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Tschauko Waterfall near Ferlach (Carinthia).
Stamp issued on 04.07.1986.
Face value: 5 Austrian schilling.
Design: Adalbert Pilch (1917-2004).
Engraving: Rudolf Toth (1918-2009).
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Print: 3,350,000 copies.
Size: 42 x 36 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1744.
- ANK No. 1884.
- Michel No. 1853.
- Scott No. 1350.
- StampWorld No. 1898.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2098.
- Unificato No. 1682.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1682.

Tschauko Waterfall are formed by the Bodenbach River in the Tscheppa Gorge (in the Alps), near Ferlach, south of Carinthia, very close to the border with Slovenia. It falls from a height of 26 m (85 ft). It bears its name of its discoverer, the physician and traveler Peter Tschauko (1852-1904).