Auxiliary handstamp, REFUSED
National Postal Museum

Auxiliary handstamp, REFUSED

September 11, 2001

wood; ink; rubber
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

Postal clerks use 'Pointing Hand' rubber stamps to endorse a mail piece returned to the sender. The auxiliary stamps explain why the item could not be delivered. This particular rubber stamp marks a letter or package "refused," indicating that an addressee would not accept the mail piece.

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