SALTER'S No. 32
WEYLET
the fountain-pen shaped
pocket letter scale

maker:
Geo. Salter & Co. Ltd.
West Bromwich, England
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Weylet letter scale, maker Salter, England
Weylet pocket letter scale, Salter's No. 32
 

The WEYLET is a letter scale for the convenience for those who travel, this is a text in the 1939 catalog of Geo. Salter & Co. Ltd. The pocket letter scale has the looks and the sizes of a fountain-pen. It was made in several different color mixtures, a blended dark and a lighter cream blended version. The range of weighing is 8 ounces subdivided per ¼ ounce. A version with a range of 150 grams subdivided per 5 grams is available also, according to the same catalog. This grams-version doesn't have postal letter rates. On the other side of the Weylet scale in ounces are the English postal rates for
 
 

Weylet letter scale
the Weylet pocket letter scale
 

letters. Up to 2 oz took 2½D, 4 oz 3D, 6 oz 3½D and 8 oz took 4D. This postal letter rate was valid during the period May 1, 1940 to May 1, 1952. The back of the cream colored version does not have the postage anymore. Probably produced when it was clear that the postal rates for letters would change.

part of a page from the 1939 Salter catalog
depicted in the 1939 Salter's catalog: WEYLET the new pocket letter scale, Salter's No. 32, for the convenience for those who travel
 
detail 1
the spring letter clip
 
detail 2
next to the scale is the screw cap
with pocket clip
detail 3
the ring for suspension or holding
 
detail 4
8 oz scale, graduated per ¼ oz
 
detail 5
held at the ring
 
detail 6
the English letter postal rate 1940-1952
 
detail 7
the cream colored version
 
 
detail 8
the two variants side by side
 
 
detail 9
Salter made in England
and no postal rates
 
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