PUCH P 800

The Puch P 800 was the most powerful motorcycle ever produced by Puch and was also particularly well suited for use with a sidecar.

Puch was once Austria’s best-selling motorcycle brand. The Puch P 800 was launched in 1936 by the long-established company, which had merged into Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG in the 1930s. Equipped with a side-valve four-stroke four-cylinder engine featuring an ultra-wide 170° V-angle, a displacement of 792 cubic centimetres and an output of 20 hp, the P 800 was used as a sidecar motorcycle by the police, the military and other public authorities. However, Austria’s annexation into the German Reich in 1938 brought production of the P 800 to an end.

The MP sidecar was manufactured by Max Porges, the largest producer of sidecars during the interwar period. Particularly striking was the streamlined so-called “Schlapfen” design, featuring an enclosed mudguard.

Series: Motorcycles
Value: 1.55 euros
First day of issue: 13.02.2026
Pre-issue day: 06.02.2026
First day: 8020 Graz
Stamp size: 42.00 x 34.80 mm
Perforation measurement: 14¼ x 13¾
Graphic design: David Gruber
Printing: Joh. Enschedé Stamps B. V.
Printing technique: offset printing
Quantity: 230,000 commemorative stamps on sheets of 50 units each
Order no.: 226070