Thailand Post
A philatelist who collects everything related to motorcycles reported to us two more issues from Thailand featuring a motorcycle-riding postman without a motorcycle.
On August 14, 2020, a coherent stamp was released related to the fight against the Covid-19 virus. Almost in the center of the picture is a parcel deliverer with a helmet and face mask, wearing the motorcycle uniform of the Thai postal service.

Detail with the parcel deliverer

Then, also in August but in 2022 on the 29th, the 60th anniversary of the Asia-Pacific Postal Union had been celebrated with a stamp on which (almost) all forms of postal delivery have been depicted, and therefore also the data riders.

Mad Max and Prince
The Portuguese Post is also entering the personalised stamp market. Especially for the centenary of the Warner Brothers film company, they have issued a personalised stamp sheet with eight stamps, depicting posters of Oscar-winning movies.

The complete stamp sheet

The backside of the sheet

One of those movies is Purple Rain, starring the singer Prince (Rogers Nelson). In the film, The Kid, as Prince is called, rides a customized 1981 Honda CM400 Hondamatic with a Vetter fairing and high sissy bar. It is prominently shown in the film and on the posters, but is not recognizable on this poster.

A poster from the Mad Max film "Fury Road" is also shown. Many different advertising posters were made for this film and fortunately the Portuguese post used one with a (very small) motorcycle.

Detail with the motorcyclist on it

The stamps from 2021 are still on sale, and can be used til the end of this year (2024).

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