Tractor 1920s [First Day of Issue Cover/Envelope]; Transportation Series 1987
Sarasota, FL: United States Postal Service, 1987. Presumed one of multiple originals issued. Envelope with printing on one side only. Sealed envelope approximately 6.5 inches by 3,75 inches. This stamp appears to have the designation of Scott #2127. The designer was Ken Dallison of Indian River, Ontario, Canada. The 7.1 cent Transportation Series stamp featuring a 1920s tractor was issued February 6, 1987 in Sarasota, Florida. The 4 canceled stamps are at the top right, above the First Day of Issue stamp. The left side has a picture of a 1920s era tractor being driven with a farm in the background. Above the image is the statement Official Fist Day of Issue. Below the issues is Tractor 1920s Transportation Series 1987 and the ArtCraft logo. Some believe that the word "tractor" was formed by joining TRACtion and moTOR. Others believe the following derivation: that the word tractor was taken from Latin, being the agent noun of trahere "to pull". The first recorded use of the word meaning "an engine or vehicle for pulling wagons or ploughs" occurred in 1896, from the earlier term "traction engine" (1859) . Although these versatile machines have a wide variety of uses, the farm tractor is considered the most important because of the revolution it brought about in agricultural production. The first factory for tractors opened in 1905. By 1918 mass production churned out 132,000. More