
COUNTRY: | MONACO |
ISSUE DATE: | 1 March 2016 |
STAMP SIZE: | 40.85 x 30 mm |
CIRCULATION: | 50 000 |
STAMP DESIGN: | Fabrice Monaci |
The Auto Union Type C was one of the "silver arrows", the cars of the two German teams Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union that dominated Grand Prix racing from 1934 and 1939. It won nine races in 1936, and eight in 1937. It was also the car that took Germany's Bernd Rosemeyer to the European Drivers' Championship title in 1936.