AUSTRIA

AUSTRIA / ÖSTERREICH.

Airplane over landscapes.
Hinterstoder. Schiederweiher and Groβer Piel.
Airmail. First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 05.05.1947.
Face value: 3 Austrian schilling.
Design: Heinrich Blechner (1895-1983).
Engraving: Rupert Franke (1888-1971).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 720,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 39 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 711.
- ANK No. 823.
- Michel No. 825.
- Scott No. C50.
- StampWorld No. 835.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1020.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 50.

The Schiederweiher is an artificial lake in Hinterstoder, Upper Austria, created by impounding the river Krumme Steyr, formed from 1897 to 1902 by Johann Schieder master builder. The pond resides at the altitude of 612 m above sea level at the foot of the Großer Priel mountain. It has roughly a surface of 2 ha with a depth of 1 to 1.5 m (3.28 to 4.92 ft). In 2018 the Schiederweiher was voted most beautiful site in Austria.

The Großer Priel is, at 2,515 m (8,251 ft) above the Adriatic sea, the highest mountain of the Totes Gebirge range, located in the Traunviertel region of Upper Austria. It ranks among the ultra prominent peaks of the Alps.