First Issues - 1865 to 1867

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Bolivia

1867 SG1 Sc1	Commemorative 1909 SG110 Sc78 Centenary of the Revolution	Airmail 1924 SG170 Sc-C1	Charity 1939 SG374 Sc-RA1 Workers' Home Building Fund	Post Due 1931 SG-D265 Sc-J1

Commemorative 1942 SG384 Sc274	Commemorative 1963 SG856 Sc515

In 1863, Bolivia invited tenders for the printing of stamps, awarded the contract, then cancelled the project after the stamps had been printed but before they were issued. Curiously, the unissued stamps were commemorated in 1963 with three stamps (one shown) and the miniature sheet shown on the back of page one. National stamps were issued in 1867, though the date is not known and commemorated in 1942, the 75th anniversary (early first issue commemoratives are discussed in the Romania listing in Display 5).

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary	Austrian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1867 SG-AH50 Sc27	1867 SG1 Sc1

Occupation issues and Offices Abroad are shown in separate displays. Notable in this period is the 1867 issue for Austrian Offices in Turkey. Between 1863 and 1867 Austria used the stamps of Austrian Italy (Lombardy and Venetia), until that territory was lost in the Seven Weeks' War. In 1867, stamps were issued for the previously separate postal administrations of Austria and Hungary and the same design, but denominated in soldi, was used for Austrian Offices in Turkey.

The geopolitical and administrative changes affecting Austria, Austria-Hungary and Hungary are explored on the next page, added as an afterthought a month after completing the first version of this Display. The need for it became apparent when working on the 1871 Hungary entry.→

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