Front:
BUTLER SCHOOL DIST.
School Bus 1920s
INGTON
GTON4USA
JUN
USA120
1985
FREEDOM OF CONSO
22210
ENCE
AN AMERICAN RIGHT
Back:
SCHOOL BUS
First Day of Issue: June 8, 1985
First Issue Location: Arlington, VA
Throughout the world, buses are used as a major mode
of public transportation, particularly by nations with
advanced road and highway systems. The term “bus” is
derived from “omnibus” and refers to a motor driven
vehicle that transports passengers. The United States has
a vast network of bus routes which are used for intercity
service, suburban transit and for transporting children to
school. Over 300,000 school buses carry more than
twenty million students to and from school each year in
the United States. The capacity of school buses varies
from thirty-six to sixty-six passengers. Today's school
buses are a far cry from the earliest school buses. Indeed,
the first public conveyance of school children was in
1859 when a school district hired a farmer to transport
children to school in a wagon. The school bus depicted
on the stamp featured on this Maximum Card is a Model
T Ford, built by the Bluebird Body Company of Fort
Valley, Georgia in 1927. The bus has been restored and
is now on display at the Bluebird Company in Georgia.
No. 85-37
©1985 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation . Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Dick Simms.
