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avalanche victims - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1954 - 1 Shilling

Designer: Chmielowski, Alfred

avalanche victims - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1954 - 1 Shilling


Theme: Geology & Geography
CountryAustria / II. Republic of Austria
Issue Date1954
Face Value1.00 
Edition Issued5,000,000
Colorblue
Printing TypeStamp in gravure printing, printing in letterpress
Stamp TypeSemi-Postal
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number341
Chronological ChapterOOS-OE2
SID929410
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The Postal and Telegraph Administration issued on the authorization of the Federal Government of February 2, 1954 in favor of avalanche victims in 1954 a special postage stamp with a face value of 1, - S and a surcharge of 20g, selling price 1.20 S, out. The proceeds of the supplement were dedicated to the avalanche fund of the Austrian Federal Government. Due to the brevity of the time available, a stamp was issued as a special postage stamp. As a brand, the value level 2, - S of the landscape series 1945/47 was selected with the image of St. Christoph am Arlberg. On the special postmark, which was produced in a slightly different blue-green color, the legend "Avalanche Victims 1954" was printed in two lines in Groteskschrift (now Arial), as well as the new value and additional information as well as the currency denomination. The choice of this mark was made only because it is a mountain landscape in the snow is shown and the composition of the image for the overprint particularly suitable - the disaster itself has not happened in this area. From January 10 to 12, 1954, more than 300 avalanches were lost in the area of ​​the Arlberg, which claimed 125 lives, of which 56 alone were in the Blons community. The place suddenly lost a sixth of its population. In the area Dachstein found in the same time 15 people the avalanche death. 32 avalanches buried 45 farmhouses and about 100 stables in just one day in the Grosses Walsertal. Finally, the station in Dalaas in the Klostertal was destroyed by an avalanche, a railway car was carried along, 10 passengers were killed. Previously, only two days had fallen between two and three meters of fresh snow in the entire region. Although the affected areas were still part of the French occupation zone at that time, the US Army from Bavaria came to the rescue and used helicopters to rescue the injured. All in all, the winter of 1953/54 was the most catastrophic in the history of our country. There was no special stamp with such a high circulation of 5 million pieces until today.

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The Postal and Telegraph Administration issued on the authorization of the Federal Government of February 2, 1954 in favor of avalanche victims in 1954 a special postage stamp with a face value of 1, - S and a surcharge of 20g, selling price 1.20 S, out. The proceeds of the supplement were dedicated to the avalanche fund of the Austrian Federal Government. Due to the brevity of the time available, a stamp was issued as a special postage stamp. As a brand, the value level 2, - S of the landscape series 1945/47 was selected with the image of St. Christoph am Arlberg. On the special postmark, which was produced in a slightly different blue-green color, the legend "Avalanche Victims 1954" was printed in two lines in Groteskschrift (now Arial), as well as the new value and additional information as well as the currency denomination. The choice of this mark was made only because it is a mountain landscape in the snow is shown and the composition of the image for the overprint particularly suitable - the disaster itself has not happened in this area. From January 10 to 12, 1954, more than 300 avalanches were lost in the area of ​​the Arlberg, which claimed 125 lives, of which 56 alone were in the Blons community. The place suddenly lost a sixth of its population. In the area Dachstein found in the same time 15 people the avalanche death. 32 avalanches buried 45 farmhouses and about 100 stables in just one day in the Grosses Walsertal. Finally, the station in Dalaas in the Klostertal was destroyed by an avalanche, a railway car was carried along, 10 passengers were killed. Previously, only two days had fallen between two and three meters of fresh snow in the entire region. Although the affected areas were still part of the French occupation zone at that time, the US Army from Bavaria came to the rescue and used helicopters to rescue the injured. All in all, the winter of 1953/54 was the most catastrophic in the history of our country. There was no special stamp with such a high circulation of 5 million pieces until today..