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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Shipman Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, California, manufactured this postage stamp vending machine. Two holes ...

People wanting to buy stamps after post office hours will no longer be able to get them in the lobby of the closed office. The U.S. Postal Service began removing the vending machines from post offices ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Postage Stamp Machine Company manufactured this vending machine with U.S. patent number 2,444,747, issued on July ...

A: The machines were removed because the equipment was old and obsolete making it difficult to make repairs, according to McKinney Boyd, U.S. Postal Service spokesman. "Not enough people are buying ...

As the busiest mailing season of the year kicks off, Helenans who don't have stamps when the post office is closed will have to shop elsewhere. After years of declining use, the single-stamp vending ...