STAMP STORY
ing to the present day—can be seen on two stamps issued by West Germany in 1961 to mark "75 years of motorised traffic ” The example illustrated shows tiie autograph of Daimler, with the outline of an early Daimler car, which is a far cry from the models of today! In 1885, Benz was driving a motorised tricycle through the streets of Munich at the then breath-taking speed of 15 m.p.h. Daimler, a former apprentice to a gunmaker, built his first car the next year. The companies which the two men later established were combined in 1926. Two earlier stamps, issued to publicise the Berlin Motor Show and the 50th anniversary of the motor-car in 1936, showed portraits of the two inventors. The 1961 issue appeared less than a year after another stamp celebrating the 125th anniversary of Germany’s first railway—and so the two aspects of transport history meet in the pages of a stamp album.—Central Press Features. All Rights Reserved
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30284, 9 November 1963, Page 8
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