Rechabite Masonic Stamps
Description: Stamps
1] Turned black painted wooden handle with metal plate and rubber stamp. Rectangular stamp with flattened corners 'Independent Order of Rechabites District No.6' around edge 'Good Samaritan Tent 1162 Crosby Isle of Man' with the all seeing eye in the centre.
The Independent Order of Rechabites was formed in Salford on the 25th August, 1835; Eleven months later, a 'Tent' was opened in the Isle of Man.
The organisation promoted temperance (abstinence from alcohol). The movement gradually transformed into a financial institution which still exists, and still promotes abstinence. A branch may be known as a 'Tent', since the biblical Rechabites lived exclusively in tents.
Measurements: overall: 8 x 4 x 4 cm
Materials: Metal
Object name: stamp
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 1988-0191/1