Italy 1953 Car Race
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- Edition : "Poste Italiane S.p.A."; commemorative stamps of the issue ""Mille Miglia 1953""; meant is the 20th car race "Mille Miglia" (also called "MM-race of Italy" or "1000 miles of Italy") as annual car race in the years 1927-1957 and again from 1977 onwards to today. The XXth Mille-Miglia-race of 1953 took place on 25/26 April 1953 in Italy on a course Brescia-Rome-Brescia with start/finish in Brescia.; issue of 1 stamp
- Catalogue Number: Michel: No. 881; Yvert et Tellier: No. 645; Scott: No. 622
- Issue Date : 24 April 1953
- Color : violet
- Watermark : Italy No. 3-III (= "Routa-ND" or "Routa-III" = winged wheel with wings upon to right)
- Nominal Value : 25 Lire
- Postage Validity : to 31-03-1954
- Designed by : Vittorio Grassi (1878-1958)
- Printed by : "IPS Officina Carte Valori", Rome ("IPS" = "Istituto Poligrafico di Stato")
- Print Process : rotogravure (photogravure)
- Perforations : block perforation, B 14 : 14½
- Stamp Size : (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 37.0 x 21.0 mm
- Print Run : 3,805,926 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps
Commemorative stamp of the issue "Mille Miglia 1953"
The stamp motive shows cars at a race before insciptions.
