In1901 Inventor Arthur H. Pitney patents his first “postage stamp device.” The invention promises increased office efficiency.

In1908 Entrepreneur Walter H. Bowes incorporates the Universal Stamping Machine Company to sell canceling machines to the Post Office.

The firm Pitney Bowes is still one of the of the big firms in machine cancel machines.

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