Austria - 

" ART ~ PAINTINGS ~ HORSES ~ HISTORIC POST VEHICLES."

MNH ~ Miniature Sheet !

"Historic Post Vehicles" is the title of a promising new series, which will now be started with the present special stamp block on most aesthetic way. The attractive design shows a painting from the first half of the 19th century (around 1830) with the name "Holiday travel with express mail", signed lower right "K. Schnorpfeil ". 

The stamp itself focuses on the coach (Sleeps four people, track width 1100 mm), the elegantly dressed travelers, the coachman and the rear of horses. It is interesting that the painting - it was originally published as a postcard from Vienna "Publisher Civil Service Club" - comes from a series of its time, extremely popular stagecoach motives. 

 Year: 2013.

(A7).