FREE: US MINT NH SCOTT'S # 1025 Truck, farm & distant city

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US MINT NH SCOTT'S # 1025
Truck, farm & distant city
Date Issued: 1953-10-27
Postage Value: 3 cents

Commemorative issue
Trucking Industry 50th anniversary
Truck, farm & distant city
In 1903 the Automobile Club of America staged the first U.S. commercial vehicle contest to test the economy, reliability, durability, speed, and carrying capacity of the truck. At the time, the truck was the newest mode of hauling freight. Stimulated by results of the contest, the use of motor trucks flourished. More than 4,000 trucks were in use in the United States by 1908.

By the beginning of World War I in 1914, more than 300,000 trucks were in use; by the end of the war, more than a million trucks were being used. The first kind of modern trailer used was the full trailer, defined as a towed trailer. Its entire weight rests on its own axles. The semitrailer, whose front end rests on the rear of the hauling truck tractor, gained popularity by 1920. Early trucks were powered either by steam or internal combustion engines. The first tractors powered by diesel engines were built in the early 1930s. Diesel engines burned fuel oil instead of gasoline.
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mint stamp gum

: unused - a stamp that is not cancelled (used) , yet has had all the original gum removed. on early u.s. issues this is the condition that the majority of mint stamps exist in , as early collectors often soaked the gum off their stamps to avoid the possibility of gum drying and splitting

original gum (og) - a stamp that still retains the adhesive applied when the stamp was made, yet has been hinged or has had some of gum removed.

never hinged (nh) - a stamp that is in " post office " condition with full gum that has never been hinged .