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18. VII. 08 11-12F.
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Marius
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The Postal Administration continued to order cancellers from Ingeniör Anton Lövstad's Fabriken SYLVAN. On 1878-9-27 another Swiss system revolving date wheel canceller was delivered to Post Departementet. It is easily recognizable by the narrow space between C and H. The outer circle, however, seems to have been cut higher than the others. The result is that the first months the strikes observed are weak towards the center. Even more so, the higher outer ridge would mean uneven distribution of force when struck, and the outer circle soon broke. By April 1878 a big chip at clock position 7 and 8 broke off. Before it got fixed, after 1885, most of the left side of the outer circle had come off. The Post was really saving the pennies in those days.
The canceller cost 31 kroner according to the invoice (Langangen 1988, 7). (Hits: 573)
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