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day of the stamp - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2003 - 254 Euro Cent

Designer: Siegl, Maria

day of the stamp - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2003 - 254 Euro Cent


Theme: Post & Philately
CountryAustria / II. Republic of Austria
Issue Date2003
Face Value254.00 
Edition Issued850,000
Printing Typecombination printing
Stamp TypeSemi-Postal
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1757
Chronological ChapterOOS-OE2
SID373137
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For more than a hundred years, most of the mail was transported by passenger train. In order to save time and to avoid sending them back and forth, the incoming mail was mapped (sorted) on the trip. After World War II, people came up with the idea of ​​running their own mail trains. Today, the last railroad stations are in operation, namely the "250" letter center Vienna (BZW) - Villach, "300" BZW - Innsbruck and "306" BZW - Wolfurt (and back) .Perfect cars, parked at the door, if possible In connection with highways and a reduction in air tickets forced the train to shorten the travel times. The easiest way is to limit the stay in the stations to the necessary time for boarding and boarding. A loading and unloading of railway mail wagons with quantitatively strongly fluctuating cargo is hardly possible under these conditions. The substitute transport on the roads is not exactly conducive to the environment. According to an idea of ​​Philatelist Association President Erich Bober, train post wagons are documented on stamps for Stamp Day. This year, the last of these brands features a modern railway mail wagon, a four-axle "Siemens M 320" for standard gauge. He was put into service in 1987 at the Post and Tel. Administration. The then delivered 10 wagons are designed for a speed of 160 km / h.

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For more than a hundred years, most of the mail was transported by passenger train. In order to save time and to avoid sending them back and forth, the incoming mail was mapped (sorted) on the trip. After World War II, people came up with the idea of ​​running their own mail trains. Today, the last railroad stations are in operation, namely the "250" letter center Vienna (BZW) - Villach, "300" BZW - Innsbruck and "306" BZW - Wolfurt (and back) .Perfect cars, parked at the door, if possible In connection with highways and a reduction in air tickets forced the train to shorten the travel times. The easiest way is to limit the stay in the stations to the necessary time for boarding and boarding. A loading and unloading of railway mail wagons with quantitatively strongly fluctuating cargo is hardly possible under these conditions. The substitute transport on the roads is not exactly conducive to the environment. According to an idea of ​​Philatelist Association President Erich Bober, train post wagons are documented on stamps for Stamp Day. This year, the last of these brands features a modern railway mail wagon, a four-axle "Siemens M 320" for standard gauge. He was put into service in 1987 at the Post and Tel. Administration. The then delivered 10 wagons are designed for a speed of 160 km / h..