Hi ! In today's post I have some special items for speed Lovers ! Here are the most exciting and thrilling stamps issued by New Zealand on Motosport.Kiwis are known for their adventurousness Motorsport has been part of their life. Well the place where the event takes place is always buzzing with excitement.The atmosphere is all sounds, smells and sights – the rumble of engines gunning, the smell of fuel burning and a huge cacophony of noise .Fans of Motorsport watch the race spellbound by the speed of the vehicles.This is all what you will view through these fantastic stamps issued on 4 February 2009. This exciting post is for this Weekend. Till Next Post ...Have a Nice Time !....
50c – Scott Dixon
Scott Dixon clinched the United States’ premier motor racing championship in 2008. It was the culmination of 15 years’ hard work.
$1.00 – Bruce McLaren
Bruce McLaren’s legendary rise to superstardom has inspired all – from his first competitive hill-climb in a highly tweaked Austin 7 Ulster at the age of just 14 to international fame and a string of Formula One successes. A talented, innovative race car designer, driver, engineer and inventor, his name lives on in Team McLaren today.
$1.50 – Ivan Mauger
In the 1960s and ‘70s, every speedway night at Western Springs was packed with crowds following the New Zealand motorcycle team, headed by Ivan Mauger. Mauger was a true legend in his lifetime. He was voted Speedway magazine’s ‘Millennium Man’: the greatest speedway rider of the 20th century.
$2.00 – Denny Hulme
Born and raised on a tobacco farm in Motueka, Denny Hulme left school to work in a garage and immediately started saving for an MG TF, in which he promptly entered a hill-climbing event. This guy lived to race – whether it was in a small sports car, a huge truck or a race car on the Formula One circuit. He loved driving barefoot – until 1960, when he was persuaded to start racing with shoes on.
$2.50 – Hugh Anderson
He may be New Zealand's least-known motorcycle racing success story, but Hugh Anderson well and truly deserves his place in this motorsport hall of fame. Now in his 70s, he was the king of the Grand Prix motorcycle world, succeeding where others failed – especially on bikes with lower cc ratings.
Courtesy - New Zealand Post
