Postal & Communications Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a guest ribbon and button for the 9th annual New Jersey State Association of Letter Carriers convention which took place on February 22, 193The ribbon was made by Sommer Badge Manufacturing Company of Newark. VINTAGE: Circa 1932...

ARTIFACT: 1920's – 1930's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States Post Office Letter Carrier hat badge. The stamped oval badge features an eagle with spread wings facing the viewer's left at the top and the below reads: "U.S. POST OFFICE PITTSBURGH,...

ARTIFACT: This is a delegate ribbon and button for the 10th annual New Jersey State Federation of Post Office Clerks convention which took place on February 22, 193The ribbon was made by Sommer Badge Manufacturing Company of Newark. VINTAGE: Circa 1932...

ARTIFACT: This is a delegate ribbon for the 10th annual New Jersey State Federation of Post Office Clerks convention which took place on February 22, 1932. The ribbon was made by Sommer Badge Company of Newark. VINTAGE: Circa 1932...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1890's Rural Free Delivery US Mail Route horse drawn vehicle bronze stick pin. The pin shows gorgeous detail depicting a US mailman leading a horse drawn carriage with beautifully detailed walls reading: "RURAL FREE DEL'Y"...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 19th century United States Mail hat badge from Massachusetts' capital city, Boston. The badge is topped by a decorative scallop shell design and has a low, two digit applied number (38) at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s-1890s...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1880's – 1900's New York City Post Office City Delivery Service Chest Badge. The badge it stopped with a bowed head, spread winged eagle and beneath a circular center shows an image of a paddle and railway wheel blended together with...

ARTIFACT: 1880's – 90's occupational cabinet photograph of Philadelphia Mailman in full uniform with hat, badge, letter satchel, and articles of mail. Below the photo image reads the information of the photographer: "HARRY A WEBB 112 & 114 N. 9th ST...

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 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...