Emperor Franz Joseph I 

Emperor Franz Joseph I
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Emperor Franz Joseph I

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
245727
Area
Stamps
Title
Emperor Franz Joseph I
Face value
5
Country / area
Austria
Year
1901
Month
Day
Issue group
1901 Keizer Frans Jozef I
Order Number in Issue
4
Basic colour
Black, Green
Exact colour
Black, Green blue
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Emperors, Heads of State
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916)
Item subject
Michel number
87 A
Yvert number
68a
Scott number
73a
Stanley Gibbons number
141 141b
ANK number
87
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Österreichische Staatsdruckerei [Wenen, Oostenrijk] (Austrian State Printing House)
Perforation
13 : 13½
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Typography
Paper
Silk or Granite paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item has diagonal bars of shiny varnish and is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: blackish green-blue/black 87 A (comb perforation 13:12½) or 87 B (comb perforation 13:13½); Yvert & Tellier: blue-green/black 68a (perforation 13: 12½ or 13: 13½; Stanley Gibbons: blue-green/black 141 (comb perforation 13: 12½) or 141b (comb perforation 13:13½); Scott: blackish green-blue/black 73a (perforation 13:12½ or 13: 13½); Austria Netto Katalog: 87. Width between the diagonal bars varies from 4,50 mm (1901) to 5,25 mm (1902) and to 7,25 mm (1903).