Lead Sealer

Lead Sealer

Stamp_ marking

Unlike Wax Sealers_ which were used to apply an embossed lead seal to boxes_ and most often boxcar doors to ensure that the freight within had not been tampered with during its journey. It is not unusual for people around abandoned or old rail lines to find lead seals that were broken off_ bearing the oringinal embossed logo for the railroad. The lead sealer itself is a handheld tool that pressed the lead blanks into a seal that could not be tampered with. These 2 lead sealers were found by the river bank in Sayre_ Pa. near the ball field. They were found and donated to the Tioga Point Museum by Hal Jenkins

Hal Jenkins

1 dock on one side and LV marking on other side size of a dime

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