How About Your Tractors?

Tractor, wheat and farm, designed by Czech-born Israeli graphic designer Otte Wallish (1903–1977), printed by lithogravure, and issued by Israel on June 24, 1951 as one of three stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Jewish National Fund, Scott No. 48, SG No. 58.

- nethryk

Rod222, nice tractor stamp! And thanks for the lesson.
The stamp you scanned is known as "Tractor in reverse"!

Really? How So?


Just trying out something.........What do you think? Useful
Tractors Posted on Page 1

Rod222, the tractor stamp is badly off center. If the stamp was off-center to the left it would be called ( as a joke ) a speeding tractor.
These Transportation Coils were printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the centering was terrible. I have some rolls in my collection where the roll starts of OK. Slowly the images are off center say towards the left, reverse the trend and go the other way.
Collectors of strips know that sometimes it is hard to find a well-centered strip!

Thanks Pete,
a US "in" joke
Interesting to know how that occurred,
Not sure I have seen an explanation on SCF how the
US coils were produced.
As a set in an album, they make an attractive collection.

The Transportation Coils as a series were printed on several different presses, not just by the BEP but also by some private printers. However, the earlier ones are all BEP products, and the 7.1 cent Tractor was printed by a Giori press ( BEP 701 ) using intaglio sleeves.
This press printed the stamps and tagged them. The printing sleeves were 18 rows wide and 52 stamps long, hence a platenumber occurs every 52 stamps. Perforating and coiling was done off press on either a Huck- or a Goebel Coiler, depending on the length of the coil.

Isn't there a nice purple stylized tractor stamp from Mexico in the 1950s?

During World War II the Soviets often used powerful tractors to move heavy artillery and mortars across the battlefield. Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting a Stalinez ("Sons of Stalin") tractor being used for a more peaceful purpose, and an airplane, designed and engraved by Zoltán Nagy (1916-1987), and issued by Hungary on October 29, 1950, Scott No. C74, SG No. 1135.

- nethryk

Where are you Canadians !

You have a Tractor on a stamp that commemorates
one of the worlds greatest inventions.......

No one has woken up yet.

.......... but that one has been on so many times Rod. You must also remember that we are sticklers for distinguishing between tractors and bull-dozers.

Has it?
I don't remember seeing it, Cynical.
Canadians, inventors of the PTO.........Bravo!

World's greatest event? Just another quiet day here on the prairies, Rod.

Attractive stamp that one, James,
not sure about the tracks chomping over the wheat though.

Care of the Fundy Stamp club

After posting my heavy footed tractor, I saw that 43c stamp in my Unitrade catalogue, and was considering posting that. Don't have one, too new for my liking.

Initially, I was going to post a smart aleck response to you initial request by inquiring what tractors had to do with the birth of Halle Barry, but thought better of it.

A close inspecition will show that the tractor is chomping through wheat stubble where the wheat has already been harvested.