As a newbie who has recently inherited a large quantity of stamps I'm frequently running into things I don't understand. I have just found this Austrian Stamp (1883 Coat of Arms with Inscriptions in Black) that appears to be printed directly onto card (the cover?). I'd be really pleased to get any explanation of what it is. Thanks.
I'm think it's a news paper stamps (Zeitungs-Marken) the real stamps ( brief-Marken) will be 1883 but the news paper 1890. But many time those are stationary, it's a stamp printed directly on an envelope, a post card, or others usage paper ( like a money order as exemple )
As area66 originally posted, it is postal stationery. It is from a postal stationery card (Korrespondenz-Karte) with the stamp printed on the card. Some countries, UK for instance, allowed their printed stamp to be cut out and used to pay postage on other letters etc. Yours come directly from a used postal card.
The US post office sells pre-printed, pre-paid postcards as well. If cut from the postcard, the "stamp" will appear to be printed on cardboard. Most larger countries have sold postcards like this since the 19th century and WW collectors will run across them from time to time.
This cut square could be from any number of Austrian postal cards from the 1883-1890 period. Several of these postal cards were issued in 8 different varieties - for 8 different regions/languages. Because it is a cut square, it is impossible to know what particular card this was. However, it was used in Karlsbad, Bohemia.
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Posted 02/26/2016 07:25 am
