I have no idea what this is.. someone told me might be post office related its abour 3" high and about 4" long and about 4" wide might it be some kind of hand machine to cancel out postage? made of some kind of metal

It's a commercial grade embossing stamp ca. 1880s. It was used as a early type of security measure against forgery.. An executive would place the document with signature under the stamp and smack down and whatever pattern used, (there were many) would be imprinted.. Usually used on documents that had important signatures or Dollar amounts so as to not be altered. Yours is a nice earlier heavy duty one.. Lesser & later ones were hand held and not so well built, heavy or ornate!Nice old piece!...

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