1998 32c Celebrate the Century,1920s: Toy Trains
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US #3184d
1998 Electric Toy Trains – Celebrate the Century (1920s)
• Part of the third sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Recalls the rise in popularity of electric toy trains in the 1920s
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 32¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: May 28, 1998
First Day City: Chicago, Illinois
Quantity Issued: 188,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.6
Tagging: Block Tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the evolution of electric toy trains as children’s toys in the 1920s.
About the stamp design: Pictures an image of artist Ben Shahn’s painting Federal Agents Pouring Wine Down a Sewer During Prohibition, Destroying Wine. Includes the following text on the back “The 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. The detail from the Ben Shahn painting, from the Museum of the City of New York, shows federal agents disposing of wine.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at Chicago’s Celebrate on State Street festival.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: In the 1920s, American children were introduced to a new type of plaything – the electric toy train. Often incorporated into realistic scenes of towns and rail stations, these miniature scale models of real train locomotives, cars, and tracks provided both children and adults with many hours of entertainment. Toy trains are one of the few types of toys that have remained popular for more than seven decades.
There are three common scales of electric toy trains. In relation to the real train, they are HO or 1/87 scale, N or 1/160 scale, and ) or 1/48 scale. Enthusiasts create landscape elements, model buildings, and figures in the same scale to give their model railroads the correct proportions. Many model railroaders belong to clubs where they can work together to create larger railroad layouts on which two or more trains may run.
Model railroading gained further recognition when the hobby was on display at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933 and 1934. The public interest led manufacturers to create a greater variety of model railroading kits. By 1935, hobbyists had formed the National Model Railroad Association to establish uniform standards for tracks, wheels, and other electric toy train equipment.
US #3184d
1998 Electric Toy Trains – Celebrate the Century (1920s)
• Part of the third sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Recalls the rise in popularity of electric toy trains in the 1920s
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 32¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: May 28, 1998
First Day City: Chicago, Illinois
Quantity Issued: 188,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.6
Tagging: Block Tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the evolution of electric toy trains as children’s toys in the 1920s.
About the stamp design: Pictures an image of artist Ben Shahn’s painting Federal Agents Pouring Wine Down a Sewer During Prohibition, Destroying Wine. Includes the following text on the back “The 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. The detail from the Ben Shahn painting, from the Museum of the City of New York, shows federal agents disposing of wine.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at Chicago’s Celebrate on State Street festival.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: In the 1920s, American children were introduced to a new type of plaything – the electric toy train. Often incorporated into realistic scenes of towns and rail stations, these miniature scale models of real train locomotives, cars, and tracks provided both children and adults with many hours of entertainment. Toy trains are one of the few types of toys that have remained popular for more than seven decades.
There are three common scales of electric toy trains. In relation to the real train, they are HO or 1/87 scale, N or 1/160 scale, and ) or 1/48 scale. Enthusiasts create landscape elements, model buildings, and figures in the same scale to give their model railroads the correct proportions. Many model railroaders belong to clubs where they can work together to create larger railroad layouts on which two or more trains may run.
Model railroading gained further recognition when the hobby was on display at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933 and 1934. The public interest led manufacturers to create a greater variety of model railroading kits. By 1935, hobbyists had formed the National Model Railroad Association to establish uniform standards for tracks, wheels, and other electric toy train equipment.