What Stamp Is This...???

Hi guys...Is this a German stamp...???

German-Austria 1920, newspaper stamp, Sc P29 value = 20c

Sorry forgot, listed under Austria

Thank you lithograving....I got a bunch of these mint stamps, but did not know where they came from....Thanks again

In 1919, Austrian stamps began being inscribed 'Deutsch-Osterreich.' This is because it was an understanding of both the German and Austrian governments of the day that Austria would become part of Germany in the immediate future. At this stage, Austria did not think it could have a viable existence as a separate entity and saw its future as bound up with that of the rest of the German nation.

However, the nasty Allies forbade this and imposed 'independence' (sic) on Austria under the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. As Alexander Cadogan of the British Foreign Office admitted in an entry in his private diaries that he made at the time of the Anschluss in 1938, England had only insisted on Austrian 'independence' to spite Germany.

Once it was realised that Austria would never be allowed to become part of Germany, the decision was made to remove the 'Deutsch' in 1922; stamps inscribed 'Deutsch-Oesterreich' were declared invalid. (This is why so many mint copies of all but the very highest values are in existence.)

In an important sequel, Austria and Germany tried to form a customs union in 1931. Even this was too much for the French, and they precipitated the banking crash that made the Depression far worse in Germany and Austria than anywhere else in Europe as a kind of punishment.

wert,
your stamp is wearing a petasos, a sun hat the ancient Greeks
were wearing. It was considered characteristic of rural people.

He is Mercury. For some reason (one which I'm sure someone here knows ) was a common presence on Austrias newspaper stamps.



This one's a little worse for wear.

mercury .....messenger of God...started being used in
austria as early as 1850.
recent auction for red mercury $40,000

builderr...$40,000.00 for a red mercury....I have not looked at these type of stamps in my collection for years....Going to see if I have one (ha,ha)...Wish me luck.

Hope you find one wert...
I'm keeping my fingers crossed..