Very few postmarks of the present war have so far reached us from Germany, but _Fig._ 237 is a type of the Field Post Office date mark. _Figs._ 238, 239 are Censor marks, and the next (_Fig._ 240) is the cover of a letter from a prisoner of war interned at Kissingen. [Illustration: 240 241 242 243] AUSTRIA. The stamps of Francis Joseph the Unlucky, who has been on the throne of Austria since the first Austrian issue appeared in 1850, do not call for more than pictorial representation here. The general postage stamps current in Austria were originally issued as a special series to mark the sixtieth year of the Emperor's reign (1908). Slightly modified, they were re-issued for the celebration of his eightieth birthday (1910). The illustrations (_Figs._ 241-257) show the original issue of 1908 as still current. The portraits are copied from paintings in the Royal palaces, and the subjects are: 1 heller (Charles VI.), 2 heller (Maria Theresa), 3 heller (Joseph II.), 6 heller (Leopold II.), 12 heller (Francis I.), 20 heller (Ferdinand). [Illustration: 244 245 246] Of the present Sovereign, unluckier than ever in the present war, the series comprises several good portraits. The 30 heller shows him at the time of his accession in 1848, the 35 heller a portrait painted thirty years later, 1878; the 50 heller shows him in the uniform of a Field Marshal, and on the 1 krone he figures with the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Contemporary portraits appear on the 5, 10, and 25 heller (_Figs._ 244, 246, 249), and a particularly fine portrait stamp of large size is the 10 kronen (_Fig._ 257) printed in deep brown, blue and ochre. [Illustration: 247 248 249 250 251 252] The 2 and 5 kronen stamps (_Figs._ 255, 256) respectively present views of the Imperial palaces Schönbrunn and Hofburg. [Illustration: 255 256 253 257 254] On October 4, 1914, two stamps were issued in Austria of a war charity postal character, selling for 2 heller more than the face value, the extra 2 heller going to the fund for the widows and orphans of Austrian soldiers killed in the war. The designs are adapted from the ordinary 5 and 10 heller stamps (_Figs._ 244, 246) by a lengthening of the stamps for the addition of the date 1914 (_Fig._ 258). These although paying postage to the value of 5 and 10 heller, sell at 7 and 12 heller respectively. [Illustration: 258 259]