Meter Stamps – a Quiz for Experts 

 

 

Meter Stamps – a Quiz for Experts


Not all of us collect meter stamps, especially not those meter stamps that don't show a picture of a bicycle or don't at least mention the word "bicycle" in the text.

Nevertheless, guess which of the following meter stamps have a relation to a bicycle:

 

 

 

 

What result did you come to? The correct result should be: all have a relation to the bicycle - except for one. Please click on the pictures to check. You will find the partisan.

For the above "no name meter stamps", you can also ask whether the chronological reference is correct. For example, Zündapp was not yet producing bicycles in 1962 - especially not such modern e-bikes:

Of course, there is also the reverse case, namely that a company has changed its product portfolio and in 1961 Plümecke has long since stopped selling the bicycles (?) offered in the company catalog many years before:

 
Who knows? We will probably have to come to terms with this uncertainty. Nevertheless, the search for the meter stamps shown above and the associated research work remains an exciting activity - at least for those who want to play detective. Why not try it yourself?


You can find more than 2000 pictures of meter stamps in this album:

Each image is assigned a 4-digit REM-number. Using the search function, all meter stamps can be found at any time, for example the top image in this article with REM0382

A search with "meter united states watch out for bikes boston" also leads to the target. It can also be shorter: "meter uni watch bos"