Postal & Communications Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Interesting old 1930's shipping box that once shipped fire badges from S. M. Spencer Co. to the Reading, Massachusetts Fire Department. The box shows a 3?? stamp and is addressed: "TOWN OF READING FIRE DEPT. READING MASS. ATTN CHIEF" and...

ARTIFACT: This is an old Postal Telegraph Company messenger hat badge by Robbins Company. The badge is shield-shaped and reads POSTAL TELEGRAPH 10. The Postal Telegraph Company began in the 1880s and merged with one of its competitors, Western Union, in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s celluloid contestant badge for the Boston Globe WBZ-TV Family Fly Fishing Contest. WBZ-TV is still a Boston, Massachusetts television station. The large blue badge is numbered 7425 and is in excellent condition...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950's twenty-five years of service pin for the Boston Globe newspaper. The pin is gold-filled and is by Robbins Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts. The pin shows the Globe's rotund gentleman character, Uncle Dudley, at...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960's Providence, Rhode Island postal employee badge made in coppered white metal. VINTAGE: Circa 1960's SIZE: Size 1-11/16" x 1-1/2 CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Coppered White Metal ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with locking drop in...

ARTIFACT: This is a great postal cover dated March 2, 1898 from Sunset, Colorado, a ghost town in Four Mile Canyon near Boulder. The letter that was once inside the cover was addressed to Miss Lucy Sherwin of Denver and shows four inked date and place...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified postal-related French belt buckle of unknown vintage. The buckle is a pair of two discs bearing post horns that join in the middle by a two-headed serpent. There is a maker's mark on the reverse of the serpent. C'est un...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal uniform button of unknown vintage. It reads ADMINISTRATION DES POSTES COURRIER (Post Office Mail). VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 1" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Thin stamped...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge of unknown vintage. The badge is by Monsieur Ameling, and engraver who lived in Paris along the Passage of the Salmon. It reads ADMINISTRATION DES POSTES COURRIER (Post Office Mail) and has a nice...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge of unknown vintage. It is a large disc reading DROITS D'ENTRÉE ET SORTIE (rights of entry and exit). C'est un insigne inconnu postal français du millésime inconnu. Il est un grand disque qui lit...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified Belgian postal medal by A. (Auguste) De Wever, a Dutch artist in metal who lived from 1836-1910. The badge reads BRUXELLES KERMESSES (Brussels fairs) on one side and A LA STE L'UNION POSTALE 27 MAI 1397. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified 2nd Empire Period French postal badge for the "Bureaux Ambulants" (Mobile / Wagon / Train Offices). The badge is by Monsieur Ameling, an engraver who lived on the Passage du Saumon (Passage of the Salmon) in Paris. C'est...