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That's nice! I have a cinderella from 1968 on offer at the moment, issued for the 1968 world ploughing event in Rhodesia.
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if the family stories are to believed, my father took part in the 1962 world ploughing event that was held in Dronten, the Netherlands. In what capacity, I do not know and if I ask him now, I am afraid I will not get a straight answer. His memory is fading and he sometimes mixes fact and fiction...
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Funny, I just assumed that the Kiwis had a hold on the ploughs for ever and ever.
BTW, all 6 of my commemorative covers are still mint from a franking point of view. Not only do you get to relive the deepest furrows and ruts, you can send yourself, or a friend, mail.
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jansimon,
You must ask him. No matter what answer he gives it has to be interesting! And you will never know if you miss this opportunity.
I remember my grandfather ploughing his vegetable garden with a mule when I was around six years old before he bought a used tractor, possibly in 1963, which he had through the end of his life around 1981 or so as best I can recall. He was born in 1906 and I was born in 1955.
Jerrel
P.S. I have a small collection of tractors on stamps which I have picked up by purchases at stamp shows or on eBay when they look interesting. Just added to a page in a stockbook currently and just a small number of stamps but it gives me a connection to my memories of my grandfather, Elmer E. Baxter. He added the E. when he registered for the draft in the 1920's I believe. They said he had to have a middle initial and he chose E. for Elmer, so I guess his name became Elmer Elmer Baxter officially. He did sometimes have an interesting sense of humor! He worked as a farmer, railroad worker laying track, logger, and a security guard at a Marshall Durbin plant in the last part of his working life.
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Jerrel,
You are right, I only hope that we will get a story that is more or less what happened, and not what he heard, read or combined in his head over the years. Problem is that there is no-one we know of that can confirm the stories. He will be 89 this year, so not many left that were there with him.
Speaking of tractors, my grandfather from mother's side was a farmer as well. Blacksmith by trade, but he decided not to take over the family business and start a farm on a small piece of land he had inherited instead. With his mechanical engineering background, he was obviously very interested in the new technology that was developed and right after the war, he was the first in the wide region to get a tractor: a Fordson E27N. For some reason, probably the colour, it was called Blue Heron ("Blauwe Reiger") in Dutch.
He has always remained a Fordson guy, even though he also had a Massey Ferguson somewhere. When I was a kid, he let me drive the Fordson (upgraded to a Major). There was no pedal for gas, but a hand lever, which took some getting used to.
I know there are photos, but of course I cannot find them right now...
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My desk with a bit of tractor influence in the form of a Precision tractor model of a 1939 Ford Model 9N which looks very much like my grandfather's tractor except that his was red and gray rather than solid gray. Also note the Radio Flyer wheelbarrow which tends to contain stamps looking for a new home that have been replaced in my albums.
I have been reading the book From the Winged Heels of Mercury by Zaven M. Seron, M.D. which is shown in front of a post office door based bank that was a present from my daughter and her husband this past Christmas. The book details the development of postal systems and common elements used for enabling a postal system including routes, transportation methods, use of postmarks and other forms of administrative markings used in operation of postal system, and an incredibly rich description of the forms and varieties of prepayment options including postage stamps and their revenue stamps precursors. I highly recommend the book if you haven't seen it!
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And don't forget to admire Dahlia who graces the screen in Jerrel's studio. She's been gone a while, like many of the people in these tales, but, like them, because of us, not forgotten.
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The 9N and the later (go figure) 8N Ford tractors were two of the best general purpose farm tractors ever built. They were extremely reliable and very durable. Their gasoline engines were simple to repair and maintain and they sipped fuel. I know of many that worked every day well into the 1980's in central Florida orange groves and vegetable farms.
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Well, the past week was not something I could have imagined. After the comments about the ploughing contest, I wanted to ask my father to see if he could tell a bit about this, but fate decided differently. On Monday I got a phonecall he had a serious condition for which he needed to go to the hospital. There they were able to fix things, but somehow it went from bad to worse. On Thursday we had to decide to put him on the morphine pump so that he would slowly slide away and the past night he gave up and passed away. Today was spent preparing for the funeral and coincidence or not (I don't think so), a couple of photos popped up. My sister said they were from the ploughing contest our father was in. She believed that he was actually one of the contestants, but we could not find any proof of that and the photos did not show him. But the photos proved he was there, doing something.
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Jansimon,
So sorry for your loss.
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My condolences on your loss Jan.
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I'm sorry Jan.
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Jan,
So sorry about your father's sudden demise. Glad the pictures turned up. It really does seem connected in some arcane sense.
Jerrel
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I have six covers listed; two rates (regular and registered) and two dates (1st and 2nd days, 14th and 15th May, respectively) and four colors. It's a ploughing bonanza, honestly, no horsing around.
