#Austria stamps
Austria: New Year's Concert 2007 - Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta was born in Bombay/Mumbai on 29 April 1936, and grew up in a Parsi family. It was his father, a concert violinist and founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, that he received his first musical education, thereby acquiring a familiarity with European classical music. After two semesters studying medicine, he decided to devote his entire attention to music. At the age of 18, Mehta came
Austria: Christmas 2006
The subject of the first 2006 Christmas stamp – the Holy Family at Rest – is a frequent subject by the artist Franz Weiss, born in Sodingberg near Voitsberg in 1921. His mother communicated to him a Christian world view that has accompanied and characterised his whole life. Religiosity is not just a private matter for him – as a mural painter, as he calls himself, he has created more then 490 work
Nude on Stamp 3rd value: Youngboy Vienna Austria
Her unmistakeable handwriting is a marked indicator of her personality. Born under the sign of Aquarius on January 27, 1955, Cornelia Schlesinger is a self-taught artist who has established her position on the art scene by means of the staging of her own self. Her education, grammar school in Vienna and civil engineering technical college in Innsbruck, is in apparent contradiction to her artistic
Austria: The way to WIPA 2008
WIPA 2008, the Vienna International Stamp Exhibition, can boast a long history. It was as early as 1881 that the successful series of Vienna International Stamp Exhibitions began, repeated in 1933, 1965, 1981 and 2000. WIPA 2008, from September 18 to 21 2008, in the Austria Center in Vienna is intended as a new highlight of this tradition.
Austria: Ottfried Fischer
There have never been any lean years for Ottfried Fischer, a true heavyweight in the acting business, above all in the field of political reviews. His many leading roles in TV series have won him a spot in viewers' hearts. Born on November 7, 1953 in Ornatsod in the Bavarian Forest (near the border to Austria's Muhlviertel), Ottfried Fischer grew up on his father's farm and attended the Furstenzel
Austria: Mozart in Salzburg
Salzburg is the Mozart city, with the house in which Mozart was born, the house where he lived, the Mozarteum International Foundation, the Mozart family grave and so on. Wherever you go in Salzburg, you will find traces of the composer, and the 250th anniversary of his birth is yet another occasion to present the composer as the city's son. The series of festive events on the topic of Mozart in S
Austria: Patron Saints: St. Hemma
Born around 980, Hemma lost her parents at an early age, and was adopted by Emperor Heinrich II and his wife Kunigunde, who took her to the imperial court in Bamberg. As Countess von Friesach-Zeltschach, she married Count Wilhelm von der Sann, thus becoming one of the most powerful women in Carinthia. Her high rank did not save her from bitter blows of fate, losing her children while still young a
Austria: 50 Years of Europa – CEPT
The European Conference of Post and Telecommunications Administrations – CEPT – was founded by 19 countries, and today, in geographical terms, its 46 member states cover the whole of Europe. In the course of the separation of the postal and the telecommunication operations as intended by European policies and following the adoption of various directives and agreements, the CEPT corresponds to a Eu
Austria: Personalised Stamps – Blue border
The personalised stamps issued by the Austrian Post Office under the brand Meine.Marke ("My Stamp") has increased in popularity ever since it was launched roughly two years ago. The weekly magazine "Format" recently included it amongst the 25 best business ideas of recent history, and in 2004 Meine.Marke even won the National Marketing Prize for the Austrian Post Office. The personalised stamp soo
Austria: Narnia stamp
Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media will release their latest fantasy film called "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" in early December, just in time to kindle some Christmas spirit. The film is a new adaptation of the classic fantasy story by Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963). The film, directed by the director of Shrek, Andrew Adamson, will be in cinemas December 8, 200
