Postage stamp, Austria, 3 schilling, commemorating World Refugee Year

Object | Accession Number: 1993.21.1.25

Overview

Brief Narrative: 3 Schillings, issued by the Postal Office of Austria, illustrating the emigration of refugees. It was issued on the occasion of tWorld Refugee Year, 1959-1960.
Date: issue: 1960
issue: 1959-1960
Geography: issue: Austria
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David Pearlman

Physical Details

Language: German
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Postage stamps
Object Type: Postage stamps (lcsh)
Physical Description: 3 Schillings, issued by the Postal Office of Austria, illustrating the emigration of refugees.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 1.525 inches (3.874 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, adhesive

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Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The postage stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by David Pearlman.

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Postage stamp, Austria, 3 schilling, commemorating World Refugee Year

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