Regimes can change more quickly than stamps. After World War I, the new Republic of German-Austria (1918-1919), overprinted its name on the stamps of the former Austro-Hungarian empire. Its successor, the Republic of Austria (1919-1934) developed a series of Art Nouveau-style stamps. After the forced incorporation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938, Austria used the stamps of the Third Reich. After the war, the occupying Allies overprinted these German Reich stamps to obliterate the inscription ?Deutsches Reich? and obscure the image of Hitler. In November of 1945, the Second Republic of Austria issued a set of new post-war stamp designs featuring bucolic sites across the nation.

StampEx019md — **Republic of German-Austria**, 1918 | Overprinted postage stamp | *George S. Champlin Memorial Stamp Collection*

StampEx020md — **First Republic of Austria**, 1922 | *George S. Champlin Memorial Stamp Collection*

StampEx021_2md — **German Reich**, 1945 | Variation of overprinted occupation issues | *Robert T. Galkin Collection*

StampEx022_1md — **German Reich**, 1945 | Variation of overprinted occupation issues | *Robert T. Galkin Collection*

StampEx023_1md — **Second Republic of Austria**, 1945 | Design from the first national issue | *Robert T. Galkin Collection*

StampEx023_2md — **Second Republic of Austria**, 1945 | Design from the first national issue | *Robert T. Galkin Collection*