U.S. Post Office Special Delivery Messenger Badge

U.S. Post Office Special Delivery Messenger Badge

Special Delivery Messenger Badge

Post offices

A badge worn by postal workers who were charged with delivering Special Delivery mail and packages. Special Delivery began as a mail category in 1885 and ended in 1997, when it was replaced by the Express Mail category. Special Delivery was one of the few exceptions that allowed Sunday deliveries. For an extra postage fee, individuals could ensure a faster delivery of their parcels. Instead of waiting for the next day’s standard delivery route, Special Delivery mail was dispatched as soon as it arrived at the delivering post office. Carriers charged with a Special Delivery package would wear a badge such as this one.

Original badge: Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck.

ca. 1941-1971

Buck, Texann Ivy

Digital reproduction of original badge.

Downtown Orlando Post Office Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida

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History Teacher

Civics/ Government Teacher

Copyright to this resource is held by Texann Ivy Buck and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Stoddard, James

Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck

"Letter Carrier's Uniform: Badges." U. S. Postal Service, May 2002. https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/letter-Carrier-badges.pdf.

"Letter Carriers’ Uniform: Overview ." United States Postal Service. https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/letter-Carrier-uniform-overview.pdf.

Leibowitz, Ed. "Special Delivery." Smithsonian Magazine, February 2004. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/special-delivery-106712600/?no-ist.