Handstamp

Name/Title

Handstamp

Entry/Object ID

2025.39.1

Description

Postal hand cancel stamp. The stamp has a shaped, cylindrical wooden handle with a knop on the top. The round steel stamp reads, "GROVE & W.R.Jc." R.P.O." around a changeable date on one half and has the "RMS" insignia on the other half identifying its use on the mail train.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.39

Source or Donor

Paul Howard

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Pitney Bowes

Date made

1934 - 1949

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Diameter

1-3/4 in

Material

Wood, Steel

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

U.S. Postal Service, Pitney Bowes

Related Places

Place

Village

White River Junction

Town

Hartford

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America