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That's nice! I have a cinderella from 1968 on offer at the moment, issued for the 1968 world ploughing event in Rhodesia.
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if the family stories are to believed, my father took part in the 1962 world ploughing event that was held in Dronten, the Netherlands. In what capacity, I do not know and if I ask him now, I am afraid I will not get a straight answer. His memory is fading and he sometimes mixes fact and fiction...
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Funny, I just assumed that the Kiwis had a hold on the ploughs for ever and ever.
BTW, all 6 of my commemorative covers are still mint from a franking point of view. Not only do you get to relive the deepest furrows and ruts, you can send yourself, or a friend, mail.
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jansimon,
You must ask him. No matter what answer he gives it has to be interesting! And you will never know if you miss this opportunity.
I remember my grandfather ploughing his vegetable garden with a mule when I was around six years old before he bought a used tractor, possibly in 1963, which he had through the end of his life around 1981 or so as best I can recall. He was born in 1906 and I was born in 1955.
Jerrel
P.S. I have a small collection of tractors on stamps which I have picked up by purchases at stamp shows or on eBay when they look interesting. Just added to a page in a stockbook currently and just a small number of stamps but it gives me a connection to my memories of my grandfather, Elmer E. Baxter. He added the E. when he registered for the draft in the 1920's I believe. They said he had to have a middle initial and he chose E. for Elmer, so I guess his name became Elmer Elmer Baxter officially. He did sometimes have an interesting sense of humor! He worked as a farmer, railroad worker laying track, logger, and a security guard at a Marshall Durbin plant in the last part of his working life.
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Jerrel,
You are right, I only hope that we will get a story that is more or less what happened, and not what he heard, read or combined in his head over the years. Problem is that there is no-one we know of that can confirm the stories. He will be 89 this year, so not many left that were there with him.
Speaking of tractors, my grandfather from mother's side was a farmer as well. Blacksmith by trade, but he decided not to take over the family business and start a farm on a small piece of land he had inherited instead. With his mechanical engineering background, he was obviously very interested in the new technology that was developed and right after the war, he was the first in the wide region to get a tractor: a Fordson E27N. For some reason, probably the colour, it was called Blue Heron ("Blauwe Reiger") in Dutch.
He has always remained a Fordson guy, even though he also had a Massey Ferguson somewhere. When I was a kid, he let me drive the Fordson (upgraded to a Major). There was no pedal for gas, but a hand lever, which took some getting used to.
I know there are photos, but of course I cannot find them right now...
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My desk with a bit of tractor influence in the form of a Precision tractor model of a 1939 Ford Model 9N which looks very much like my grandfather's tractor except that his was red and gray rather than solid gray. Also note the Radio Flyer wheelbarrow which tends to contain stamps looking for a new home that have been replaced in my albums.
I have been reading the book From the Winged Heels of Mercury by Zaven M. Seron, M.D. which is shown in front of a post office door based bank that was a present from my daughter and her husband this past Christmas. The book details the development of postal systems and common elements used for enabling a postal system including routes, transportation methods, use of postmarks and other forms of administrative markings used in operation of postal system, and an incredibly rich description of the forms and varieties of prepayment options including postage stamps and their revenue stamps precursors. I highly recommend the book if you haven't seen it!
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And don't forget to admire Dahlia who graces the screen in Jerrel's studio. She's been gone a while, like many of the people in these tales, but, like them, because of us, not forgotten.
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The 9N and the later (go figure) 8N Ford tractors were two of the best general purpose farm tractors ever built. They were extremely reliable and very durable. Their gasoline engines were simple to repair and maintain and they sipped fuel. I know of many that worked every day well into the 1980's in central Florida orange groves and vegetable farms.
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Well, the past week was not something I could have imagined. After the comments about the ploughing contest, I wanted to ask my father to see if he could tell a bit about this, but fate decided differently. On Monday I got a phonecall he had a serious condition for which he needed to go to the hospital. There they were able to fix things, but somehow it went from bad to worse. On Thursday we had to decide to put him on the morphine pump so that he would slowly slide away and the past night he gave up and passed away. Today was spent preparing for the funeral and coincidence or not (I don't think so), a couple of photos popped up. My sister said they were from the ploughing contest our father was in. She believed that he was actually one of the contestants, but we could not find any proof of that and the photos did not show him. But the photos proved he was there, doing something.
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Jansimon,
So sorry for your loss.
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My condolences on your loss Jan.
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I'm sorry Jan.
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Jan,
So sorry about your father's sudden demise. Glad the pictures turned up. It really does seem connected in some arcane sense.
Jerrel
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