Sav-A-Stamp Postal Scale

Object/Artifact

Bay Village Historical Society

Sav-A-Stamp Postal Scale

Origsize: 2" W x 4.75" H

Name/Title

Sav-A-Stamp Postal Scale

Entry/Object ID

2002.L.05.13

Description

Postal scale is a metal parallelogram with markings. There is an arrow on the top right and circle ring. The left side has an S hook. Sav-A-Stamp postal scale could weigh up to four ounces. The attached clip held letters or small pieces to be weighed by the pendulum balance. The scale bears a postage rate chart that places its manufacturing date between March 26, 1944 and September 30, 1946, when the U.S. airmail rate was eight cents per ounce. This scale was from a machinery company owned and operated by manufacturer Anson Browne of Pasadena, (and later, Long Beach, California. www.postalmuseum.si.edu

Collection

Bay View Osteopathic Hospital

Dimensions

Width

2 in

Length

4-3/4 in

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2002.L.05.01, 2002.L.05.02, 2002.L.05.03, 2002.L.05.04, 2002.L.05.05, 2002.L.05.06, 2002.L.05.07, 2002.L.05.08, 2002.L.05.09, 2002.L.05.10, 2002.L.05.11, 2002.L.05.12, 2002.L.05.147, 2002.L.05.15, 2002.L.05.18, 2002.L.05.19, 2002.L.05.20, 2002.L.05.217, 2002.L.05.227, 2002.L.05.237, 2002.L.05.24, 2002.S.05.16, 2002.S.05.17, 2020.T.09.1, E.2002.05.25, R.06.018