Sunday Stamps - Celebrations: USA

The USA Celebrate the Century series seemed an ideal place to go this week yet I didn't expect the three stamps I've chosen to relate to years before I was born,

USA - 28 May 1998

But the years celebrated for Babe Ruth were the 1920s, as it was also for The Gatsby Style - 

USA - 28 May 1998

However it is the Tin Lizzie for the 1900s that I think deserves pride of place,

USA - 3 February 1998

The Model T Ford, that 4 cylinder, 20 horsepower car, also earned the title in 1999 of 'The Car of the Twentieth Century'.

To join in other celebrations just follow the links to be found at Sunday Stamps - Celebrate

Automobiles and Motor Transport - Sunday Stamps

This should have been an easy theme if I had not shown most of my car stamps before. I've had to go back to the 'Celebrate the Century' stamps from the USA.

USA - 1900s Model T Ford

And from the 1950s the way to see a film.

USA - Drive-in Movies, 1950s

I've bent the theme a bit with stamps from Germany and Canada - well there is at least one car on them.

Germany - Each Time Safety, 5 June 1973

This was from a safety series issued over several years and shows a child playing with a car approaching.

My Canadian stamps just has a street scene with an automobile or two.

Canada

Meanwhile on my wish list is a set from 13 January 2009 on British Classic Designs (both stamps are scanned from a catalogue.)

Great Britain

So far these have not turned up on my favourite market stall.

For other automobiles and forms of motor transport check out the links at Sunday-stamps-187.