The Washington Times Nr. 12397 berichtet auf S. 14 über die österreichischen Briefmarken [mit IKO 142]:

"        AUSTRIA ISSUES NEW SERIES OF 'MUSIC STAMPS'

Specimens of Beautiful Engraving Bear Portraits of 7 Eminent Composers.

     Some of the most artistic postage stamps recently come from Europe, according to the New York Times [25.6.1922], is a series of what may be called "music" stamps, issued by Austria. There are seven values, [...].

     The pictures follow a chronological sequence in respect to values. The oldest of this famous group of seven, Haydn, is on the 2½-crown value. Mozart appears on the 5-crown, Beethoven on the 7½-crown, Schubert on the 10-crown, Anton Bruckner on the 25-crown, Johann Strauss, the younger, on the 50-crown and Hugo Wolf on the 100-crown stamp, the highest value in the set. Wolf was a well-known song writer who died about twenty years ago. Brückner, who died in 1896, was a composer of many symphonies and for years was the organist at Linz.

     As specimens of beautiful engraving these latest Austrian stamps are veritable gems of art. Most of the American dealers were ignorant of their issue until recently. [... Wohlfahrtsmarken ...] and, although available for postage at the designated values, are being sold, according to a Paris dealer, at ten times their face value, the excess being used for some charitable purpose. [... also 2000 Kronen für den Satz (= 25-30 US-Cents) ...].

     The stamps bear no names. The portraits of the musicians form the chief feature in the design, being in a large oval in the centre surrounded by artistic scrolls, with "Oesterreich" in the top panel and the value in the lower panel."