Emperor Franz Joseph I 

Emperor Franz Joseph I
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Emperor Franz Joseph I

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
293299
Area
Stamps
Title
Emperor Franz Joseph I
Face value
25
Country / area
Austria
Year
1904
Month
12
Day
01
Issue group
1904 Emperor Franz Joseph I
Order Number in Issue
8
Basic colour
Black, Blue
Exact colour
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
112 A 112 C
Yvert number
88
Scott number
99a 99b
Stanley Gibbons number
162 162b
ANK number
112
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: violet-ultramarine/black 112 A (comb perforation 13:12½) or 112 C (comb perforation 13:13½); Yvert & Tellier: blue/black 88 (perforation 13: 12½ or 13: 13½); Stanley Gibbons: blue/black 162 (comb perforation 13: 12½) or 162b (comb perforation 13:13½); Scott: violet-ultramarine/black 99a (perforation 13:12½) or 99b (perforation 13: 13½); Austria Netto Katalog: 112. Width between the diagonal bars varies from 4,50 mm (1901) to 5,25 mm (1902) and to 7,25 mm (1903).