major manufacturer of <#canmach=cancelling machines> in use from the 1890s to the 1910s; an oval dial is this company’s most distinctive postmark.

subcontractor to <#bca=Banknote Corporation of America> for printing the 1994 Wonders of the Sea <#stamp=stamps> (<#scott=Scott> 2863-2866).

nickname for the <#documentary> and <#propstamp=proprietary revenue stamps> of 1898 depicting the U. S. Navy battleship Maine.  (<#scott=Scott> R161-172 & RB20-31)

<#revenue=revenue stamps> (<#scott=Scott> REA) issued 1866 – 1951 to pay the federal tax on beer.

see <#fracuse=Fractional Usages>.