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HISTORICAL TRACTORS |
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP |
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| Date of issue: | 21. 9. 2005 | |
| Face value: | 7.50 CZK | |
| Printing sheets: | 50 stamps | |
| Size of the stamp: | 30 x 23 mm | |
| Graphic Artist: | Bedřich Housa | |
| Engraver: | Bedřich Housa | |
| Method of printing: | rotary recess print in black combined with photogravure in yellow, red, green and gray | |
| Subject of the stamp: | The “Automobile Plough” made by Deutz, Germany in 1907 was the first practically usable ploughing structure in Europe. The first European series of tractors was first marketed in 1912 by another German company, Hanomag, a year later followed by Lanz’s Landbaumotor. In the 20s series fabrication started also in Czechoslovakia. In 1926 the first tractors HT 30 left the gate of the Škoda Works in Pilsen. Practically at the same time the Prague engineering works Breitfeld-Daněk began marketing the BD tractors, in 1929 the fabrication of tractors started also in Prostějov in the Wichterle-Kovařík Works. The National Agricultural Museum in Prague - Museum of Agricultural Technique in Čáslav operates one of the largest European collections of tractors and motor ploughs. The collection, used by the author as the source of topics for the issue, shows most of the world brands of tractors used in the Czech Republic from the early 20th century. John Deere 15/27, made in 1923. The motor with a capacity of 37 HP at 800 rpm is a four-stroke spark-ignition water-cooled twin engine. It is fuelled with petrol and kerosene. The tractor has 2 forward and 1 backward speeds. |
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| Catalogue No.: | 0447 | |
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