Stamp Canceler. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Stamp Canceler.

Creator

  • Inventor: Luzenberg, Edward A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Luzenberg, E.A., of San Antonio, Texas.
  • Inventor: Sachs, Edward
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Sachs, E., of San Antonio, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Newman, Sam
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Fork, Herbert
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1886-05-04
  • Acceptance Date: 1886-05-04
  • Submission Date: 1885-09-22

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved stamp canceler. This design "is to provide a . . . stamp-canceler, which is so constructed that it punctures or perforates the stamp and inks it at the same time, but does not mutilate the letter or other contents of the envelope" (lines 7-12).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: stamps
  • Keyword: stamp cancelers

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Bexar County - San Antonio

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 341425
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth171257

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,425, dated May 4, 1886. Application filed September 22, 1885. Serial No. 177,821. (No model.)"
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