Cars / Automobiles / Trucks On Stamps

Karl Benz was the inventor of the first automobile in 1896... An Austrian Business man named Emil Jellenik with a daughter named Mercedes Jellenik who was very wealthy and had connections with the Daimler-motoren-gesellschaft corporation... demanding that they deliver more horse power and more vehicles his funding and demand for the vehicles earned him a sales agreement with them in 1900 fot 36 vehicles with 8 horsepower engines to bear the name "Daimler-Mercedes" he purchased these vehicles in 1900 for the total sum of 550,000. In 1926 Daimler Mercedes Merged into Mercedes Benz, Embracing the 3 pointed star design with a laurel wreath wrapped around it- the emblem still used today!

This car is not on a stamp, it's on the postmark!
A car in a posthorn.

Cinderella: Collector's card.

Long Island Automotive Museum #113

2 hp Oldsmobile Bus 16HP

... just like their 2011 issue! :-)

Here is a Souvenir Sheet issued by West Berlin in 1971 commemorating 50 Years of the AVUS race circuit.




Opel 1921



Auto Union 1936 (eventually evolved into present day Audi)



Mercedes - Benz SSKL 1931



Mercedes and AU 1937

That's a nice sheet... I just ordered one on ebay with some sales profits! :-)

Any automotive stamp collectors out their interested in acquiring this rare 1966 "missing colour" error stamp from Israel?
I had to buy the set to get the motorcycle "missing helmet" error.
You will notice the headlamps are missing the pink.

Regards
Gavin

The great Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio and a Mercedes-Benz W196.

Fangio won 2 Formula One championships for Mercedes 1954 and 1955.
He also won in 1951 driving for Alfa Romeo, in 1956 for Ferrari
and 1957 for Maserati.
Either he always picked the best cars or he was a darn good
race car driver.
He probably would have won even driving a Lada.

This is only one in a Miniature Sheet of 8 issued by Austria in 2007
portraying various Formula One Champions.

The Duesenberg is my favorite, then the Bugatti, then the Mercedes...

50th Anniversary of Le Mans...

Siegfried Samuel Marcus (1831-1898) was a German-born Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer. In 1883 Marcus was awarded a German patent for a low voltage ignition of the magneto type, and this design was used for the famous "Second Marcus Car" of 1888/89. Here is an image of a stamp depicting this innovative automobile, designed by Otto Stefferl, engraved by Prof. Werner Pfeiler, plus some photogravure, and issued by Austria on October 1, 1971, Scott No. 906. Historical note: Because of his Jewish ancestry, Marcus was removed from German encyclopedias as the inventor of the modern car, under a directive from the Nazi Ministry for Propaganda during the Second World War. His name was replaced with the names of Daimler and Benz.

- nethryk

Oooooh, just added that one to my want list!

I feel silly... I have on my lap a copy of the Scott A-B catalog (from the library) and not only did I miss this one, but two others on the same page that I have to add!

Alawys wanted to collect stamps with red cars....and trains.

Some US classics - vehicles and stamps.

Nells - I'm glad you like the Marcus Car stamp enough to put it on your want list.

fifia - Another item for your red car collection: De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932. Here is an image of a stamp depicting an 1894 De Dion-Bouton automobile, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by Mali on August 12, 1968, Scott No. 110.

- nethryk