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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
331029
Area
Stamps
Title
Rudolf Diesel
Face value
10
Country / area
Year
1958
Month
03
Day
18
Issue group
Order Number in Issue group
Usage
Basic colour
Exact colour
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Portrait with drive mechanism
Michel number
284
Yvert number
156
Scott number
783
Stanley Gibbons number
1203
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation type
Number of teeth per 20 mm
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Print run
20.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
43 x 26 mm
Details
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913, last seen alive on board the Dresden ferry on the English Channel during a crossing to England) was a German engineer and the inventor of the diesel engine.
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Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913, zuletzt lebend an Bord des Fährschiffs Dresden auf dem Ärmelkanal bei einer Überfahrt nach England gesehen) war ein deutscher Ingenieur und der Erfinder des Dieselmotors.
