Emperor Franz Joseph I 

Emperor Franz Joseph I
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Emperor Franz Joseph I

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
262979
Area
Stamps
Title
Emperor Franz Joseph I
Face value
25
Country / area
Austria
Year
1901
Month
Day
Issue group
1901 Keizer Frans Jozef I
Order Number in Issue
8
Basic colour
Black, Blue
Exact colour
Black, Grey ultramarine
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
91 A 91 B
Yvert number
72a
Scott number
77a
Stanley Gibbons number
145 145b
ANK number
91
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Österreichische Staatsdruckerei [Wenen, Oostenrijk] (Austrian State Printing House)
Perforation
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: grey-ultramarine/black 91 A (comb perforation 13:12½) or 91 B (comb perforation 13:13½); Yvert & Tellier: blue/black 72a (perforation 13: 12½ or 13: 13½; Stanley Gibbons: blue/black 145 (comb perforation 13: 12½) or 145b (comb perforation 13:13½); Scott: grey-ultramarine/black 77a (perforation 13:12½ or 13: 13½); Austria Netto Katalog: 91. Width between the diagonal bars varies from 4,50 mm (1901) to 5,25 mm (1902) and to 7,25 mm (1903).