Number by catalogue:  Michel: 1816   Yvert: 1645   Scott: 1316  

Perforation type: 13 ¾x13 ¾

Subject:

4.5 shillings. View of the Garsten Town*, 17th century engraving by George Matthaus Fischer.
On the fragment you can see a water mill.

Additional:

*Garsten is a municipality in the district of Steyr-Land in Upper Austria, Austria. 

Garsten was first mentioned as Garstina in documentation around 990, and a monastery was founded there in 1082. After being fully rebuilt in Baroque style in the late 17th century, the Benedictine monastery was converted to a prison in 1850, a function it fulfills to this day.

Topics: Watermills