Author: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Title: Meat Inspection Stamp.
Description: U.S. Department of Agriculture, c. 1900. 80 x 135 mm. From March 1891 to c. 1908 any meat shipped from a slaughterhouse was required to be accompanied by a tag if a complete carcass, or with a stamp as here, if shipped as individual pieces in crates. The stamps were cancelled with 5 parallel wavy lines and the inspector's name or abattoir number. Usually they were firmly affixed using paste, five staples [one in each corner and one in the middle], before being coated in varnish. Consequently it is increasing difficult to find stamps in acceptable condition.

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