Mother's Day - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1958 - 1.50 Shilling

Austrian Post paid tribute to Mother's Day in 1958 by issuing a special postage stamp bearing the portrait of mother and child. As early as 1935, 1936 and 1937, Austrian Mother's Day brands advertised this family day. The Mother's Day celebration is rooted in the old customs of England. From there comes from the year 1644 the documentary evidence that on the Sunday of Lent "Laetare" in many areas of England was a mutual visit together of children and parents living abroad and taking gifts, especially for the mother custom. The cradle of the Austrian Mother's Day was not in any city, it was not decided by and before a larger forum. In Salzburg's Schwarzach im Pongau, the first Mother's Day was celebrated on February 2, 1924, under the direction of the Lazarist Father Emanuell Ceska. The uninterrupted performance of Mother's Day was reserved for Marianne Hainisch. The deployment of this socially open-minded woman was crucial for the introduction of Mother's Day in Austria on May 9, 1926.