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Table 3 shows Pitney Bowes’ annual production of many of its models from the beginningin 1920 through 1956. Information offered here was obtained from Freedom ofInformation Act releases pertaining to a federal anti-trust investigation in the 1950’salleging that Pitney Bowes’ acquisition of certain competitors in its early days had violatedanti-trust laws. Mailometer Company was one of the competitors named in the complaint.MeterModelYear M C HF HS HT H3 CV/CVSTable 3Pitney Bowes Meter Production By YearJ/JD HX JR JV JT HCT RT RF RFC RTMMCTDM1922 3001923 9021924 5501925 5001926 4991927 136 501928 9751929 800 15521930 350 18111931 100 1106 2401932 50 300 172 2001933 300 200 80 700 1001934 100 300 700 50 55 6001935 500 50 800 600 6001936 100 1000 760 22001937 100 800 1500 3400 5 5 2 101938 59 300 400 1200 3300 551939 200 400 1300 2400 200 91940 27 2000 100 2590 1001941 800 4500 300 3101942 94 320 1 160 2117 402 2341943 58 491944 21945 39 1200 8 501946 960 356 9000 4501947 1050 69 14508 1700 50 2 13051948 1803 12000 1800 50 50 350 1501949 7852 1850 75 625 76551950 100 9970 2267 30 300 104571951 10140 2379 25 250 81741952 5600 890 61 350 85141953 8005 2050 100 200 76751954 11114 1625 100 117501955 6000 2300 300 95011956 6200 2176 24 250 212502887 2725 5269 551 2894 150 3508 5442 19533 5 5 3 1038 110805 20299 934 127 4030 8512610