page_title: Valuation of cancellations of the Austrian Empire
section_title: Index 10
hierarchical_section_title: Valuation of cancellations of the Austrian Empire / The popularity index / Index 10
caption_attribution_description: English: Austrian KK issue 1861, 15 kr on fragment, oval red cancelled K.K. BRIEF-FILIALAMT RECOMANDIRT (red ink for registered mail in WIEN). Mueller type RzO-fy, year erased on issue III Michel #22.
context_page_description: The study of postmarks is a specialized branch of philately called marcophily. It brings added value to the stamps by their historical significance. Other parameters are the rarity and the attractiveness. In particular, the stamps issued by the Habsburg monarchy during the 1850-1867 period, are collected for their variety and beauty. A first publication on this topic was made by Hans Kropf in 1899. Edwin Mueller in his Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, published in 1961, described all postmarks used in the Austrian empire, Lombardy, Venetia and in the Austria post-offices in the Ottoman empire. The relative valuation of those postmarks contains a popularity index, which is a multiplicative factor on top of the rarity.
  Closely related article is Postage stamps and postal history of Austria for a
  better understanding of the historical context.
context_section_description: Red ink for recommended letters from Vienna K.K. BRIEF-FILIALAMT RECOMANDIRT
caption: Type RzO-fy rouge (5x10 P)
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