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Scenic Beauties in Austria.
Weißsee (Salzburg).
Stamp issued on 09.05.2000.
Face value: 7 Austrian schilling.
Design: Peter Sinawehl (b. 1948).
Engraving: Gerhart Schmirl (b. 1942).
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Print: 2,800,000 copies.
Size: 43 x 36 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2203.
- ANK No. 2345.
- Michel No. 2310.
- Scott No. 1813.
- StampWorld No. 2359.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2557.
- Unificato No. 2143.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2136.

The Weißsee (also spelled Weisssee) is a reservoir in the state of Salzburg. It is located in the Stubache catchment area, on the border of the Granatspitz and Glockner groups, in the Alps, in the municipality of Uttendorf, at 2,250 m (7,382 ft) above sea level. Its function is to store water and its storage volume is 15.7 million m³ (554 ft³). In 1929 the Enzingerboden and Tauernmoossee power stations were established on the site, and in 1941 the Schneiderau power station. Between 1950 and 1952, the Weißsee was enlarged by the construction of a 39 m (128 ft) high gravity dam with a 235 m (771 ft) long straight crown. In 1951 the area was opened to tourism thanks to the installation of a cable car and ski slopes began to be built. The Rudolfshütte mountain hotel on the northeast side of the lake, opened in 1958 on the site of the Austrian Alpine Club until 1952, is also visible on the stamp.

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Myra Falls, Lower Austria.
Stamp issued on 07.12.1977.
Face value: 20 Austrian schilling.
Design: Otto Zeiller (1913-1988).
Engraving: Werner Pfeiler (b. 1941).
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Size: 28 x 33 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1459.
- ANK No. 1600.
- Michel No. 1565.
- Scott No. 975.
- StampWorld No. 1610.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1688d.
- Unificato No. 1381.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1381.

The Myra Falls (German: Myrafälle) are located in a ravine in the municipality of Muggendorf in the Lower Austria state. The ravine has been cut by the Myra, a small tributary of the Piesting. In 1912 Oskar von Rosthorn built a small pumped-storage power station at the Myra Falls, that was in operation until 1974/1975. The actual ravine with the falls is about 600 m (2,000 ft) long; The gorge runs from north to south and is protected as a natural monument. The subsoil of the gorge is limestone. The Myra falls in several cascades through the gorge. At the upper and lower end the water is impounded into a small pond.

Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).

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50th anniversary of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. Fuscher Törl Pass.
Stamp issued on 02.08.1985.
Face value: 4 Austrian schilling.
Design: Otto Zeiller.
Engraving: Wolfgang Seidel (b. 1946).
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Print: 3,550,000 copies.
Size: 44 x 34 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1714.
- ANK No. 1853.
- Michel No. 1822.
- Scott No. 1322.
- StampWorld No. 1867.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2062.
- Unificato No. 1651.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1651.

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road (in German Großglockner Hochalpenstraße) is the highest surfaced mountain pass road in Austria. It connects Bruck in the state of Salzburg with Heiligenblut in Carinthia via Fuscher Törl Pass (represented in the stamp) at 2,428 m (7,966 ft) and Hochtor Pass at 2,504 m (8,215 ft). The road, opened on August 3, 1935, is named after the Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain. Built as a scenic route, a toll is assessed for passage.

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Winter Charity: Ostmark Landscapes and Alpine Flowers.
Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria, and mountains cowslip.
Third stamp in a set of 9, issued on 18.11.1938.
Face value: 5 + 3 German reichspfennig.
Design and engraving: Maria & Werner von Axster-Heudtlass.
Printed by Reichsdruckerei, Berlin.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 27 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 674.
- Michel No. 677.
- Scott No. B125.
- StampWorld No. 669.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 665.
- Unificato No. 618.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 618.

