tin letter scale
This is a large and very much tin American letter scale. With the model name Rapid and the model number N-2. The brand is Pelouze, from Evanston Illinois, USA. The range is 2 Lbs. The chart is subdivided per ounce. The starting rate at the chart of 3c for domestic and 6c for air mail indicate that this letter scale probably dates from the period 1949-1955. However the same postal rates also were valid in the period 1934-1944 and even earlier in the year 1918. Catalogs of the firm or more extensive information about the U.S. postal rates are needed for a more definitive determination of the age of this scale. Below some more pictures of this letter scale.
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