Help With Austria WWI Issues?

I haven't yet received my copy of Michel for Austria, so I'm still relying here on my copy of Scott's Classic Specialized, which is confusing me. Hope someone can help with the following.

Scott says that in 1916 Austria began "Wartime Printings on Grayish Paper." A few values of the Jubilee Issue appeared that way (SC #122c-126a). The subsequent Crown/Emperor/Coat of Arms series was also issued in 1916 (SC #145-163). Clearly again a wartime printing, but all my copies of the lower values (3h-1k, SC #145-159) are on what seems to be ordinary white paper.



My copies of the higher values (2k-10k) are on an altogether different sort of paper.



In 1917 these same higher values were reissued on what Scott calls "Ordinary Paper" (SC #164-7), followed by a second reissue in 1918, this time on "Granite Paper" (SC #172-5). My higher value stamps above don't appear to be granite paper. At least I don't see any of the colored fibers that are typically obvious. Indeed, these stamps look to be on paper that's simply colored, though Scott says nothing about that. So are my four higher values: wartime grayish, ordinary, granite, or what?

First of all they were all wartime issues
When the first issue came out in September 1916,
WWI had been raging for 2 years.

The Austria Netto Katalog mentions 3 issues for the high values.

1916 Dark colours

1917 Light colours

1917/19 Light colours on granite paper

Your 2 and 3 Kronen look like the first issue.

Thank you, lithograving. Again we see the importance of A) specialized sources, especially those of the country at issue, and B) this forum, where knowledgeable people are so willing to share their knowledge. So glad it's up and running again.

Yes I'm also glad that the site is up and running again.
Thanks to Bobby,Don and all the mods.

Here is a snip from the 2014/15 Austria Netto Spezialkatolog

The images in the scan are very poor and do not show
the differences in the paper.

So, it seems that, except for the third issue on granite paper, the color or quality of the paper isn't the criterion for distinguishing amongst the series. All three are on wartime paper, irrespective of color. The criterion, especially for the first two issues, is the color of the face: dark or bright. Hope I've got it now.

And I'm already searching for a used copy of Netto for Austria. One question, two things I've learned. Thanks again!

EMaxim, glad I could be of help.

Make sure you get the ANK Österreich Spezialkatalog.
Not the cheaper Standardkatalog