DOLLARS 2013 STAMP CANCEL CAR THE WART BURG 1970 D D R LUCKY MONEY VALUE 150

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DOLLARS 2013 STAMP CANCEL CAR THE WART BURG 1970 D D R LUCKY MONEY VALUE 150
F 1941 G (GA Blok)
S/N G 07399296 A
GEM UNC
The face side have a two post stamps:
2017 U. S. FLAG REGULAR ISSUES:
49 c, Flag Coil
1970 GERMANY DDR
15 pf, 25 years German People's Police, DDR
Also has post seals: JUL 4, 2017 & JUL 4, 2018
(seal 100% guarantee )
The History of Money & Cars
The Wartburg was a car marque manufactured in East Germany.
The name "Wartburg" derives from Wartburg Castle on one of the hills overlooking the town of Eisenach where the cars were manufactured.
From the 1950s,
Wartburg's
had a three-cylinder two-stroke engine with only seven major moving parts (three pistons, three connecting rods and one crankshaft).
The name was revived in 1956 by VEB A
utomobilwerk
Eisenach and given to an updated version of their IFA F9 car which had been in production since 1950.
The new car had a more powerful version of the three-cylinder two-stroke engine driving the front wheels and a completely new body.
By this time, Germany had been divided into two countries (the West and the East) and the Wartburg factory was in the communist East (GDR).
Exports to West Germany began in 1958, and by the early 1960s the car was exported to other countries, including the United Kingdom and United States.
Right hand drive models were first manufactured in 1963 and exported to Cyprus, with British buyers being introduced to the car in 1964.
However, just 550 examples (450 saloons and 100 estates) were sold in the UK.
These were two-tone models sold at the same price as a basic British Mini, appealing mostly to older people.
The 311 model was manufactured in a number of variations, including pickup, estate, and two-seater roadster.
A convertible was advertised in the GDR in 1957 but its production never exceeded 350 units.
The engine was enlarged to 992 cc in 1962 and a completely new body was manufactured after 1966.
This version, the 353, was sold as the Wartburg Knight in several countries, including the UK, where the estate model was sold as the Tourist.
It remained on sale until 1976, by which time nearly 20,000 had been sold.
This marked the end of right-hand drive
Wartburg's
, but left-hand drive versions continued to be imported to the UK and at least one model was converted to right-hand drive.
Also, in 1966, the gearbox gained synchromesh on all speeds and was designed to freewheel as a fuel efficiency
and engine protection measure, which meant that unless the freewheel feature was disabled by a lever beneath the steering column, the car did not benefit from engine braking.
Because the engine was a two stroke unit, it relied on the passage of the petrol mixture (two-stroke oil and petrol, at a ratio of 1:50) to lubricate the engine.
With the freewheel device disengaged, the engine could be starved of lubricant and seize on long down-hill runs unless the throttle was opened briefly from time to time.
Nevertheless, disengaging the freewheel device was recommended to give engine braking in snowy or icy conditions.
There are four editions of Wartburg 353:
Wartburg 353 from 1966