Austria post issued a stamp featuring Puch 500 in the car series stamps. As for the history: The “Puch Works”, founded in 1899 by a certain Johann Puch, was an Austrian company that produced bicycles, engines, motorbikes, and cars. Johann Puch’s first small production workshop was located in the Strauchergasse in Graz, but a few [...]
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Motorbikes – Apfelbeck
March 21st, 2011 
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1,238 viewsJust two years after releasing the R100, the first KTM motorbike, the Mattighofen based company launched itself in the image-conscious sport of road racing in 1955. At that time four-stroke engines were a much more promising basis for success in constructing a racing machine than the robust two-stroke engines of the endurance sport (nowadays called [...]
100 Years of Aviation – Singapore
March 21st, 2011 srmodh 2,004 views2011 marks a centennial of aviation in Singapore. Singapore saw her first aircraft, piloted by Mr Joseph Christiaens, take off from the racecourse in Farrer Park on 16 March 1911 and that marked the start of aviation in Singapore. Eight years later, on 4 December 1919 about 4:48pm, a pioneering flight from England to Australia, [...]
Transport III – Coaches
January 16th, 2011 srmodh 1,302 viewsJersey Post issued the third set of stamps in the series entitled ‘Jersey Transport’ and a selection of coaches which have graced the roads of Jersey are featured. Jersey Post’s ‘Transport III – Coaches’ stamps feature the following vehicles which have been painted by local artist, Alan Copp.
Submarine Branch centenary
June 10th, 2009 srmodh 880 viewsTitle:Submarine Branch centenary Date of Issue: 12 June 2009 Country: Norway Denominations: NOK 14.50 – NOK 15.50 It is a hundred years this year since the launching of Norway’s first submarine at Germaniawerft in Kiel.his submarine, which was christened “Kobben” and later renamed A-1,surpassed all expectations and in 1911 a decision was made to build another three submarines [...]
