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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 24, 2021, 12:47:54 AM »
Quote from: Rex on January 23, 2021, 11:46:43 AM

That was the so-called "metered mail" where firms who posted out a lot of stuff could frank the mail themselves rather than go and buy a few thousand stamps a week. I was meaning this old bugger and it's derivatives as used in sorting offices of the past-
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_1992.2002.43

Wotcha.

Dimensions  42 x 35 x 26 in

That would make for a bloody big top box. :)

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British Bikes / Re: Spanners and sockets
« on: January 22, 2021, 11:10:52 PM »
Quote from: Rex on January 21, 2021, 10:12:49 AM
As late as the 1970s the postal equipment firm Pitney-Bowes in the UK was using it's own thread forms on it's franking machines.

Wotcha.

The franking machines made by Pitney-Bowes were carried around in specially made boxes so that they didn't get damaged.  Any time the postage rate got altered in the budget, the franking machines would have to be altered accordingly.

What's this got to do with motorcycles ?   -   - well, a lot of those boxes ended up being sold for a couple of quid each at radio / computer / electronics fairs etc. . . . and they make wonderful little top boxes for smaller motorcycles, as well as useful tool boxes and such like.  I've still got a few of 'em in regular use.



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