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| | Posta Slovenije d.o.o. : Stamp Land : Philately : Stamps : 2004 Stamps : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | In 1889, Slovenian Janez Puh (also known as Johann Puch) from Sakušak near Juršinci started his own bicycle company in Graz, Austria. |
 | | The company produced a range of bicycles, among them the bicycle with cross frame depicted on the stamp, which was manufactured in 1889. |
 | | In 1892 Franc Neger, Puh's brother-in-law, started the production of his "Neger Safety" bicycle in Maribor, Slovenia, but was less successful. |
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