24 January 2016

Sunday Stamps II - 58

2008, Russia,  7 rubles,
women's bicycle B-22, 1954
designed by V Beltyukov

The others in the set of four stamps for a history of Russian bicycles were from 1917, 1938, 1946.
This is the only one that is a women's bicycle.

for cycles

6 comments:

  1. You can see other ladies' bicycles in my post these week - complete with lady riders.
    Chain guards seem to be left off modern bikes.

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  2. I love the detailed picture.

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  3. Nice splash guard on the back for those rainy days too.

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  4. I think the added detail seems a little odd here. Bicycles do seem to make for good stamps - they are the right dimensions, I think, to fit nicely on a rectangle.

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  5. probably my favourite stamp from this set...

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  6. A lovely theme and a beautiful stamp!

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