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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:
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
Below, you will see previous postage stamps from this series and links to their descriptions:
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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