| SPAIN.
Thermal ATM issues 2OO3 |
T79
(87) |
Historic
motorbikes (8).
Soriano
Puma with sidecar, 1947 (MMC-Hervas) |
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Date
of issue :
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June 2003 (1st.
date : 9.06.03, Madrid / 18.06, Ph. S.) |
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47 x 26 mm.
- Format type 3 |
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Paper
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Thermal self
adhesive |
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process : |
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Offset 4 colours |
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Imprint
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Thermal on
black |
| Imprint
varieties : |
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5 (Epelsa
5 and 4 digits small and large, Epelsa LF) |
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0,01
€ to 99,99 € / Set: 0,26-0,51-0,76 € |
| Design
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Miguel Angel Escobar,
RCM-FNMT |
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Printer
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RCM-FNMT.
Real
Casa de la Moneda - Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre |
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Printing
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41.404.800
labels |
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| Click
on the image to enlarge it |
The eighth issue of the
series
about the historical motorcycles is dedicated again to a model made
in Spain; the Soriano model Puma with sidecar.
This ATM paper will
be the last one made this year through the R.C.M.-F.N.M.T.
R. Soriano presented
his third model of motorcycle in 1947 ; it was the Puma.
This model included a English Villiers engine of 122 cc.
It was really the first
trustworthy model of the mark; after the success, the company "was inspired"
by this mechanics to produce its own engines.
In 1952 they would
make a new version, the Puma 2, but it was never commercialized.
The Soriano were manufactured
in Madrid from 1941. During the decades of ' 40s and ' 50s,
when the authentic "boom" of the two wheels in Spain took place,
the company made several models of small motorcycles called: Lince,
Pantera
or Tigre ...
They maintained its production
until 1954, year in which the trade name of the company changed
and they stopped the manufacture of motorcycles.
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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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