Thursday, 17 April 2014

Two Feinwerkbaus on a postage stamp

How many airguns can claim to have appeared on a national postage stamp?



This stamp appears to have been issued in 1979 to commemorate the European Air Rifle and Air Pistol Championships in Graz, Austria. The drawings are not perfectly accurate, but the rifle bears a strong resemblance to a FWB300S and the pistol to a FWB80.

 

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