Zell am See is the administrative capital of the Zell am See District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The town is an important tourist destination known as Zell am See-Kaprun and is a transportation hub for the region. It is located on the western shore of the 68-metre-deep (223 ft) Lake Zell. The Zell Valley is a corridor in the Kitzbühel Alps, connecting the Saalfelden Basin of the Saalach River in the north and the Salzach in the south. At the backround of the stamp you can see the Hoher Tenn massif. The town's development was decisively promoted by the opening of the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line (Giselabahn) on July 30, 1875, starting the annual summer tourism season. Zell am See received city rights on January 24, 1928.

The flower depicted on the stamp is a mountains cowslip.

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Landscapes.
Silvretta Alps (Vorarlberg).
Twenty-third stamp in a set of 33, issued on 24.11.1945.
Face value: 50 Austrian groschen.
Design: Alfred von Chmielowski (1896–1967).
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 28 x 33 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 658.
- Austria Netto Katalog No. 760.
- Michel No. 760.
- Scott No. 473.
- StampWorld No. 784.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 945.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 622.

The Silvretta Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps shared by Tyrol, Vorarlberg (both in Austria) and Graubünden (Switzerland). The Austrian states of Tirol and Vorarlberg are connected by a pass road (Silvretta Hochalpenstraße at 2,032 m, 6,666 ft). The majority of the peaks are elevated above three thousand metres and are surrounded by glaciers.

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Winter Charity: Ostmark Landscapes and Alpine Flowers.
Mount Grossglockner, Carinthia & East Tyrol, Austria, and edelweiss.
Fourth stamp in a set of 9, issued on 18.11.1938.
Face value: 6 + 4 German reichspfennig.
Design and engraving: Maria & Werner von Axster-Heudtlass.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 27 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 675.
- Michel No. 678.
- Scott No. B126.
- StampWorld No. 670.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 666.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 619.

The Grossglockner is, at 3,798 m (12,461 ft) above the Adriatic Sea, is the highest mountain in Austria and the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. It is part of the larger Glockner Group of the Hohe Tauern range, situated along the main ridge of the Central Eastern Alps, on the border of the Austrian states of Carinthia and East Tyrol. The Pasterze, Austria's most extended glacier, lies on the Grossglockner's eastern slope. The first known ascent took place on July 28, 1800, by five members of an expedition led by Count Franz-Xaver of Salm-Raifferscheid: Sepp and Martin Klotz, Martin Reicher, Matthias Hautzendorfer and another person from the the identity is unknown.

A typical alpine flower, the edelweiss (Leontopolium nivale), appears on the stamp.

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Golica Mountain.
Stamp issued on 23.03.1999.
Face value: 15 Slovenian tolar.
Design: StudioBotas, Ljubljana.
Printed by Delo tiskarna, Ljubljana.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 300,000 copies.
Size: 40.32 x 28.8 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 273.
- Michel No. 255.
- Scott No. 345.
- Slovenika No. 255,
- StampWorld No. 255.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 402.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 235.

Golica Mountain (German: Kahlkogel) is a 1,835 m (6,020 ft) peak in the western Karawanks, in the Alps, on the border between Slovenia and Austria, above the Slovenian town of Jesenice. It is known primarily for its fields of wild white daffodils (depicted on the stamp). 250 m (820 ft) below the summit, at an altitude of 1,582 m (5,190 ft), there is a mountain refuge.

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Scenic Beauties in Austria.
High Tauern National Park.
Stamp issued on 29.03.1996.
Face value: 6 Austrian schilling.
Design: Peter Sinawehl.
Engraving: Gerhart Schmirl.
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Print: 2,900,000 copies.
Size: 42 x 36 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2074.
- ANK No. 2214.
- Michel No. 2183.
- Scott No. 1498.
- StampWorld No. 2228.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2422.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2010.

