Express Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930's Air Express lapel pin. Air Express was established in 1927 by Railway Express Agency. The pin is s petite wing with a red enameled diamond at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 5/16" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1880's American Express Company brass padlock. There is no key for this lock. The American Express Company (AMEX Co) was originally an express mail business back when it was first founded in 1850. In 1857, the company made its...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Wells Fargo cap badge with ID# 670. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: About 2-1/2 in width by 1-7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated brass with enamel. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post. MARKINGS: DIEGES &...

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 a 1930s Railway Express Agency (REA) employee badge. REA was a conglomeration of smaller national express companies set up by the United States government in 1917, during World War I. The badge is round and is numbered 45819...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1904 United States Express Company commemorative medal for the company's 50th anniversary. The medal is round and reads UNITED STATES EXPRESS CO. 1854 SECURITY DISPATCH TRADE MARK and shows a winged chest flying beneath a horseshoe...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s or 1940s Railway Express Agency (REA) hat badge #5547REA was a conglomeration of smaller national express companies set up by the United States government in 1917, during World War I. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-1940s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s or 1880s messenger hat badge for the United States Express Company. The badge is numbered 3194 and is curved to fit the front of the hat. The badge shows a winged chest flying beneath a horseshoe. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a Civil War soldier's package envelope forwarded by the Adams Express Company of City Point, Virginia. The envelope containing $50 was for Mrs. J. V. Covert, sent to her presumably by her husband (J. V. Covert). The envelope folds over...

ARTIFACT: This is a framed circa 1900 albumen photograph of an American Express Company delivery driver on his dray. The driver is Tom Berry of Dover, New Hampshire, and his wagon is numbered 213Mr. Berry drove later on for the Railway Express Company...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 Railway Express Agency (REA) of Philadelphia Express Police badge #15. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated nickel with painted details...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920 American Railway Express Company Special Officer badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1920. SIZE: About 1-13/16 in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated nickel with painted details. ATTACHMENT: Vertical kick pin with a...