Arylic framed Steel Souvenir Sheet of the Bessemer Converter 75ch and 2nu Future Applications
Price: $39.50
The government of Bhutan research for five years to find a unique way to
postally commemorate and emphasize the importance of steel industry in the country’s economic development. The issue was released on February 2, 1968 with scenes highlighting the steel making over a 5,000 year history. Printed on hair-thin 0.0001 inch steel foil, the first of its kind in the 129 years of world’s postage stamp usage.
The art of smelting and fashioning iron is believed to have been known in Asia, the oldest home of civilization, long before it reached Europe. The Bhutanese are familiar with iron industry from early times. They were good artificers in iron work. The swords and daggers they produced showed remarkable qualities of workmanship. The sword-blades are of excellent manufacture, finish and almost look as though they had been silvered. With the heritage of high-quality workmanship and good resources of iron, ore, limestone and dolomite. Bhutan was an emerging nation naturally interested in steel.
“Bessemer Converter”
An Englishman, Henry Bessemer, drastically changed steelmaking by the invention of this converter in the late 1800’s.
“Future Applications”
As steel had transformed the past so it is expected to change the future.
Arylic framed Steel Souvenir Sheet of the Bessemer Converter 75ch and 2nu Future Applications
Price: $39.50