1983 20c Street Cars
# 2059-62 FDC - 1983 20c Street Cars
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U.S. #2059-62
20¢ Street Cars
20¢ Street Cars
Issue Date: October 8, 1983
City: Kennebunkport, ME
Quantity: 207,725,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure and engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
City: Kennebunkport, ME
Quantity: 207,725,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure and engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
This set of four features America's first form of mass transportation. The first streetcar, the "John Mason," resembled a small railroad car with a seat, and it was pulled by horse. Electric Streetcars were introduced in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1886. "Bobtail" was the last horse-drawn streetcar to be removed from service. The St. Charles Streetcar in New Orleans is the oldest line still operating today.
First Streetcar In America
On November 14, 1832, the John Mason inaugurated the first streetcar service in America.
One man dominated the history of streetcars in America in the early days of their use. John Stephenson developed the first streetcar to run on rails. In general, he presided over the evolution of streetcars as public transportation.
Stephenson was an infant when his family immigrated to America in 1811. He grew up in New York City and went to college in Connecticut. A few years after Stephenson graduated, he started his own company of building “omnibuses” – horse-drawn passenger vehicles. Stephenson had worked as an apprentice under Abram Brower before striking out on his own.
It was a job order from banker John Mason that was Stephenson’s first big break. Mason wanted a passenger vehicle for a route for the New York and Harlem Railroad. Stephenson’s car was based on a modified English railway car. It ran on rails, making it a much more comfortable ride than the typically rough roads provided, and eventually earned him a sales contract. He named the car the John Mason, in honor of the man who commissioned it.
U.S. #2059-62
20¢ Street Cars
20¢ Street Cars
Issue Date: October 8, 1983
City: Kennebunkport, ME
Quantity: 207,725,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure and engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
City: Kennebunkport, ME
Quantity: 207,725,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure and engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
This set of four features America's first form of mass transportation. The first streetcar, the "John Mason," resembled a small railroad car with a seat, and it was pulled by horse. Electric Streetcars were introduced in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1886. "Bobtail" was the last horse-drawn streetcar to be removed from service. The St. Charles Streetcar in New Orleans is the oldest line still operating today.
First Streetcar In America
On November 14, 1832, the John Mason inaugurated the first streetcar service in America.
One man dominated the history of streetcars in America in the early days of their use. John Stephenson developed the first streetcar to run on rails. In general, he presided over the evolution of streetcars as public transportation.
Stephenson was an infant when his family immigrated to America in 1811. He grew up in New York City and went to college in Connecticut. A few years after Stephenson graduated, he started his own company of building “omnibuses” – horse-drawn passenger vehicles. Stephenson had worked as an apprentice under Abram Brower before striking out on his own.
It was a job order from banker John Mason that was Stephenson’s first big break. Mason wanted a passenger vehicle for a route for the New York and Harlem Railroad. Stephenson’s car was based on a modified English railway car. It ran on rails, making it a much more comfortable ride than the typically rough roads provided, and eventually earned him a sales contract. He named the car the John Mason, in honor of the man who commissioned it.