Vintage Cycling Stamps: You Might Have a Forgotten Treasure at Home
By Monica Buck
With the rapid growth of postal service in the late nineteenth century, stamp collecting became one of the most popular hobbies in the world. The never ending stream of new ones made it certain that no person would ever finish his/her collection and each country, till this day, continues to fuel this phenomenon with releasing more and more new unique sets. Naturally, riding a bike has been portrayed many times on stamps and we picked some of our favourites which mark the biggest events in the history of our beloved sport.
100 Years of Cycling (United Kingdom 1978)100 Years of Cycling (UK 1978)100 Years of Cycling (United Kingdom 1978)Czechoslovakia 1965Cycling World Championships (German Democratic Republic 1960)Pierre and Ernest Michaux (France 1983)Rome Summer Olympics (Togo 1960)(Romania 1951)Mexico Summer Olympics (South Arabia 1968)Olympic Sports (Soviet Union 1977)Spartacist Games (Soviet Union 1935)Track world Championships (Italy 1968)Helsinki Summer Olympics (Monaco 1952)150th anniversary of the bicycle (Niger 1968)Cyclo-Cross World Championships (Luxembourg 1962)Giro d’Italia (Italy 1967)Germany (1949)Peace race (Poland 1967)
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