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Quantico, VA, duplex handstamp
Object Details
- Description
- This handstamp was manufactured by Pitney Bowes, April 26, 1940. It was used by postal workers to postmark mail and authenticate reports.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- December 31, 1957
- Object number
- 1999.2027.1
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 4 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 1 7/8 in. (10.8 × 4.45 × 4.76 cm)
- Place
- Virginia
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Cold War (1945-1990)
- Mail Processing
- Record ID
- npm_1999.2027.1
- Usage
- CC0
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