Austrian postage rates - letters

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Local rates applied to items posted and delivered in the same place; however a few special cases exist, notably the whole of Vienna being counted as one area despite having many delivery offices. Dates are expressed as day-month-year.

Empire

A Loth is about 17 grams. A "Mile" is a German mile = 7.6 km. Currency is Kreuzer, CM till 1.11.1858 then ÖW till 1.1.1900.

Date rate began:WeightLocalUp to 10 MilesUp to 20 MilesOver 20 Miles
1.6.1850Per Loth2 Kr CM3 Kr CM6 Kr CM9 Kr CM
1.11.1858Per Loth3 Kr ÖW5 Kr ÖW10 Kr ÖW15 Kr ÖW

System simplified. Currency ÖW till 1.1.1900 when it changed to 1 Kronen = 100 Heller.

Date rate began:WeightLocalInland
1.1.1866Per Loth3 Kr ÖW5 Kr ÖW
1.7.1873Up to 15 grams3 Kr ÖW5 Kr ÖW
1.1.1883Up to 20 grams3 Kr ÖW5 Kr ÖW
1.1.1900Up to 20 grams6 H10 H
16.1.1907Up to 20 grams

10 H

1.10.1916Up to 20 grams

15 H

First Republic

"Up to 20 grams". Currency 1 Kronen = 100 Heller

Date rate began:LocalInland
1.9.1918

20 H

15.1.1920

40 H

15.4.1920

80 H

1.2.1921150 H200 H
1.8.19213 K4 K
1.12.19217.50 K10 K
1.5.192220 K25 K
21.8.192280 K100 K
18.9.1922180 K200 K
1.11.1922320 K400 K
1.8.1923

600 K

1.12.1923

1000 K

1.12.1924

1500 K

"Up to 20 grams". Currency 1 Schilling = 100 Groschen

Date rate began:LocalInland
1.3.1925

15 Gr

1.2.1929

16 Gr

1.1.1930

20 Gr

1.9.1932

24 Gr

4.4.193812 Gr / 8 Rpf18 Gr / 12 Rpf

Second Republic

"Up to 20 grams". Currency in Reichspfennig

Date rate began:LocalInland
2.5.19458 RpfN/A
16.5.19458 Rpf12 Rpf

"Up to 20 grams". Local rates in brackets. Currency in Schilling/Groschen

Date rate began:Rate
21.12.194512 Gr (8 Gr)
1.1.194718 Gr (12 Gr)
1.9.194740 Gr
1.6.194960 Gr
1.9.1951150 Gr (100 Gr)
1.1.1964150 Gr
1.1.19672 S
1.10.19713 S
1.1.19794 S
1.2.19844 S 50
1.2.19865 S
1.1.19925 S 50
1.1.19946 S
1.7.19977 S

Currency 1 Euro = 100 cents

Date rate began:Rate, cents
31.5.200351 c
30.6.200755 c
  
  


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