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Danvers, MA, postmark handstamp
Object Details
- Description
- The Post Office Department's 1895 contract with Benjamin Chambers, Jr., for postmarking handstamps describes this marking device as item 174: "'Stamp J' consists of an oval wrought iron die, the oval to be 1- 3/16 inches at its widest point and 13/16 inch at its narrowest. The name of the office appears in relief, running parallel with the sides of the oval die."
- Mail other than first-class was postmarked with the town name and state but not the date. This marking identified the place that mail entered the mail stream.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1895-1905
- Object number
- 1992.2002.389
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 1 x 1.25 in (11.43 x 2.54 x 3.18 cm)
- Place
- Massachusetts
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Mail Processing
- Record ID
- npm_1992.2002.389
- Usage
- Not determined
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