Postal & Communications Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Circa 1950's postal employee badge from Phoenix, Arizona. Badge reads: "POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - PHOENIX" and is numbered '157'. The reverse reads: "U.S. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY IF FOUND DROP IN MAIL BOX" VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s bronze grave marker for the National Association of Letter Carriers Local 590 in Keene, New Hampshire. A handful of carriers started the NALC in Milwaukee in 1889, choosing the place and time because large number of carriers...

ARTIFACT: This is an early United States Mail Motor Service badge. The badge is numbered 7233 at center and resembles a wheel. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s-1920s. SIZE: 1-7/16" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass ...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Postal Office Department Custodial Services badge from the 1920s. It would have been worn by a postal employee who did custodial work rather than mail delivery. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: 1-3/4" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1890s US Mail hat badge #The back is a modified pinback from double loops with a straight-pin. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: About 3 in width by 2-7/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver plated brass and painted...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 19th century United States Mail letter carrier hat badge from Massachusetts' capital city, Boston. The badge is topped by a scallop shell design and is numbered 503. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s-1890s. SIZE: About 2-3/8" height...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 United States Postal Service Department paperweight. The paperweight is glass with a scooped out underside and reads PROPERTY OF THE USPO DEPT. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately in 7/8" height and 2-7/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified Italian district postal carrier identification badge from an unknown period. The disc shows a crown at its center and reads PORTA-LETTERE DEL CIRCONDARIO (letter holders of the district). Si tratta di un distretto...

ARTIFACT: This is an Italian Post and Telegraph Militia (Milizia Postelegrafonica) enlisted man shoulder board from the 1930's into World War II. Formed in 1925, this group had anti-fraud duties during peacetime, as well as its wartime functions such as...