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German Valley, NJ, postmark handstamp
Object Details
- Description
- This circular town-date handstamp is typical of a steel-head postmarker made during the mid-nineteenth century. The solid steel die has a mortise in the center with a socket key and is marked 'German Valley, New Jersey'. The mortise only accommodates month and date type, typical of the 1860s and 1870s. The ornate set-screw head and the small-diameter dial are characteristic of pre-Civil War steel handstamps. Larger diameter devices during the mid-nineteenth Century were ordinarily made of wood.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- c. 1860-1870
- Object number
- 1987.0905.37
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- wood; steel
- Dimensions
- 1.5 in (3.81 cm), diameter
- Place
- New Jersey
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- Record ID
- npm_1987.0905.37
- Usage
- CC0
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