Austria 1922 20 Kronen, Woman with Veil (Trauernde)

Austria · 1922 · 20 Kronen

This definitive stamp features a poignant allegorical design of a woman wearing a veil, known as 'Trauernde' or 'Mourning Woman'. The design, created by Wilhelm Dachauer, symbolizes Austria's sorrow and hardship following its defeat in World War I. The high denomination reflects the rampant hyperinflation of the early 1920s.

Issued during the First Austrian Republic, this stamp is a tangible artifact of the post-WWI hyperinflation period that devastated the Austrian economy before the introduction of the Schilling in 1925.