Military Postal Express Service duplex handstamp
National Postal Museum

Military Postal Express Service duplex handstamp

July 3, 1919

metal; wood
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

The Chambers shop at Lodge, Virginia, produced this postmarking device around 1917. This flange-style device can be distinguished from similar postmarkers with screw-on heads made after 1931 by the 'year' type being positioned in a slot between the canceling bars and the postmark dial.

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