My Austrian-Hungarian Revenues

Finally, I get a day off after 60 nights in row at work, I made my first page for my Austrian-Revenues, more to come in the next day
( I do have to place the perforation line of text a little bit higgher next time )


I will put them on a website, the web don't have a lot of info on those revenues, especially with images, Even the book, Elder and Barefoot , don't have a lot of images. Mine are in colours

Here the fl page on 1885 . designed by Viennese painter Ernst Pebler

These high value stamps are total works of art. The discussion has been made elsewhere, but I personally think some revenue stamps are more aesthetically pleasing than regular postal stamps. Take a look at the "long" British Central Africa revenues, or Tati Concession revenues, for example. Simply beautiful. The true engraver's art.

Thanks Tim, wait to see the older issues, especially the one from Hungary they are way more beautiful


I will do those one next

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Wow. I had no idea. They truly are beautiful (the Hungary revenues too). Thanks for sharing your pages, area66.

Of course we have to include Lombardy Venetia to an Austrian-Hungarian collection

I do have some empty spaces, I started only 2 or 3 months ago to collect Austrian and Hungarian revenues

This is the Typo series, the Copper plate will fallow

here 2 more I did this morning 1877 complete

Here we go with 1888, look at the colours of the F values . Actually in person the 3 and 7 F are way better ( more yellow )

Very nice. I like your homemade pages. Are those open-top clear mounts? What kind/weight of paper are you using?

Thanks, Hungary,,,, this is Staples 29 pounds paper I guess, I place the pages in plastic protectors . I pay $ 11 for 200 protectors at Staples, that's good for insert 400 pages back to back. When I have enough pages I place them in a Unitrade 2 posts binders. So the pages are thins the protectors too, they stay flat open. Those pages are done at 100% since I have to measure each stamps to make the box, But usually I just mod Steiner's pages

The 2½ binders are $ 12 here in Canada, so the cost is $ 11 for 500 pages, $ 11 for 200 protectors and $ 12 for the binders. Someone can use hinges and save a lot.

Outstanding job area66, you've inspired me to try to make/print my own pages now & do a better job with mine.
Really great to see all the effort you put into these, & the finished items.
Respect.........Jad.

Thanks Jad, I show it already but here again, instead of punch all the protectors, I drill 4 holes in the plastic bars of the binders to adjust the posts with the holes I made spacer by cutting strips in Dollar Stores foam boards and then drill hole in them

That's clever - adjusting the binder rather than the inserts!
Really nice looking stuff Area66 - congratulations!