Bicycles on Stamps

World Communication Year,issued Sept.15th,1983,from a set of 2;

 

An attractive bicycle stamp from Cuba.



And - of course! - a book about Bicycles on Stamps.

https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Stam...1541817358&sr=1-1&keywords=bicycles on stamps

 

issued Jan.27th,1987; from a set of 2;

 

The Bicycle Thieves.

It recalls for me a skit on the old TV Show of Shows. Carl Reiner and Sid Caesar are arguing over an apparently stolen bicycle. The genius of the skit was the 'pidgin Italian' they spoke - just enough English interspersed to follow the dialogue. Speak, memory.

 

issued April 7th,1988

 

Werner......Merry Christmas.....you are aware that one of these stamps shows a horse ???
Enjoy your holidays...
Bob

 

Which one, Bob?

Don

 

I am going to create a new topic...horses on bicycles...will post pictures if I find any.....
Merry Christmas

 

Bob,
first of all Merry Christmas to you and all the others of this forum !

The pair of Irish stamps need some deeper understanding and knowledge
of German.
I was not aware that one stamp shows a horse.But thought it was a donkey.
In German there is a kind of affectionate nickname for bycycles: "Draht-Esel".
(Draht = wire, Esel = donkey) You will find "Draht-Esel" or "Drahtesel" in all
better dictionaries.
I thought the pair showed the evolution of transport in history.

Werner

 

Werner....thanks for adding to my limited knowledge of German.However,that is definitely a horse pictured on the stamp.As far as I know,they don,t have donkey jumping at the Olympics....

Bob

 

Closest I can find to a horse on a bicycle stamp.
This is a 1991 issue from Eire,depicting early bicycles .
I doubt that it would go very fast...only 1 HP...........

 

Looks right to me!

Don

 

Very cool stamp anglobob! I love pictures of old children's toy.

 

Was next in line:

Historic Bicycles,issued March 5th,1991.

 

A Christmas themed item....Father Christmas on a bicycle...Rudolph was unavailable
I am not familiar with US stamps and not sure if this was issued or not.Looks to me like a personalised self-adhesive stamp.
Happy Christmas to everyone....

 

Apparently one can make their own postage stamps with tools such as Zazzle. They are legitimate for postage use. Frankly, I am surprised more companies don't use them - seems would be a nice marketing gimmick. On the other hand, few companies use stamps today.

 

Mexico Olympics,issued Oct.12th,1968; from a set of 8;

 

62nd National Sport Games,issued Oct.10th,1981; from a set of 2;

 

A 1972 issue from France,overprinted for use in Reunion.
From 1949 to 1975,Reunion used French stamps with a surcharge in CFA francs overprinted on the stamps.All stamps were withdrawn from January 1975 when the CFA franc was replaced by the French Metropolitan franc and unsurcharged stamps from France were used.