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Stamps series "Nurburgring Motor Races"

05.1939 - Nurburgring Motor Races
№ValueSizeWMEdition
show this photo and others16956+4 (Pfen)33x27ммСвастика300 000
show this photo and others169612+8 (Pfen)33x27ммСвастика300 000
show this photo and others169725+10 (Pfen)33x27ммСвастика300 000
 

1695. - The first motor car of Benz an Daimler with overprint "Nürburgring-Rennen".

1696. - Auto-Union and Mercedes-Benz race cars with overprint "Nürburgring-Rennen".

1697. - Volkswagen with overprint "Nürburgring-Rennen".

series in circulation from 18.05.1939 to 31.12.1940

Identical set of stamps as issued for the Berlin Motor Show, 17th February 1939, with additional overprint in black: "Nürburgring-Rennen".

The Nürburgring is a circular racing circuit 17.6 miles long with 174 bends, and a gradient of 1:6. It is situated in the province of Eifel. This circuit was constructed between 1925 – 1927. It was opened in 1927 and is owned by the Nürburgring G.m.b.H. The public can drive round this circuit on payment of a small fee, when race meetings are not in progress.