Patent Model for Automated Postmarking and Canceling Stamps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1871
label: patent date
content: 1871-11-21
name: label: maker
content: Hargrave, Thomas C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.121099
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 121099
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.121099
objectType: label: Object Name
content: apparatus, stamping
label: Object Name
content: Postal Stamp, Canceling
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.6 cm x 30 cm x 18.5 cm; 6 9/16 in x 11 13/16 in x 7 5/16 in