{{More citations needed, date=January 2024 The ''Austria Netto Kataloge'' are

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's most popular collectors' catalogs. They have been regularly issued since the mid-20th century. Among

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, and phone card collectors they are considered the authoritative reference catalogs. The most famous of these catalogs are those issued in the field of philately. These are limited to the Austrian collecting field, and are issued annually. The oldest of these, the ''Österreich Spezial Katalog'' (Austria Special Catalog), as of 2007, is in its 63rd edition. Also issued annually are the ''Österreich Standardkatalog'' (Austria Standard Catalog) and the ''Vierländerkatalog'' (Four Countries Catalog), the latter of which lists all stamps issued in each of the four German-speaking countries: Austria,

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, and Switzerland. In addition to its stamp catalogs, the ''Austria Netto Kataloge'' line also includes annually-issued Austrian

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s and Austrian phone card catalogs. The catalogs' publisher also issues catalogs for special cancellations. The editor-in-chief of the Austria Netto Kataloge, as of 2008, is Christine Steyrer. Due to the length of the name ''Austria Netto Kataloge'', collectors often use the abbreviation ''ANK''. Therefore, while also commonly used, the expression ''ANK catalog'' is technically redundant.

The Austria Special Catalog has substantially more content than the Austria Standard Catalog, including: *personalized stamps *telegraph stamps *court tax/

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s *fiscal and newspaper stamps *official new prints * army post (from 1955) * Lombardy–Venetia stamps *Austrian Post in Levante Countries * Austrian Post in Crete *

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stamps *

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ed issues of the successor states *local issues of the

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and Second Austrian Republics *advertisements and commemorative sheets *

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opening flights *

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* http://www.ank.at Numismatic catalogs Philately of Austria Stamp catalogs

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