Bidspirit auction | Lot of 16 Austrian stamps

Lot of 16 Austrian stamps of 1945, Osterreich overprints on German Reich stamps. The overprint comprises a grid of vertical lines masking the portrait at the centre of the stamp, a clear diagonal band carrying the name of the country, and a solid bar at the foot covering the original German inscription. Values of 5, 6, 8, 12, 30 and 42 pfennig in green, pink, purple, red, olive and deep green, several of them in more than one copy. These overprints were made on the liberation of Austria at the end of the Second World War. All used and cancelled. Good condition.