The Austrian Alpine Club and the states of Carinthia, Salzburg and East Tyrol, with part of their territories, have contributed to the formation of the High Tauern National Park (Nationalpark Hohe Tauern). With a total area of 1,834 km² (708 sq mi), it is the largest of Austria's seven national parks, as well as the largest nature reserve in the Alps. It is divided into a central zone of 1,198 km² (463 sq mi) that includes the Großglockner (3,798 m; 12,461 ft) and Großvenediger (3,666 m; 12,028 ft) massifs, with a complete prohibition of agricultural use, and a marginal zone of 638 km² (246 sq mi) used for agriculture. Five special natural sanctuaries are protected from any human disturbance. The park was established with a 1971 declaration signed by the participating states, but only in 1981 the first parts around Großglockner and Hochschober in Carinthia were put under protection. The adjacent area in Salzburg followed two years later, and the Tyrol finally joined in 1992. The Upper Tauern is crossed by three tunnels: the Tauern Railway Tunnel, the Katschberg Tunnel and the Felbertauerntunnel.

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Mount Martinswand, near Zirl (Tirol).
Stamp issued on 13.06.1986.
Face value: 5 Austrian shilling.
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. 1743.
- ABK No, 1882.
- Michel No. 1851.
- Scott No. 1349.
- StampWorld No. 1896.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2096.
- Unificato No. 1680.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1680.

Mount Martinswand, at an altitude of 1,113 m (3,652 ft), is located in the municipality of Zirl. It belongs to the Solstein Group of the Karwendel mountain range, which is part of the Alps, in North Tyrol. It is made up of chemically very pure limestone, which tends to become karst, hiding many cavities and caves. According to the records, the first climbers to reach the top, in 1932, were Hias Auckenthaler and Hans Frenademetz. Today many people practice the sport of climbing here.

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Airplane over landscapes.
Mount Torsäule.
Airmail. Last stamp in a set of 3, issued on 05.05.1947.
Face value: 5 Austrian shilling.
Design: Heinrich Blechner (1895-1983).
Engraving: Rupert Franke (1888-1971).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 740,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 39 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 713.
- ANK No. 825.
- Michel No. 827.
- Scott No. C52.
- StampWorld No. 837.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1022.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 52.

Torsäule (‘gateway column’), at 2,588 m (8,591 ft) above sea level, is a very steep limestone formation, approximately 500 meters high, on the east flank of Hochkönig massif with its glacier, know as Übergossene Alm (visible on the stamp), in the Berchtesgaden Alps, in the Sankt Johann im Pongau district of the federal state of Salzburg. With more than 36 routes, the southern wall of the Torsäule is the most climbed in the Hochkönig. Its summit was first reached in 1882 by Anton von Posselt-Czorich and J. Aigner.

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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.

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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).

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75th Anniversary of Sonnblick Observatory.
Hoher Sonnblick Mountain.
Stamp issued on 01.09.1961.
Face value: 1.80 Austrian shilling.
Design: Hans Ranzoni der Jüngere (1896-1991).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 2,973,000 copies.
Size: 39 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 987.
- Michel No. 1091.
- Scott No. 666.
- StampWorld No. 1136.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1369.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 931.

The Hoher Sonnblick (also known as Rauriser Sonnblick) is a glacial mountain 3,106 m (10,190 ft) above the level of the Adriatic Sea, at the head of the Hüttwinkltal valley of the main alpine chain of the Goldberg Group, in the Salzburg federal state, about 290 km (180 mi) southwest of Vienna. At its top is the Sonnblick Observatory (the highest in Austria), built in 1886, and the Zittelhaus alpine refuge.

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European Nature Preservation Year.
Krimml Waterfalls (Krimmler Wasserfälle).
Stamp issued on 19.05.1970.
Face value: 2 Austrian schilling.
Design: Otto Zeiller (1913-1988).
Engraving: Kurt Leitgeb (b. 1939).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 2,900,000 copies.
Size: 33 x 43 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA Bo. 1224.
- Michel No. 1325.
- Scott No. 862.
- StampWorld No. 1370.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1576.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1154.

Krimml Waterfalls (in German, Krimmler Wasserfälle), with a total height of 385 m (1,263 ft), are the highest waterfall in Austria. The falls are formed from the Krimmler Ache, a glacial stream, and are located near the village of Krimml, in the Hohe Tauern National Park (state of Salzburg), at an altitude of 1,090 m (3,576 ft). The waterfall descends in three steps of 145, 100 and 140 m.

