Bulletin - United States National Museum . U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 105 PL. 3. Frames Showing Method of Installing Postage Stamps. PREFACE. V in drawing out. On the front edge of each frame is a bronze-finishedbar drawer pull, a label holder, and a numbered disk. The frames aredoubly secured in the case by a hinged cornice at the top and awooden flap at the bottom, which are fastened by locks at each are released for inspection by unlocking the flap, being stoppedat the proper place by a square strip of wood attached at the top ofthe frame. Summarizing the principal merits of th
Bulletin - United States National Museum . U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 105 PL. 3. Frames Showing Method of Installing Postage Stamps. PREFACE. V in drawing out. On the front edge of each frame is a bronze-finishedbar drawer pull, a label holder, and a numbered disk. The frames aredoubly secured in the case by a hinged cornice at the top and awooden flap at the bottom, which are fastened by locks at each are released for inspection by unlocking the flap, being stoppedat the proper place by a square strip of wood attached at the top ofthe frame. Summarizing the principal merits of these cases, especially withreference to their use by the pubhc, it may be said that the framesrun so smoothly that they are instinctively pushed back mto place,which is an important matter as operating against an unlimitedexposure of the stamps and their consequent more rapid fading; asit is the specimens are in no more danger of being light struck thanare those on the pages of a collectors album; while, furthermore,the frames are all in a single row and center at a height ot abou
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