National Museum of American History
Patent Model for Automated Postmarking and Canceling Stamps
Hargrave, Thomas C. · ca 1871
This patent model demonstrates an invention for the automated cancelling of postal stamps. A cylinder was engraved with place and state names; the date was inserted in moveable type. The invention was granted patent number 121099.
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