St. Andrew's cross (philately)

The only known copy of an Austrian 1850 1Kr yellow stamp se-tenant with St. Andrew's cross label. The stamp was cancelled in Prague. This philatelic rarity was sold at auction for € 16,000 on December 6, 2008.[1]

In philately, a St. Andrew's cross is a saltire (an heraldic ordinary) or crossed x design that occurs on some philatelic items; on a few sheets of stamps, censor labels and a few British Forces air letter sheets issued during World War II.

  1. ^ "Viennafil auction result December 6, 2008". viennafil.com. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2008.