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Leavitt cancelling machine patent model

Find resources related to science and technology on the National Postal Museum's website.

32-cent George Washington Carver stamp
The Black Experience - Advances in Science
Exhibition
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3-cent American Chemical Society single
About U.S. Stamps - American Chemical Society Issue
Exhibition
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10-cent dark brown Alexander Graham Bell single
About U.S. Stamps - American Inventors
Exhibition
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1-cent John James Audubon single
About U.S. Stamps - American Scientists
Exhibition
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13-cent Chemistry single
About U.S. Stamps - Chemistry Issue
Exhibition
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Sello Margaret Mead de 32 centavos
Mujeres en Sellos: Parte 2 - Ciencia: Mejorando Vidas
Exhibition
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Researcher working with the Foster and Freeman VSC6000
Forensic Laboratory
The National Postal Museum (NPM) houses a laboratory with a unique combination of equipment for the analytical or forensic study of philatelic materials.

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Workers in a large mail processing room
America’s Mailing Industry - Industry Segments
Exhibition
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Machines or Bust
The nation needed a postal system that could meet its surging need. To answer that challenge the Post Office Department had to integrate new machines and systems into an organization that was second only to the military in scope and numbers. It would not be easy.
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two Eagle stamps on an envelope
Mexico Via Airmail - Nature and Technology
Exhibition
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37-cent Robert Millikan stamp
Nobel Prize Winners of 2009 - Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry
Exhibition
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painting of Apollo and Soyuz with Earth in the background
Art of the Stamp - Science and Technology
Exhibition
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Farmer's Bulletin weather report
Object of the Month: Weather Reports
05.23.2011

Postmasters displayed the daily publication “Farmers’ Bulletin” for their patrons. The bulletins were “published by co-operation of the War and Post-Office Departments” for disseminating information to rural populations. Weather details from around the nation were compiled in Washington, DC for the preceding day by 1 a.m. The bulletins were telegraphed, printed, and dispatched to postmasters before daylight every day but Sunday. This “synopsis” of national information gave communities access to weather trends that could affect their lives and livelihoods.

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