| SPAIN.
Thermal ATM issues 2OO2 |
T58
(66) |
| Historic
motorbikes (2). Norton, 1936 (CASC) |
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Date
of issue :
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February
2002
(1st. know date : 14.02.02) |
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47 x 27 mm.
- Format type 2 |
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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 |
| Imprint
varieties : |
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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 values P.S.: 0,20-0,25-0,50
€ |
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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 |
Second
issue of the
ATM set dedicated to historic motorcycles
and first great error in the ATM issues in Spain ;
Despite the text included, the picture in the stamp is certainly not
a Norton motorcycle, and not a 1936 model neither ... It's a
125 cc. NARCLA motorcycle manufactured in Girona (Catalunya - Spain)
in 1953 ...
NARCLA model
4-A
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As showed in the image, the
NORTON
models in 1936 looked very different.
The picture show also a
2 stroke machine, and NORTON have never made a 2 stroke ...
NORTON model 30 International
450 cc, 1936 |
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| James
Lansdowne Norton founded the Norton manufacturing Co. in 1898
to manufacture chains and other bicycle items. The first Norton
motorcycle was manufactured in 1902, when they put a French Clement
engine into a frame of his own design.
Although Norton himself
died in 1925, the company's 350 cc and 500 cc single cylinder motorcycles
went on to win several TT races in the 20's and 30's. Norton met
further success in the late 40's due to the development of the 500 cc Dominator
Twin engine.
The first NORTON
motorcycles
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The British company changed
hands along the years, in the '60s appeared the Atlas, the 750 cc
version of the Dominator. The Norton Commando was released
in 1967 ; with the 750 cc and 850 cc models was to become the flagship
model of the Norton Motorcycle Company for ten years.
In the mid-70's the
Norton
Company ran into financial trouble, and was merged with the
Triumph/BSA
company to form NVT (Norton-Villers-Triumph).
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The ATM
image show the reproduction of a motorbike in the Museu de l'Automòbil
/ Col.lecció d'Automòbils de Salvador Claret -
CASC (Car Museum / Salvador Claret's Car Collection) in Sils,
Girona, Catalunya. |
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