| SPAIN.
Epelsa - Mobba issues 2OO1 |
52 |
Coches
de época ( 3 ). PEUGEOT BÉBÉ (CASC)
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Vintage
cars ( 3 ). PEUGEOT BÉBÉ (CASC) |
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Date
of issue :
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October 2001
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1st date of use : 1.10.01, Phil. Service ) |
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47 x 26 mm.
- Format type 3 |
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Paper
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Thermal self
adhesive - multicoloured |
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Imprint
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Thermal on
black |
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varieties : |
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6 ( Mobba
(1)
and Epelsa 4 (1), 5 (2),
6 (2) digits ) |
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Values
/ Set :
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1
to 999999 PTS / Set
values : 30 - 40 - 75 PTS
( Available printing
varieties and values in the date of issue ) |
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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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50.000.000
of labels |
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| Click
on the image to enlarge it |
Third issue of the
ATM set dedicated to the vintage cars.
Founded on 1810 by the brothers
Jean-Pierre
and Jean-Frédéric PEUGEOT, the French company manufacturing
automobiles, bicycles and motorbikes is one of oldest and important of
Europe.
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Specialized
in the manufacture of steel tools and bicycles, in 1888 they constructed
its first automobile, a tricycle developed by Serpollet and equipped
with steam motor. The following year they constructed one four wheels car
equipped with a Daimler motor.
In the following years they
manufactured other models : the 3 ( 1891), with grasshopper aspect,
were first in being constructed in mass ; the 4, an only vehicle
made in 1892 for the King of Tunis ; the 10 ( 1894 ), first break
; the 15 ( 1897 ), impelled by the first motor created by Peugeot
; the 26 ( 1899 ), transformable vehicle and first equipped with
windscreen ; the 56 ( 1903 ), the first Peugeot with steering
wheel ...
The emergence of the Ford
Model T stimulated efforts in Europe to produce popular models
for the public at large. |
Ettore
Bugatti was in charge of the design of this new car and two prototypes
were designed ; A cute little two-seater ( Type 19 ) and a longer four
seat version ( Type 20 ).
Peugeot manufactured
only the short car, but with great success, using their already established
BéBé
model name. 3095 cars where produced between 1913 and 1916.
Designed to be a practical
car for the masses, the Bébé was powered by
what
was then the smallest engine ever made, consisting of four cylinders displacing
855 cc. and maximum speed of 60 km/h.
There where two versions
: The BP1 ( two speed gearbox ) and B3P1 ( three speed gearbox,
1914-1916 ). |
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The Peugeot Bébé
was the European answer to the Model T Ford.
Vintage
cars in Spanish philately
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