1922, Symbolic hammer & tongs AUSTRIA 2 kronen

Symbolic subjects AUSTRIA  1922

1922, Symbolic hammer & tongs AUSTRIA 2 kronen

Text:                                            2 kronen Austria
Condition:                                 Ø = used

Title:                                            Symbolic representations

Face value:                                2

Country/area:                          AustriaIcon-information

Year:                                            1922

Set:                                               1922 Symbolische voorstellingen (OOS 51)

Stamp number in set:           3

Basic colour:                            Blue

Colors:                                        Green blue

Face value:                               2kr

Perforation:                             comb 12½

Usage:                                         Definitive

Type:                                           Stamp

Print run:                                  14,640,000

Michel number:                      362

Catalog codes:                        Mi: AT 362, Yt: AT 255

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The first issues of German Austria were overprints reading "Deutschösterreich" on stamps of the empire, issued beginning in December 1918.

In 1919 the republic issued new designs; a post horn, the coat of arms, a kneeling man representing the new republic, and the Parliament building, all done in a vaguely Art Nouveau style, and inscribed "DEUTSCHÖSTERREICH" ("ÖSTERREICH" appeared in 1922).

However, Austria was caught in the hyperinflation of the early 1920s, and was forced to print new stamps in ever-increasing denominations, topping out at a 10,000 kroner value in 1924. (Even so, Austria was still better off than neighbor Germany, who was issuing stamps of 50 milliard (!) marks at the time.)