Bicycling

Title:Bicycling
Date of Issue: 09.03.2022.
Author: Bozidar Dosenovic
Type edition: commemorative
Printing techniques: multicolour offset
Sheet: 8+2
Paper: muflep 100g
Printing House: Blicdruk, Sarajevo

SHEET CANCELLATION

Motive: parts of the bicycle
Catalogue no.: 896
Perforation: 13 3/4
Face value: 0.90 BAM
Quantity: 15 000

Motive: parts of the bicycle
Catalogue no.: 897
Perforation: 13 3/4
Face value: 1.80 BAM
Quantity: 15 000

The bicycle is probably one of the most popular means of transportation in the world. In some countries, bicycles are used for the purpose of public transport, and they have also found their place within sports.

The first bicycles were not so shiny and light, they were more robust, and from the perspective of today's riders, they are quite problematic to ride.

In 1817, Karl Freiherr von Drais first sat on "something" on two wheels. This device was very similar to today's children's pushchairs, it was only for adults, and it moved with its feet. It didn't have pedals, brakes, cat's eyes and her frame was wooden, but it was just that - Karl's first bike, called "draisine". Although Karl Drais studied architecture, he did not foresee the entire architecture on his vehicle, as well as the brakes, but he still completed the first run successfully.

During many years of development, we ride bicycles with ease today. From road, mountain, city bike, there were various types of folding, tourist, electric, etc.

For two centuries, the bicycle has been a cheap means of transportation that has great advantages when it comes to health, sustainable development and environmental protection.

Previously, it was rare to see older people on bicycles, business impossible, and many younger ones, copying the older ones, were hesitant. The guilt for that was the prejudice that bicycles are primarily intended for children, and then the one who sees the sign of the poor in that.

Many artists have also made some of their great works of art, such as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp and others, specializing in the uniqueness and beauty of bicycles.

The triumph of cycling today is complete.

Author: MA Bozidar Dosenovic

Publisher: Poste Srpske a.d. Banjaluka