Postmark
Orlando (Fla.)
Post offices
Handstamps (Philately)--United States
Postmarks--United States
A notary/corporate postmark used to officially apply to a piece of mail as it passes through the mailstream. It includes town data and was part of a process where postal workers would stamp markings indicating routing, directory service, postage due, censorship, registration, special delivery, forwarding, carriage by special transportation, etc.
Original color digital image, September 2015: <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/o4zfrls" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Post Office</a>, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
image/jpg
eng
Physical Object
Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Postmark Handstamp
Orlando (Fla.)
Post offices
Handstamps (Philately)--United States
Postmarks--United States
This a notary/corporate postmark used to officially apply to a piece of mail as it passes through the mailstream. It includes town data (Orlando) and was part of a process where postal workers would stamp markings indicating routing, directory service, postage due, censorship, registration, special delivery, forwarding, carriage by special transportation, etc. This particular handstamp was created by De Guehery's Rubber Stamp Company, which was located at 64 West Robinson Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, and is now known as Orlando Rubber Stamps and Sign Company.
Original color digital image, September 2015: <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/o4zfrls" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Post Office</a>, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
image/jpg
eng
Physical Object
Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida
De Guehery's Rubber Stamp and Sign Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Handstamp Postmark
Orlando (Fla.)
Post offices
Handstamps (Philately)--United States
Postmarks--United States
This is a handstamp postmark that was used to mark postage stamp to prevent reuse. Prior to the advent of stamps to prepay postage, such markings only served to provide information to postal clerks as they handled the stampless envelope. After stamps came into use, cancellations became necessary to void the stamp for repeat usage. This type of stamp cancellation was nicknamed "killer" and featured wavy lines or sometimes bars. This particular handstamp was created by De Guehery's Rubber Stamp Company, which was located at 64 West Robinson Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, and is now known as Orlando Rubber Stamps and Sign Company.
Original color digital image, September 2015: <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/o4zfrls" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Post Office</a>, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
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Physical Object
Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida
De Guehery's Rubber Stamp and Sign Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
A History of Central Florida, Episode 48: Electronic Communication
Podcasts
Documentaries
Communication--United States
Post offices
Postal service--Florida
Telegraph--Florida
Telephone--United States
Computers--United States
Email
Episode 48 of A History of Central Florida podcasts: Electronic Communication. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners.<br /><br />Episode 48 features a discussion of several artifacts of communication technology: a post office box from the Winter Garden Heritage Museum, a telegraph from the New Smyrna Museum of History, a telephone from the Telephone Museum, a computer from the Museum of Seminole County History. This podcast also includes interviews with Nancy Pope of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum and Richard R. John of Columbia University.
Velásquez, Daniel
Original 16-minute and 11-second podcast by Daniel Velásquez, 2015: RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Orlando, Florida. <a href="https://youtu.be/vrrYHVLV7qM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/vrrYHVLV7qM</a>.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
Pope, Nancy
John, Richard R.
Cassanello, Robert
Clarke, Bob
Ford, Chip
Gibson, Ella
Hazen, Kendra
Kelly, Katie
<a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/" target="_blank">Florida Memory Project</a>
<a href="http://www.loc.gov" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>
<a href="https://archive.org/" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a>
application/website
eng
Moving Image
Killarney, Florida
Winter Garden Heritage Museum, Winter Garden, Florida
New Smyrna Museum of History, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Telephone Museum, Maitland Historical Museum, Maitland, Florida
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida