1989 25c Experiment/Phoenix Booklet Pair
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1989 25¢ Experiment and Phoenix
Steamboats First Day Covers
Steamboats First Day Covers
Issue Date: March 3, 1989
City: New Orleans, LA
City: New Orleans, LA
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Lithographed and engraved
Perforations: 10
Color: Multicolored
Printing Method: Lithographed and engraved
Perforations: 10
Color: Multicolored
This Fleetwood First Day Cover features the two steamboat stamps, the Experiment and Phoenix.
When James Watt improved the steam engine in 1769, it led to the first steamboat being developed in France 14 years later. The real turning point for steam-powered boats came in 1807, when Robert Fulton built the North River Steamboat, later renamed the Clermont. It was a long, low vessel powered by a Watt engine, and its extraordinary commercial success was a historic event. The Postal Service honors the development of the commercial steamboat with a booklet pane of five different steamboats.
Inventor John Fitch and engineer Henry Voight launched the Experiment in 1788, after much trial and error. Three rectangular paddles propelled it slowly up the Delaware River. It was so slow; the trip by stagecoach was faster. The Experiment was taken out of service in 1790.
The Phoenix was launched on Lake Champlain in 1815. It traveled between Whitehall, New York and St. Johns Quebec. The steamboat caught fire and burned on September 4, 1819.
1989 25¢ Experiment and Phoenix
Steamboats First Day Covers
Steamboats First Day Covers
Issue Date: March 3, 1989
City: New Orleans, LA
City: New Orleans, LA
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Lithographed and engraved
Perforations: 10
Color: Multicolored
Printing Method: Lithographed and engraved
Perforations: 10
Color: Multicolored
This Fleetwood First Day Cover features the two steamboat stamps, the Experiment and Phoenix.
When James Watt improved the steam engine in 1769, it led to the first steamboat being developed in France 14 years later. The real turning point for steam-powered boats came in 1807, when Robert Fulton built the North River Steamboat, later renamed the Clermont. It was a long, low vessel powered by a Watt engine, and its extraordinary commercial success was a historic event. The Postal Service honors the development of the commercial steamboat with a booklet pane of five different steamboats.
Inventor John Fitch and engineer Henry Voight launched the Experiment in 1788, after much trial and error. Three rectangular paddles propelled it slowly up the Delaware River. It was so slow; the trip by stagecoach was faster. The Experiment was taken out of service in 1790.
The Phoenix was launched on Lake Champlain in 1815. It traveled between Whitehall, New York and St. Johns Quebec. The steamboat caught fire and burned on September 4, 1819.