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Austrian Post in Crete · 36 stamps

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1903

1903–1904 Austrian Postage Stamps Surcharged

Watermark
None
Perforation
13½ x 13
About this issue

Austria ran post offices on Crete at Candia (Heraklion), Canea (Chania) and Rettimo (Rethymno) from 1890 to 1914. To compete with the French offices, it overprinted its stamps in French currency in 1903 – from 5 centimes to 4 francs.

Sources: Wikipedia: Austrian post offices in Crete

No. 1
1
No. 2
2
No. 3
3
No. 4
4
No. 5
5
No. 6
6
No. 7
7
SWTypeValueColourDescriptionPrintedMintUsed
1A5C/Hgreenish grey/black●○○○○●●○○○
1A*A15C/Hgreenish grey/blackPerf: 13 x 12½●●○○○●●●○○
2A210C/Hcarmine/black●○○○○●●○○○
3A325C/Hultramarine/black●●○○○●●○○○
3A*A425C/Hultramarine/blackPerf: 13 x 12½●●●○○●●●○○
4A550C/Hgreyish blue/black●●○○○●●●○○
4A*A650C/Hgreyish blue/blackPerf: 13 x 12½●●○○○●●●○○
5B1Fr/Krcarmine rose●○○○○●●●○○
6B12Fr/Krgreyish violet●●○○○●●●○○
7B24Fr/Krgreyish green●●○○○●●●●○
1‑7Set (* Stamp not included in this set)●●●○○●●●●○

1904

1904 Austrian Postage Stamps Surcharged - With Varnish Bars

Issued
November
Watermark
None
Perforation
13 x 13½
No. 8
8
No. 9
9
No. 10
10
No. 11
11
SWTypeValueColourDescriptionPrintedMintUsed
8C5C/Hgreenish grey●○○○○●●○○○
8A*C15C/Hgreenish greyPerf: 13 x 12½●●○○○●●●○○
9D10C/Hcarmine/black●●○○○●●●○○
10D125C/Hultramarine/black●●○○○●●●○○
10A*D225C/Hultramarine/blackPerf: 13 x 12½●○○○○●●●○○
11E50C/Hgreyish blue●○○○○●●●●○
11A*E150C/Hgreyish bluePerf: 13 x 12½●●○○○●●●●○
8‑11Set (* Stamp not included in this set)●●○○○●●●●○

1906

1906 Austrian Postage Stamps Surcharged - Without Varnish Bars

Watermark
None
Perforation
12½-13½
No. 12
12
No. 13
13
SWTypeValueColourDescriptionPrintedMintUsed
12F5C/Hgreenish grey●●●○○●●●○○
13F110C/Hcarmine/black●○○○○●●○○○
12‑13●●●○○●●●○○

1907

1907 Austrian Postage Stamps Surcharged

Watermark
None
Perforation
13 x 12½
Sheet size
50
No. 14
14
No. 15
15
No. 16
16
SWTypeValueColourDescriptionPrintedMintUsed
14G5C/Hgreen●○○○○●○○○○
15G110C/Hcarmine red●○○○○●●○○○
16G215Cviolet/black●○○○○●●○○○
14‑16●○○○○●●●○○

1908

1908 Emperor Franz Joseph

Issued
15. July
Watermark
None
Perforation
12½
Design
Koloman Moser
Engraver
Ferdinand Schirnböck
About this issue

Until 1908 the Austrian offices on Crete used Austrian stamps surcharged in French currency. In 1908 they got their first stamps printed directly in centimes and francs – with Franz Joseph's portrait, in designs similar to the Austrian set for the 60th anniversary of his accession, designed by Koloman Moser. They were also valid at the Austrian offices in the Levant; the Cretan offices closed in 1914.

Sources: Wikipedia: Austrian post offices in Crete, Wikipedia (de): Postgeschichte und Briefmarken von Österreich, Belvedere, Koloman Moser – Werkverzeichnis: Briefmarkenserie 60. Regierungsjubiläum Kaiser Franz Joseph I.

No. 17
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No. 18
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No. 19
19
No. 20
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No. 21
21
No. 22
22
SWTypeValueColourDescriptionPrintedMintUsed
17H5Cgreen●○○○○●○○○○
18H110Cred●○○○○●○○○○
19H215Cdark brown●○○○○●●○○○
20H325Cdark blue●●○○○●●○○○
21I50Cred●○○○○●●○○○
22I11Frbrownish●●○○○●●●○○
17‑22●●○○○●●●○○

1914

1914 Emperor Franz Joseph - Coloured Paper

Watermark
None
Perforation
12½
No. 23
23
No. 24
24
SWTypeValueColourDescriptionPrintedMintUsed
23H410Ccarmine●○○○○●●●●○
24H525Cultramarine●○○○○●●●○○
23‑24●○○○○●●●●○