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Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR DESPENSING STAMPS FROM A STRIP COILED INTO A ROLL AND COATED WITH A WATER SOLUBLE ADHESIVE ON ONE SIDE, THE COMBINATION OF: A HOUSING INCLUDING TWO HOUSING MEMBERS AND PROVIDED WITH A CHAMBER THEREIN FOR THE ROLL, ONE OF SAID HOUSING MEMBER BEING PROVIDED THEREIN WITH A PASSAGEWAY FOR THE STRIP WHIH HAS AN INLET END IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER AND AN OUTLET END EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ONE HOUSING MEMBER TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID HOUSING AT ONE END THEREOF; PIVOT MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID HOUSING MEMBERS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID HOUSING; SPRING MEANS ENGAGING SAID HOUSING MEMBERS AND BIASING SAME APART; AND MOISTENING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING AT SAID ONE END THEREOF FOR MOISTENING THE ADHESIVE COATED SIDE OF THE STRIP AS IT IS MOVED FROM SAID OUTLET END OF SAID PASSAGEWAY, SAID MOISTENING MEANS INCLUDING LOCKING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID HOUSING MEMBERS FOR LIMITING MOVEMENT OF SAID HOUSING MEMBERS APART UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SAID SPRING MEANS, SAID ONE HOUSING MEMBER HAVING A HOLE THREIN AT SAID ONE END OF SAID HOUSING AND THE OTHER OF SAID HOUSING MEMBERS HAVING A SLOT THEREIN AT SAID ONE END OF SAID HOUSING AND REGISTERING WITH SAID HOLE, SAID LOCKING MEANS ON SAID MOISTENING MEANS BEING DISPOSED IN SAID HOLE AND SIAD SLOT.