Austria KK 20 Para Overprint on 5 Kreuzer

Austria · 1899 · 20 para on 5 kreuzer

The stamp features a profile portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I facing right, within an oval frame. It bears an overprint of '20 PARA' horizontally across the portrait, originally denominated in Kreuzer.

This stamp represents the postal services of the Austro-Hungarian Empire operating in foreign territories, specifically in the Ottoman Empire, where Austrian stamps were overprinted with local currency denominations (Para) for use in Austrian post offices abroad.