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Title: Postage stamp vendor Post by: Kapri on April 30, 2009, 11:07:02 am Hellofrom sunny England!
I've just got this stamp vendor, and wondered if anybody could tell me anything about it? It's only a case, the mech is missing, so it will have to hang on the wall just for looks. Would like to know how old it is, and how common they are/were. Thanks, Gaz. (http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s259/special-when-lit/Coin-op%20restorations/001.jpg) (http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s259/special-when-lit/Coin-op%20restorations/002.jpg) Title: Re: Postage stamp vendor Post by: davethebirdman on April 30, 2009, 12:26:34 pm Did he part with the razor machine in the end???? Dave Title: Re: Postage stamp vendor Post by: Kilroy on April 30, 2009, 02:27:12 pm Hi Kapri,
Zip codes took effect in the early 1960's, 1963 i9 think, so your machine was in use sometime after that.. As a kid, I remember seeing stamp machines ( though not this one) practically in all drug stores, the post office lobby, and 5 and dime shops. A quick search in Ebay will come back with all sorts of models and styles, some dating back to the 1920's. by the 1970's - 80's they seemed to have disapearred from stores, much like the corner post Box. Hope this is some help :smile: Title: Re: Postage stamp vendor Post by: vendo39 on April 30, 2009, 02:45:46 pm That last patent number was issued in 1965 so that the oldest it could be.
Title: Re: Postage stamp vendor Post by: bcharlton on May 04, 2009, 11:32:42 am I believe it is from the 60s. Here is a similiar one on Craigslist.
http://rochester.craigslist.org/mat/1130908207.html Title: Re: Postage stamp vendor Post by: collecture on May 04, 2009, 11:37:42 am Here is a similiar one on Craigslist. Funny that the seller says the lock was removed because it was postal property - wasn't the whole machine postal property? |