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Postage meter facts for kids

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Franking with a postage meter (a letter fragment)

A postage meter is a mechanical device used to create and apply physical evidence of postage to mailed matter.


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  • Pitney-Bowes Model M postage meter c. 1920

    The Pitney Bowes Model M postage meter 1920.

  • Coates Scotto cover Brazil to Pitney Bowes USA 1932

    An early machine pictured on a 1932 envelope from Brazil addressed to Pitney Bowes.

  • Freimachung-AT-alt

    The meter stamp created by a modern franking machine.

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