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Steve
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Topic: Get your Bearings Posted: 21 September 2013 at 10:28 |
A half set of adverting labels for Kubelfabrik Fischer who made bearings, originaly for bicycles and later cars. Looks like they were issued for their 30th anniversary of the firm. They seem to be making a claim that their bearings enabled a car to travel 80,000 km across N. America all sorts of terrains and weather.
The stamps were issued in sheets of 12, and these are from series 2 |
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Daniel
Mint Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 1128 |
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Interesting fact, in 2000 F.A.G. Kugelfischer, as they were then called, produced the large roller bearings for The London Eye. They were the only manufacturer able to do so. Here are mine: |
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