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Stamps series "International Motor Show, Berlin 1939"
| № | Value | Size | WM | Edition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| show this photo and others | 1686 | 6+4 (Pfen) | 33x27мм | Свастика | 800 000 |
| show this photo and others | 1687 | 12+4 (Pfen) | 33x27мм | Свастика | 800 000 |
| show this photo and others | 1688 | 25+10 (Pfen) | 33x27мм | Свастика | 800 000 |
1686. - The first motor car of Benz an Daimler. The first motor car of Benz (1885) a three wheeler with Carl Benz at the wheel, and the four wheeled car with Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and his son Paul Daimler at the wheel.
1687. - Auto-Union and Mercedes-Benz race cars.
1688. - Volkswagen.
These stamps were available at a maximum of two sets against the entrance ticket to the Motor Show, at a price of 1 Mark per set. They were sold only at this show until its closing date 5th March 1939, after which they were available at all German P.O’s. The Reichs Association of the Motor Car Industry at Berlin, Charlottenburg 2, sold these sets on 16th February 1939. These stamps are often found mounted and cancelled on souvenir cards supplied at the show. These car shows had been running since 1933, and each year a special postmark had been used, but this was the only time stamps had been issued.
The Volkswagen: was designed by Dr. Ferdinand Porche, an Austrian. The cost of the car was to be 990 Mark. Their sale and manufacture was a state project, and at Fallersleben near Braunschweig, one of the largest car factories in the world was laid down in 1938.
