20¢ Early electric streetcar 1983


20¢ Early electric streetcar 1983
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Early electric streetcar, Montgomery, Alabama 1886.
The Capital City Street Railway, also known as the Lightning Route, was the first city-wide system of streetcars established in Montgomery, Alabama, United States on April 15, 1886.
While the design of the stamp shows an early electric streetcar from Montgomery, AL, the concept principally was advanced by Frank J. Sprague. Sprague, in 1888, developed a practical system of electric railway traction. By World War I, the United States had more than 25,000 miles of street railways.
Face value 20 US cents
Catalog code (Michel) US 1659
Catalog code (Scott) US 2060
Series Streetcars
Stamp colour multicolor
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 52,000,000
Issue date 01/10/1983
Print technique photogravure
Perforation line 11
Height 25.00 mm
Width 40.00 mm
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