JUSTRITE self-inking adjustable date PAID stamp machine

This (and a few other plain 'rubberstamps' that came with it) could very well be some of the very last remaining 'evidence' of the office where my Dad worked for most of the first half of my own life. (he going from clerk to Corporate Sec'y, meanwhiles) There's little doubt in my mind that he likely stamped many hundreds of documents using this exact machine -- which would also explain why it ended up in his home office so many years later now, waiting for me to recognize it and reclaim it from potential random 'auction buyers'. ;-) :-)

It is a JUSTRITE model S1-51-FB3 according to the label on the end of its original box. On the box lid is a label showing what it "stamps" -- dated Jan 27 1988. IF that date represents when this particular machine was "new" -- it would mean it was purchased very near the official 'end' of the Company for some reason. (replacing an older one, or something?)

Its handle is springloaded, and there is (the remains of) an ink pad contained (upside down) in the middle of the device. To use it, one placed its base over the document needing to be stamped -- pushing the handle down then causes the legend/date head to pivot downward away from the ink pad and actually stamp the document.

This particular machine is now old enough (and unused for long enough) that its stamping head is kinda 'fused' to the (remains of) its stamp pad part...I haven't 'forced it' to work again, which would likely cause some of its currently intact rubber parts to self-destruct to some degree.