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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
340513
Area
Stamps
Title
Buildings
Face value
20
Country / area
Austria
Year
1963
Month
05
Day
07
Issue group
1963 Buildings
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Purple
Exact colour
Carmine-lilac
Usage
Postage
Type
Set, Stamp
Theme / topic
Buildings, Monastries
Geographical theme
Danube
Persons theme
Item subject
Stift Melk
Michel number
1128
Yvert number
967
Scott number
702
Stanley Gibbons number
1323
ANK number
Designer/Engraver
Pilch, Adalbert (1917-2004), Toth, Rudolf (1918-2009)
Printing office
Perforation
Comb perforation 14
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Fluorescent paper
Gum
Print run
unbekannt, eher weniger
Dimensions / diameter
28 x 37 mm
Details

The Benedictine monastery Melk Abbey is located in Lower Austria near the city of Melk on the right bank of the Danube. As a symbol of the Wachau, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is described as "the most emblematic and dominant baroque building"

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