I always look forward to receiving any flags in this series of cards.. This was sent by a friend on here travels to Austria from Switzerland.. Thank you Rosmarie.for this...another for my collection..
Posted 13 March : Arrived Sydney 23 March : Traveled 10 days.
AUSTRIA,,Republic of Austria.
AUSTRIA : Covers and Area of 83,879 KM2.
POPULATION of Austria is 8,662588 inhabitants
UNIQUE .: Austria has the world's largest Emerald.2,860 carats and is displayed in The Imperial Treasury of The Holburg Palace in Vienna.
AUSTRIA :has one of the oldest National flags in the world..since 1191 Duke Leopold V The third crusade
FAMOUS : Austria's Schonbrunn Palace the summer Palace of The Habsburgs hs no less than 1,440 rooms.
Viennas Central Cemetary has over 2.5 million tombs..more than the city's live population.
HISTORY.: Austria : One of Europe's great powers : 1804 - 1867 Austrian Empire.:
1867 - 1918 Austro Hungarian Empire.
MONARCHY: The Habsburg Monarchy 1521-1918 Motto was Let Justice be done though the world perish.
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