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USS Nautilus handstamp
Object Details
- Description
- This is a partially carved handstamp created by Frank Holland while practicing to create the final stamp. The stamp was to cancel covers commemorating the USS Nautilus passage under the North Pole.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1958
- Object number
- 2004.2026.5
- Maker
- Frank Holland
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- neoprene gasket (black)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 x 2 3/4 in. (7.62 x 6.99 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Cold War (1945-1990)
- Mail Processing
- Record ID
- npm_2004.2026.5
- Usage
- CC0
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