Sc. B225-34 - 2/18/48
Reconstruction Fund semi-postals

It says a lot to me about the importance railroads still had mid-20th-century, that seven of these ten stamps depicting important projects in the post-WWII reconstruction work in Austria have rail themes.

B225 - 10g+5g slate-black - Rebuilding Laabenbach viaduct, Neulengbach
B226 - 20g+10g lilac - Work cars at Vermunt Lake dam
B227 - 30g+10g dull green - Steam locomotive & freight cars at Danube port, Vienna
B228 - 40g+20g olive-brown - Steam locomotive & freight cars at Erzberg surface mine
B229 - 45g+20g dark blue - Steam locomotive & Southern Railway Station, Vienna
B230 - 60g+30g dark red - Communal housing project, Vienna
B231 - 75g+35g dark violet-brown - Tracks at gas works, Vienna
B232 - 80g+40g violet-brown - Tank cars at oil refinery
B233 - 1s+50g deep blue - Gesause Highway, Styria
B234 - 1.40s+70g deep carmine - Parliament Building, Vienna

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