December 20, 2013

History of Automobile - Russia - Monaco Joint Issue.

Russia Post issued a set of 2 stamp jointly with Monaco on 5th December 2013 featuring cars.The stamp features ZIL - 111V and Sunbeam Alpine.


ZIL- 111B - Soviet passenger car with top class body, " long wheelbase sedan ", " limousine " and " shay " small batches assembled at the factory Likhachev Moscow from 1959 to 1967 . Vehicle used in exceptional and special circumstances like parades , holiday escorts and other special occasions. The stamp features a ZIL- 111V , which on April 14, 1961 the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin arrived at Kremlin.

The British company Sunbeam began producing sports cars in 1953 representation seater Sunbeam Alpine.The car was equipped with in-line 4-cylinder engine. The stamp features the which in 1955, starred heroine Grace Kelly in the movie " To Catch a Thief ".

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