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- OBJECT TYPE
- EMBOSSING/RAIL/MANUAL
- DATE
- 1860–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.1401.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- NORTHERN CANADIAN EXPRESS CO.
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN HANDLE; BRASS STAMPING HEAD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.1 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 4.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED SOMETIME BETWEEN THE 1860S AND 1900.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF STAMP USED BY A CANADIAN RAILWAY EXPRESS COMPANY. - Function
-
USED TO STAMP ON A PIECE OF WAX TO IDENTIFY THE DOCUMENT OR ENVELOPE HOLDING THE WAX AS BEING PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY SO EMBOSSED. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED IN MIRROR IMAGE IN HEAD: 'NO/ CAN. EX. CO./ 720.'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- HANDLE STAINED AND VARNISHED/ STAMP LACQUERED
- Decoration
- HANDLE HAS THREE GROOVES CARVED IN MIDDLE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Stamp, circa 1860–1900, Artifact no. 1967.1401, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1967.1401.001/
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