| Added by |
 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Commemorative stamp The founding of the Austrian Mountain Rescue Service dates back to 1896 and resulted after an accident in which three climbers perished. This lead to the establishment of an organized alpine rescue service which was for the time being still under the aegis of the alpine clubs. The purpose of the new organization was to train emergency teams, initiate search and rescue operations when necessary, and make available rescue equipment. Ten years after its founding, there were already 173 rescue stations throughout the eastern alpine region. After World War II the alpine rescue service grew into a self-supporting and independent organization under the name "Austrian Mountain Rescue Service". Today, the rescue service carries out avalanche missions on land and via helicopter with 257 trained avalanche dogs and also maintains the first emergency medical helicopter, Christopherus I, which has stood on 24 hour-a-day alert since 1983. Also decisive to the work of the rescue service was the introduction of the emergency quick-dial telephone number 140 for alpine accidents to shorten the alert time. Today the mountain rescue service with 292 locations and 9,865 members has rescued 350,000 people from the Austrian mountains in the first 100 years of its existence. |
| Face value | 6 Shilling |
| Catalog code (Michel) | AT 2194 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number AT 1709 Yvert et Tellier AT 2023 Stanley Gibbons AT 2435 AFA number AT 2086 ANK AT 2225 Unificato AT 2023 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 2.900.000 |
| Issue date | 27/09/1996 |
| Designer | Johannes Margreiter | Kurt Leitgeb (E) |
| Print technique | Photogravure and Recess |
| Perforation | comb 13¾ x 14 |
| Height | 50.00 mm |
| Width | 32.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
