Austria in transition: 1918 - 1921

Local Liberation Issue, Radkersburg, July 26, 1920.

To mark the evacuation of Yugoslav troops from Radkersburg in Styria, the State Printing Works in Vienna had planned an overprint of Austrian stamps. They were unable to carry out the job and, at the last moment, the local Liberation Committee stepped in. There are two printings of the 3-line overprint approved by the Ministry of Communications; the first (black, dull and blurred) was made locally at the print shop at Semlitsch, and the second, sharp and shiny, was made at the Deutsche Vereinsdruckerei, Graz. Both read "Radkersburgs / Befreinugstag / 26. Juli 1920", with the letters ‘n’ and ‘u’ in the second word being deliberately switched by both printers to deter falsifications.

First printing.

Second printing.