US Postal Service Related Artifacts

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 rare set of two circa 1870s or 1880s baggage tags for the Overland Mail & Express Company. The two flat, brass tags hang from a leather strap. One tag reads O.M. & EX. XO. 230 BAGGAGE CHECK and the other reads O.M. & EX. XO. 230...

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: 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 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"...