Catalog number: NL08FS

Label Sheet - Firefighting Equipment F. Seltenhofer

Philatelic Stamp Sheet Slovakia 2008 - Technical Monuments – Firefighting Equipment - F. Seltenhofer.

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Philatelic Adhesive Sheet Slovakia 2008 - Technical Monuments – Firefighting Equipment - F. Seltenhofer.
Author: Doc. Robert Brun akad. mal.
Issue number: 077 NL 421/08
Date of issue: 30.04.2008

Specification
Apart from being transported by hand pulling, it is also adapted for horse-drawn carriage. On the platform, it has an iron water tank, a blacksmith-forged double-arm lever, a nozzle, and a tool container. Its output is 140 – 160 liters per minute, with a reach of 24 – 26 meters. The operating personnel consists of 6 people. The oldest factory for firefighting equipment in Hungary in Sopron (Ödenburg) was founded in 1816 by the Seltenhofer family dynasty. Its four generations (all named Fridrich) managed to maintain the company's production program until the end of World War II. It was based on technical and craftsmanship quality, high sales, low prices, and favorable installments for municipalities and associations. With quality and craftsmanship, they were able to compete even on an international level. Already in 1869, the factory received the title of "Imperial and Royal Court Supplier," and Emperor Franz Joseph awarded them the Golden Cross of Merit with a crown and the Knight's Cross. A wide range of products is presented in the company's catalog from the late 1890s, listing 36 firefighting machines. In 1897, the factory recorded 4071 machines produced. To expand them in the territory of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, it established branches in Budapest. The company designed its own mobile pumps and patented them. Progress in production was reflected in the frames of the vehicles, where wood was replaced by malleable iron, water tanks were made of Styrian sheet metal, and cylinders of the best bronze. All pressure outlets of each pump were equipped with threads prescribed by the so-called Hungarian Thread Standard. Pumps with cylinder diameters up to 100 mm had a copper wind and vacuum vessel. The vehicles were equipped with suction hoses, hemp hoses, copper nozzles, keys, hammers, oil cans, etc.

source: pofis.sk