| SPAIN.
Thermal ATM issues 2OO3 |
T77
(85) |
Historic
motorbikes (6).
Mobylette
AU-HT with sidecar, 1954 (MMC-Hervás) |
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Date
of issue :
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February 2003 (1st.
known date : 24.02.03, Phil. S.) |
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47 x 26 mm.
- Format type 3 |
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Paper
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Thermal phosphorescent
self adhesive |
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Offset |
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Imprint
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Thermal on
black |
| Imprint
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2+2 (Epelsa
with 5 and 4 digits small and large) |
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0,01
€ to 99,99 € / Set: (0,21)-0,26-0,51-0,76 € |
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Design
and Printer :
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RCM-FNMT.
Real Casa de la Moneda - Fábrica
Nacional de Moneda y Timbre |
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Printing
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63.110.400
labels |
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| Click
on the image to enlarge it |
| The
2003
starts with a new issue of the series about historical motorcycles
initiated
in 2002; The sixth issue is dedicated to one of the mythical
models, well known already like the motorbike's Ford T, the Mobylette.
In this new issue can be
seen one of the first models manufactured by the French company Motobecane
at the beginning of the years 50, with sidecar. |
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The
first model of the new Mobylette appeared in the Salon
de Paris de la Moto in 1949.
This first prototype AV
3 was made from the union of existing elements coming from other machines;
some of these elements were the reinforced frame from a 1938 bicycle,
the engine from the model "Poney" of 49 cc., .... The fuel
tank was located between the support of the saddle and the mudguard. In
total, the model had 28 kg of weight and a maximum speed of 30 km/h. |
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This basic model, without clutch,
fork nor transmission, was completed from 1952 with some new improved
models; the model AV 31 incorporated a telescopic fork and AV
33, for example, included an automatic clutch.
The great relation price/quality
and its easy use supposed an immediate success.
The
Mobylette
bleue or AV 8 appeared in the end of 1959 and it
is without a doubt the most well known and more sold motorcycle around
the world.
The combination of options
lead to a multitude of intermediate models, always improving the previous
one.
Still in 1997, after
more than 50 years of life, it appeared the new model AV 88, sold
by MBK under the name of Motobecane. |
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In 2002 Spanish posts
dedicated one ATM issue to another Motobecane model , the
B-44
from 1930.
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The ATM
show the image of a motorbike in the Museo de la Moto Clasica (MMC)
de
Hervas
(Caceres) - Classic Motorbike Museum in Hervas, Caceres, Spain. |
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