Emperor Franz Joseph in 1848

1908 PRINTING (Mi:AT 148v):
The 1908 printing on chalk coated paper is generally much sharper and clearer. The ink did not absorb into the shiny coated paper. Therefore if you view the stamp unde.. Read more »r magnification the colour in the inked sections is darker, a bit uneven (as if in blobs), and a lighter coloured fine boarder line is visible around each inked section. To the unaided eye the colour of the stamp is slightly more blackish than the 1913 printing.

1913 PRINTING (Mi:AT 148x):
The 1913 printing on regular paper is not so sharp and clear. The ink absorbed more easily into the regular paper used in 1913 giving the overall stamp more dull appearance. Under magnification the inked sections are lighter (more grayish) and are more evenly coloured throughout.

Country:	Austria
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Jubilee
Nominal:	30 heller
Year:	1908
Material:	chalk coated
Size:	25.5 x 30 mm
Perforation:	comb 12½
Mintage:	90,561,000