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Lanscapes.
Naafkopf and  Falknis mountains.   
Last stamp in a set of 5, issued on 23.07.1959.
Face value: 60 rappen of Swiss franc.
Design: Josef Seger (Austria, 1908-1998).
Engraving: Courvoisier S.A.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 927,665 copies.
Size: 26 x 36 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 382.
- Scott No. 342.
- StampWorld No. 389.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 381.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 347.
- Zumstein No. 331.

Naafkopf, also called Schneetälispitz, with an altitude of 2,571 m (8,430 ft) is a mountain in the Rätikon mountain range in the western central Alps. The summit, in the shape of a cross, is located exactly on the border between the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, the Swiss canton of Grisons and the southernmost part of the municipality of Schaan, in Liechtenstein.

Falknis is the westernmost peak of the Rätikon mountain range, in the western central Alps, with slopes in the Swiss canton of Grisons and in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Its altitude is 2,562 m (8,406 ft).

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Vienna Meeting of the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE).
Air view of Vienna, with Danube river and Danube Canal (Donaukanal).
Stamp and minishet issued on 04.11.1986.
Face value: 6 shilling.
Design: Ferdinand Dorner.
Engraving: Wolfgang Seidel (b. 1946).
Print: 6,500,000 copies.
Size (minisheet): 90 x 70 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. Block 8.
- StampWorld No. 1912.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1696.

The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was a key element of the détente process during the Cold War. Although it did not have the force of the Treaty, it recognize the boundaries of postwar Europe and established a mechanism for minimizing political and military tensions between East and West and improving human rights in the Communist bloc. The first phase was the Meeting of Foreign Ministers in Helsinki in 1973, the second negotiations held in Geneva from 1973 to 1975, and the third the Helsinki summit in 1975. The final document was signed in Helsinki Finland on August 1, 1975 by 33 European nations, the United States and Canada. It is often called the Helsinki Agreement. In 1994, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was established as a successor to CSCE. The Vienna Meeting, started on November 4, 1986, lasted until January 19, 1989.

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Alm Lake (Almsee), Upper Austria.
Stamp issued on 12.12.1973.
Face value: 4 shilling.
Design: Otto Zeiller (1913-1988).
Engraving: Werner Pfeiler (b. 1941).
Size: 33 x 28 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1430.
- Scott No. 964.
- StampWorld No. 1481.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1681.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1259.

The Almsee is a mountain lake in Upper Austria, belonging to the municipality of Grünau im Almtal, at the northern foot of the Dead Mountains (Totes Gebirge), in the northern eastern Pre-Alps. It is located 589 m (1932 ft) above sea level. Its length is 2.3 km (1.43 mi), its maximum width is 700 m (2,296 ft), and its average depth is 2.5 m (8.20 ft). It has a surface area of 850,000 m² (9,149,323 sq ft). Since 1965 it has been protected as a nature reserve.

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Drei Schwestern (The Three Sisters) mountain located in the border of Liechtenstein and Austria.
Second stamp in a set of 5, issued on 17.12.1934.
Face value: 5 Rappen of Swiss franc.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 321,700 copies.
Size: 21 x 24 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 127.
- Scott No. 117.
- StampWorld No. 131.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 128.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 124.
- Zumstein No. 106y.

This small mountain group, whose maximum height reaches 2053 m (6,736 ft), is located east of the Principality of Liechtenstein, on the border between this country and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, to which the eastern slope belongs. It rises at the northwestern end of the Rätikon mountain range, in the central Alps. It is made up of three peaks: the Great Sister (2053 m), the Middle Sister (2048 m), and the Little Sister (2034 m). In 1976 the State of Vorarlberg declared the area of Drei Schwestern a protected landscape.

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Tyrol. Kleine Halt mount (2116 m / 6,942 ft), Wilder Kaiser, in the Kaiser mountains (Alps). 
Stamp issued on 19.02.1993.
Face value: 6 Austrian schilling.
Design: Ferdinand Dorner.
Engraving: Alfred Nefe.
Stamp: 4,500,000 copies.
Size: 36 x 42 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2089.
- StampWorld No. 2134.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1918.