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#21 Stamp Machine and Fred Downing, 1959

 Item — Box: 6

Dates

  • Creation: 1959

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Full Extent

3 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

A new addition recently installed in the lobby of the post office here is an electrically operated stamp vending machine. Post office employee Fred Downing who is pictured above with the stamp machine related it has been installed at the north end of the lobby for the convenience of Washington residents. He said that stamps may now be purchased at the post office here anytime during the hours the lobby is open, which is 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. weekdays and 6 a.m. till 6 p.m. Sundays and holidays. The stamp machine with the three combination of coins it will take to purchase either 4-cent or 3-cent stamps, it will always return a penny in change. For a nickel you get one 4-cent stamp and a penny change and other combinations for dimes and quarters.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

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