Name/Title
ScaleEntry/Object ID
987.30.335.1-4Tags
Weights and MeasuresDescription
Postal scale; brass on wood base; pan inscribed "Postal Rates for letters not exceeding 4 oz/d/6 1 1/2/8.2" as adopted by the General Post Office for England and colonies in 1841; three weights inscribed as follows: .2 = "GPO 4oz", .3 = "GPO 2oz", .4 = "GPO 1/2oz"; weights sit in depressions in wood base; bottom of depressions painted red; circa 1845.Update Date
September 1, 2020
