Strange overprints from Austria

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Strange Tax Stamp Overprints from Austria

There are some strange overprints on tax stamps from Austria that I sometimes cannot explain. If you have an idea or, even better, know the explanation, I should appreciate if you could inform me.

This is an example with the tax stamp from between 1900 and 1920.
There are several identical overprints. With some guessing I can read '...AMT' ('department') and 'WI..', which might be 'Wien' ('Vienna'). It looks similar to the stamp used to cancel the tax band, and then the text could be something like 'STEMPELAMT WIEN'.

This is another example with the tax stamp from between 1900 and 1920.
The additional stamp is a provisional stamp used after WWI to cancel the Austrian stamp in South Tyrol.
The text is 'R. Ufficio delle Imposte' ('Royal Tax Office') and 'Merano', see also the page for Italy.
(scanned by Claudio Talacci)

This is an example with the tax stamp from between 1920 and 1922.
The overprint might be an Italian date stamp used from 1880 to 1922 (and again later), see the page for Italy. The place shown here is 'BOLZANO', which is in South Tyrol and belonged to Austria, but became Italian in autumn 1919.

In this example the tax stamp is again from between 1920 and 1922.
On the overprint, you can see the text 'STEUER' ('tax'). This might again be a stamp normally used to cancel tax bands.

This is yet another example with the tax stamp and tax band from 1920.
It has many overprints all over the wrapper, due to inflation: the tax values were increased ever so often.

	This is an example with the tax stamp from between 1900 and 1920. There are several identical overprints. With some guessing I can read '...AMT' ('department') and 'WI..', which might be 'Wien' ('Vienna'). It looks similar to the stamp used to cancel the tax band, and then the text could be something like 'STEMPELAMT WIEN'.

	This is another example with the tax stamp from between 1900 and 1920. The additional stamp is a provisional stamp used after WWI to cancel the Austrian stamp in South Tyrol. The text is 'R. Ufficio delle Imposte' ('Royal Tax Office') and 'Merano', see also the page for Italy. (scanned by Claudio Talacci)

	This is an example with the tax stamp from between 1920 and 1922. The overprint might be an Italian date stamp used from 1880 to 1922 (and again later), see the page for Italy. The place shown here is 'BOLZANO', which is in South Tyrol and belonged to Austria, but became Italian in autumn 1919.

	In this example the tax stamp is again from between 1920 and 1922. On the overprint, you can see the text 'STEUER' ('tax'). This might again be a stamp normally used to cancel tax bands.

	This is yet another example with the tax stamp and tax band from 1920. It has many overprints all over the wrapper, due to inflation: the tax values were increased ever so often.