Friday, February 6, 2015

Postage stamp "Horse tram" (Republic of Cuba)

  Tropical plantations (for products such as henequen and bananas) made extensive use of animal-powered trams for both passengers and freight, often employing the Decauville narrow-gauge portable track system. In some cases these systems were very extensive and evolved into interurban tram networks (as in the Yucatan, which sported over 3,000 kilometers of such lines).

  • Country: Republic of Cuba
  • Year: 1981. 06. 25
  • Subject: Transport
  • Estimated cost: 1 cen. (at the rate of exchange 1981)
  • Number of catalogue Michele: CU 2569
  • Impression: 445k