Schätzungsgebühren (2)

After writing the article in newsletter 148, I did some more searching for "Schätzungsgebühren" stamps and other tax stamps with images of vehicles. In doing so, I came across a forum discussion in which it was reported, among other things, that starting from 01-08-1939 the obligation to have cars appraised also applied to Austria, which had joined the German Reich in 1938 (whether voluntarily or not).
To draw up the "Schätzungsurkunde" the same gebührenmarken were used as in Germany. Here is an example of such a certificate (in this case for a DKW car), drawn up by an inspection station in Graz-Judenburg in the Austrian province of Styria:

At that time, the stamps, also in Germany, were provided with an overprint indicating that 25% of the levy would go to the Deutsche Automobil Treuhand in Berlin.

Incidentally, there were also other tax stamps in Austria that had to do with vehicles, the so-called "Strassenverkehrs Gebühr" stamps. Also about these stamps there is very little information on the internet, but given the name, they were probably used as proof of payment after paying road tax.
I found a few examples of these stamps from the Niederdonau region, the northeastern part of Austria around Vienna. Unfortunately, these stamps do not show a motorcycle, but a Volkswagen Beetle. Still the original type with the split rear window, in the Netherlands often called "brilkever", "spectacles beetle".
They were used from 1940 and there were 8 different values, each with a different color. Here are a few different ones:

Unfortunately no motorcycles on these stamps, but they are interesting for those who, like me, also collect stamps with other means of transport.

Wim Meijer, with additions by Paul Essens

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