Parcel Scales, 1940-1947
Parcel Scales, 1940-1947
Accession number: 2003-0046
These parcel scales would have been used to weigh parcels up to 15lb. We can assume by looking at the postage rates marked against the weights that they date from between 1940 and 1947. It is possible, however, that a new face had been put onto an earlier scale.
Salter have been a leading manufacturer of weighing scales since the 1700s and were a well-known maker of postal scales.
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