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![Bureau Eng. & Ptg., stamp perforating machines. Capacity 7,500 sheets daily, 400 stamps to each sheet, [1914]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvYnVyZWF1LWVuZy1hbmQtcHRnLXN0YW1wLXBlcmZvcmF0aW5nLW1hY2hpbmVzLWNhcGFjaXR5LTc1MDAtc2hlZXRzLWRhaWx5LTQwMC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/246/jpg "Bureau Eng. & Ptg., stamp perforating machines. Capacity 7,500 sheets daily, 400 stamps to each sheet, [1914]")
![Bureau Ptg. & Eng. machines perforating postage stamps; 146 machines, capacity 105,000 sheets a day, [1914]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvYnVyZWF1LXB0Zy1hbmQtZW5nLW1hY2hpbmVzLXBlcmZvcmF0aW5nLXBvc3RhZ2Utc3RhbXBzLTE0Ni1tYWNoaW5lcy1jYXBhY2l0eS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "Bureau Ptg. & Eng. machines perforating postage stamps; 146 machines, capacity 105,000 sheets a day, [1914]")
![Bureau Engraving & Ptg., patching spoiled stamps, every stamp must be accounted for, [1914]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvYnVyZWF1LWVuZ3JhdmluZy1hbmQtcHRnLXBhdGNoaW5nLXNwb2lsZWQtc3RhbXBzLWV2ZXJ5LXN0YW1wLW11c3QtYmUtYWNjb3VudGVkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "Bureau Engraving & Ptg., patching spoiled stamps, every stamp must be accounted for, [1914]")
![Internal Reverend Dept. Packing Internal Revenue stamps. [...]1,000,000 packed daily, [1914]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvaW50ZXJuYWwtcmV2LWRlcHQtcGFja2luZy1pbnRlcm5hbC1yZXZlbnVlLXN0YW1wcy0xMDAwMDAwLXBhY2tlZC1kYWlseS0xOTE0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Internal Reverend Dept. Packing Internal Revenue stamps. [...]1,000,000 packed daily, [1914]")
