Canada #1604 "Historical Land Vehicles" and similar items

Canada ? Canada Stamp #1604 "Historical Land Vehicles" Souvenir Sheet MNH 1996 Commercial Vehicles - 4 Country Canada #Scott 1604 Issue Historic Land Vehicles-4 Name Historic Land Vehicles-4 Face Value 2 x 45, 2 x 52, 2 x 90 Date 1996-06-08 Variety Souvenir Sheet of 6 stamps Color Multicoloured Perforation 12.5 x 13.1 Paper PP - Peterborough Paper Converters Inc. (greenish gum) Tag GT4 - General Tagging along all edges of stamp Printer Canadian Bank Note Company =s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s=s These unused, vintage postage stamps are great for collectors, crafters and artists. Use them to enhance your journal, scrapbook, bookmarks, collage, stationary, cards, decoupage, envelopes, or other papercraft project. They can even be framed as a beautiful piece of vintage decor. Canada Stamp #1604 "Historical Land Vehicles" Souvenir Sheet MNH 1996 Idustrial and Commercial Vehicles White Model WA 122, 1947, Tractor-Trailer It was 1935 and beer advertising was prohibited. The Labatt Brewing Company needed to grab public attention and save rail costs. Through the White Motor Company, Labbat's commissioned Alexis deSakhnoffsky, designer of the 1933 Nash, to conceive a tractor-trailer that would both haul huge loads and serve as travelling billboard. He designed four Streamliner, each one better than the last. The 1947 Streamliner's curved corners and horizontal lines were impressive. The vehicles moved beer across Ontario until 1955, when Labatt's sold off its Streamliner fleet and brought an end to an era. Hayes HDX 45-115, 1975, Logging Truck The Hayes-Anderson Company built its first truck for the B.C. logging industry in 1922. Over time, its successors designed and produced many other trucks and buses but the logging truck had always been the backbone of the company. Paccar took over the firm in 1975, but the last truck built before the change is still on the road. Today, Steve Drybrough of Port Alberni, B.C., drives the Hayes HDX 45-115 logging truck purchased new by MacMillan Bloedel in 1975. Moving worry-free over treacherous mountain roads, he looks down the clouds from the cab of his 'Angel's Playmate', safe and comfortable. Angel's Playmate, the last truck ever produced by Western Hayes Truck Ltd., was completed in 1975 for MacMillan Broedel. Mr. Drybrough has been its only driver. Still Motor Co. Ltd., 1899, Electric Van Contrary to his name, William J. Still obviously believed in motion. In 1893, realizing that the ideal commercial vehicle should be easy for any driver to handle and repair, he patented a lightweight battery for self-propelled vehicles, then went on to build Canada's first electric car. In 1899, Parker's Dye Works in Toronto purchased a single vehicle powered by a Still motor and battery, and a new age began. The Electric Delivery Van had a standard carriage body fitted with an eight horsepower motor and a battery of 36 cells, carrying a total weight of 209 kilograms. It had a range of 30 miles and a speed of three to 14 miles per hour - incredible for this time. Planning to distribute its American-made trucks across our Dominion, International Harvester moved into Chatham, Ontario in 1910. But 11 years later, wishing to build vehicles exempt from import tariffs, it began the production of its first Canadian trucks. The Chatham factory became one of the largest truck-building operations in Canada and in 1937 set new standards of beauty and dependability for commercial vehicles. Boasting stream-lined styling in each line and curve, International D-35 trucks were designed to look more like the grand cars of the day than the rugged delivery trucks they were. With ergonomically designed seats in a spacious cab, the D-35 indulged the driver with comfort and elegance previously unknown in commercial vehicles. Waterous Engine Works, 1914, Road Roller A winding trail of mud, rocks and water-filled holes was all that linked most early Canadian settlements. Travellers often preferred to go by foot or horseback rather than risk being thrown from a bouncing wagon. Eventually, graders hauled by horses pushed or pulled a blade over the roads to cut off bumps and fill the holes, followed by a roller which compacted and smoothed the earth. Charles H. Waterous, founder of Waterous Engine Works, worked towards perfecting the steam road roller. Used by Canadian municipalities and leading road builders, the roller was a 12 ton monster that could compact almost any terrain. With its Waterous Steam Pressure Scarifier breaking the surface prior to grading, this industrial giant smoothed the roads in many Canadian provinces. Champion Road Grader, 1936 In 1892, when the Copp Brothers of Hamilton, Ontario purchased Canadian rights to manufacture and sell Champion road-making machines from the American Road Machinery Company, they couldn't have imagined that a century later their graders would still be scraping, spreading and smoothing roads in Canada and around the world. Graders developed from the original horse-drawn devices into diesel and hydraulic models with air-conditioning and power-assisted controls. In 1936, Dominion Road Machinery of Goderich, Ontario manufactured the first hydraulic model. It replaced the old mechanical system of shafts, gears and universal joints and, as contemporary advertisements claimed, was the "smoothest...and easiest operating machine of its kind." The Canadian development caught on... and on! In 1993, 101 years after the Copp brothers got into business, Canada's Champion Road Machinery was the second largest supplier of motor graders in the world. =x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x= Items are shipped using Canada Post without tracking to keep costs low. This is the most economical option. Canada Post is incredibly reliable, but can be slow. Although not common, it can take up to 2 1/2 weeks for a parcel to reach a U.S. destination and 4 to 5 weeks for an international address. Full and half sheets may be folded for shipping. Please let us know if this does not work for you. If you require tracking or a faster delivery please message before ordering. If you have a question or if you are unclear about shipping policies please contact us. 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