Sports & Athletics - Motorcycle Racing / Motorsports

Sports & Athletics - Motorcycle Racing / Motorsports

Year
1958
Face Value
0.06
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
Sports

Catalogs References

Michel
IT-SO 343
Yvert & Tellier
IT-SO 262
Stanley Gibbons
SO 323

Technical Details

Colors
Multicolor
Size
30 x 40 mm
Perforation
14
Printing
Photogravure
Designer
Corrado Mancioli
Printers
IPS Off. Carte Valori (Officina Governativa Carte Valori)
Motorsports, including motorcycle and circuit racing, gained significant popularity in Mogadishu during the 1950s, highlighted by regional competitions and grand prix events organized across the coastal capital. This issue highlights speed, mechanical sports, and modern motor engineering.

The dark-grey composition captures a motorcycle racer crouched low over the fuel tank of a classic road-racing motorbike, speeding forward along a banked track with motion blur radiating behind the vehicle. In the upper-left background, the arcaded façade of a grand colonial-era public building in Mogadishu anchors the scene, symbolizing mid-century technological excitement and motorsport culture.