Friday, July 3, 2026

100th Anniversary of the Rax Cable Car. Austria.

The postmark on this cover from Austria commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Rax cable car. I believe it is the first-day postmark for a stamp that commemorates the occasion as well. The cable car takes passengers up the Rax mountain range in eight minutes to a height of 1600m above sea level.


The stamps from left to right are: 
  • A 2017 stamp from the Austrian Inventions series that commemorates the typewriters invented by Peter Mitterhofer. He built several advanced prototypes between 1864 and 1869 that were never produced commercially.
  • A 2018 stamp from the Classic Costume series. This one features Thayataler Trachten: traditional folkdress from the Thaya region.
  • And finally, a 2018 stamps that addresses generational issues. It's a graphical representation of co-existence, with young and old occupying the same space.