Height x Width x Depth: 1 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/2 in. (3.81 x 10.16 x 3.81 cm)
Type:
Mail Processing Equipment
Place:
Illinois
Date:
c. 1914
Description:
This is a parcel post rate indicator manufactured by J. K. Stewart Mfg. Company, Chicago, Illinois, is an octagonal-shaped instrument with two knobs, one at either end. Each side has two cut-out windows where information appears by turning the knobs to indicate proper postage by pounds and cents for various zones: local rates and zones 1 to 8.
Reference: J. K. Stewart Mfg. Company advertisement. R.F.D. News. (November 7, 1914) 14.
