms of Australian and New Zealand cancels - probably not much - I assume you are looking for circular date cancels.

Yes the Austrian Costume definitives is a very interesting issue.

Some of the values were reissued in 1958/59. Whereas the originals
of 1948-52 were printed On Toned Paper, with Glossy Yellowish Gum quoting Scott,
the reprints were On White Paper, with Flat White Gum

The designs of the 1958/59 reissue usually appear clearer & sharper due to finer photo screening.

Here are a few examples with the 1948 issues on the left








Scott-------------527------------------------------------------- 527a




Scott--------------547--------------------------------------------547a




Scott---------------554---------------------------------------------554a






Scott--------------555-----------------------------------------------555a






Most of the values also have an S in the design usually bottom right or left for the designer Josef Seger.

Edit: I'm trying to get the Scott numbers directly over the
proper stamp but it is not working