Travel the World of Postage Stamps - History of Fire Engines (First Series) - Horse-drawn Steam-pump, (XIX c) - USSR 1984 - Michel USSR 5462 - my hobby
Greetings friends!
*Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
*I do not believe in Darwin's theory of human evolution, but I trust the evolution of technical inventions that, on his life path, invented by man to make his life easier.
*It is difficult to imagine the need for a fire hydrant in the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve lived, but since they left it, they had to seek shelter and make a fire to warm and cook.
*Since then, concepts such as fire and fire extinguishing have become very close to a person and his home.
*The History of Fire Engines (First Series) series of postage stamps issued in the USSR in 1984 shows us the evolutionary development of firefighting vehicles since the 19th century AD.
*On a postage stamp with a face value of 5 kopecks of the USSR, we see the Horse-drawn Steam-pump.
*The steam engine greatly helped the firefighters in supplying water to the fire site and shortened the fire extinguishing time, keeping losses and casualties to a minimum, to a relative minimum, when compared to the manual supply of water with buckets.
*But, we can say that this is already an improved fire engine, lol.
*In my city, near the fire brigade on duty, I found an earlier version of such a mechanism with a manual pump.
*A water tank in the form of an oak barrel, which may have previously been used to store wine or beer, was installed on a cart, and a hand pump was installed behind the barrel, which was served by two people. the principle of its operation is the same as a manual drive on a railroad car.
*It's amazing how such an exhibit has survived.
*I hope that my stamps will one day celebrate the same anniversary as this fire cart.
**Let's take a look at this postage stamp.
Information about this postage stamp:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: # Transport, # Fire Engines, # Technics, # USSR.
Series: History of Fire Engines (First Series).
Name: Horse-drawn Steam-pump, (XIX c).*
Denomination of a postage stamp: 5 USSR kopek.
Michel's USSR catalog code: 5462.
Episode release date: December 12, 1984.
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½.
Postage stamp size: 55 x 26 mm.
Printing technology: Photogravure and Recess.
Circulation: 5,500,000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.18 - $ 0.62.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.04 - $ 0.34.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Canceled postage stamp
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Below, you will see previous postage stamps from this series and links to their descriptions:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: # Transport, # Fire Engines, # Technics, # USSR.
Series: History of Fire Engines (First Series).
Name: Horse-drawn Crew Wagon, (XIX c).*
Denomination of a postage stamp: 3 USSR kopek.
Michel's USSR catalog code: 5461.
Episode release date: December 12, 1984.
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½.
Postage stamp size: 55 x 26 mm.
Printing technology: Photogravure and Recess.
Circulation: 5,900,000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.11 - $ 0.62.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.04 - $ 0.34.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Canceled postage stamp
To be continued!
You can see the development of the story of my postage stamp collection on my Leofinance blog.
Author @barski
Ukraine
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