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Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922
Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922

Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922

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Rare Antique Benjamin B. Hill Cast Iron Mechanical Date Stamper 1871 -1922.
Based on my research-
American Dating Stamp
Patented 1871-76 ~ Advertised 1877-1922
B. B. Hill Manufacturing Co. (The proprietor's name was Benjamin B. Hill)
Springfield, MA (until 1882)
Philadelphia, PA (1882 onward)
The 1871 patent is U.S. Patent No. 121,286.
The illustration on an 1877 billhead has a brass dating wheel that begins with 1871.
1885_B_B_Hill_Award_front_Russ_Sears_OM.jpg (112335 bytes) 1885_B_B_Hill_Award_back_side_Russ_Sears_OM.jpg (221018 bytes)
The Medal of Superiority awarded to the B. B. Hill Mfg Co. for Dating, Cancelling, Numbering
& Perforating Stamps, Seal Presses & Self-Inkers, American Institute, NY, 1885.
Measurements:
Weight is 3.5 pounds
7.25” X 5” X 4”
Condition is "Used". There is one missing dial so the month doesn’t change.
Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.