Viennese rose (postage stamp)
The “Wiener Rose” stamp was issued in 2014 by Austrian Post with a face value of 5.90 euros. It is considered to be the world's first porcelain postage stamp .
motive
The motif shown is the so-called Viennese rose , which was designed by the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in 1740. The simple rose was later adapted to Art Nouveau with stylized rose petals and fine shades .
At the same time as the first edition on March 20, 2014, an official first day cover was published including a first day cancellation , showing a stylized rose and the words AUGARTEN PORZELLAN 20.3.2014 1020 Vienna .
The circulation is 150,000 pieces.
Manufacturing
The stamp was created in collaboration with the Augarten porcelain manufacturer in Vienna and was produced using a complex process specially developed for the stamp. First, a white stamp sheet was burned for 24 hours at 960 ° C, then glazed and hardened at even higher temperatures. The application of the brand motif, the country name and the nominal value only took place afterwards using the screen printing process . In order to guarantee color fastness , these were baked in a further operation at 820 ° C.
Web links
- Augarten Porzellan, Wiener Rose on wien.orf.at, accessed on December 17, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Siegerpost issue No. 407 , Lorch / Württemberg 2014, p. 1.