Archive for the ‘Austria’ Category

Advent 2010 – Austria

Austrian post issued a stamp with a Christmas motif, designed by the former Bishop of Innsbruck, Dr Reinhold Stecher.

Austrian Armed Forces – 50 Years of Missions Abroad

The Federal Ministry for National Defence and Sport (FMNDS) celebrates a very special anniversary in 2010: 50 years of Austrian Army missions abroad.

250th Anniversary of the Birth of Inventor Jakob Degen

Jakob Degen, born on 27 February 1760 in Liedertswil in Switzerland, has gone down in history as an extremely creative inventor and aviation pioneer. The new commemorative pays tribute to this great 18th and 19th century mind.

Austria – Argentina Joint Issue

Austria for the first time issued a postage stamp jointly with Argentina depicting the meteorological station of the Austrian-Hungarian Society at the Botanical Garden of Buenos Aires as well as the historical weather station at Vienna Stadtpark (City Park).

Maria Theresia – Austria

Austria post issued a postage stamp to honor one of the key monarchs of the age, Maria Theresia.

Design from Austria – Peter Zuchi

Austria post honored a great designer Peter Zuchi featuring his design work on stamp. The great German industrial designer Dieter Rams once said: “Design should as it were let the product speak.”


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