Postal & Communications Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge for a carrier in a horse-drawn mail coach of the Charente Relay Number The badge is by Monsieur Ameling, an engraver who lived on the "Passage of the Salmon" in Paris. The badge reads...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French Factor City Post Office badge by Alexis Godillot. Ceci est un badge non identifiés pour l'Administration des Postes Facteur de Ville faite par Alexis Godillot. VINTAGE: Circa 1848-1852(?). SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s-1970s United States Post Office Department Maintenance Service badge. The badge is numbered 25. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s-1970s. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" in height and 1-9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960's Buffalo, New York postal employee badge. The badge is in bronzed white metal and is numbered 4398. VINTAGE: Circa 1960's. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16" in height and 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronzed...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s United States Post Office Department Vehicle Service cap badge. The badge is numbered and has a nice Walter & Sons hallmark on reverse. The badge has a great scene in relief of a mail truck parked in front of the Capitol...

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"...