Austrian Philatelic Society (APS)

Introducing... The Austrian Philatelic Society and the world of Austrian Stamps!

Hello, Grüß Di, and welcome to the Austrian Philatelic Society (APS) site, where you'll find details of its activities and publications, as well more general information on Austrian Philately. These pages are written by Andy Taylor, the Webmaster.

More about the Austrian Philatelic Society
To join the APS, click this
The APS Auction
To ask a (philatelic) question, please send an email!
Index of the APS Journal "Austria"
Many articles about Austrian philately
The Austrian Post Office Shop site, listing all its products
What happened to the Library?

The Story of the Austrian Post up to 1850.
Privacy, cookies, rules & regulations etc
Our publications and bookshop
Links to other useful philatelic sites
The Philatelistenklub Merkur Innsbruck, formal Partners with the APS
Vienna's pneumatic post
The APS display at Spring Stampex 2008 (200 16-sheet frames)

Guest article #1: Return receipt (RR) service in the Austrian Empire, to 1875

Guest article #2: The Richard Krueger Collection

Guest article #2: Sammlung "Richard A. Krueger"

Guest article #3: The 1890 Austrian Empire definitive issue

To ensure you are looking at the latest version of the pages on this site, use the "Browser Refresh" feature (for chrome it's the curly arrow at top left). This applies especially to the Bookshop and Auction pages.

Getting in touch via email: Use the Procedure below. Don't make up other addressees (eg 'sales') as the spam filters will eat your email. Also check that you have supplied a return address that can accept emails from unknown senders. Note: if you use Gmail, replies from many of the Officers will probably land in your spam folder!

Ask-a-question: Increasingly, the 'ask-a-question' form produces a can't-find-it error. Please follow the procedure below!

The Procedure: Start and compose your email in whatever way you usually do, then fill in the TO field with the officer you want to receive it followed by @austrianphilately.com - for example an auction bid goes to auctioneer@austrianphilately.com and a complaint about this web site to webmaster@austrianphilately.com Your choice is: editor, treasurer, secretary, membership, webmaster, publicity, auctioneer.