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  2. Letter scale - Wikipedia

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    Bilateral letter scale, collections of the Maison Losseau. 19th Century letter scale used at the Mangōnui Post Office. A letter scale is a weighing scale used for weighing letters in order to determine the correct amount of postage. Until the 1990s most letter scales were mechanical, but today electronic scales are the most common.

  3. Postage meter - Wikipedia

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    A postage meter or franking machine is a mechanical device used to create and apply physical evidence of postage (or franking) to mailed items. Postage meters are regulated by a country's postal authority. A postage meter imprints an amount of postage, functioning as a postage stamp, a cancellation and a dated postmark all in one.

  4. Transorma - Wikipedia

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    The Transorma was the first large-scale multi-position mail sorting machine, built by the Dutch heavy industrial company, Werkspoor.The name is an acronym for "TRANsport and SORting, Marchand and Andriessen", the last names of the inventors.

  5. Weighing scale - Wikipedia

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    A mechanical scale or balance is used to describe a weighing device that is used to measure the mass, force exertion, tension, and resistance of an object without the need of a power supply. Types of mechanical scales include decimal balances, spring scales, hanging scales, triple beam balances, and force gauges.

  6. Sampson Mordan - Wikipedia

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    Silver mechanical pencil Catalogue from 1898 Sampson Mordan (c. 1790 – 9 April 1843) was a British silversmith and a co-inventor of the first patented mechanical pencil . During his youth, he was an apprentice of the inventor and locksmith Joseph Bramah , who patented the first elastic ink reservoir for a fountain pen .

  7. Stamp vending machines in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Many postal administrations around the world have used automatic stamp vending machines including the United States, where private manufacturers began vending stamps from coils in 1908. Most countries of the Commonwealth of Nations have issued stamps for use in Stamp Vending Machines, including Hong Kong , New Zealand and Malta .

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