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[hollowpointred]

my brother found this tag up at the sneaky spot the other day. it reads 1916, ONE HORSE DELIVERY COMPANY, EASTON MD 35. does anyone want to guess what this was once used for? we dont have a clue. it is about 5" by 2 1/2" made of thin brass. no markings on the back.

 

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[jeff of pa]

By the Name I'd say

Fantasy Mail Tag

Celebrating the Poney Express

But Don't go by Me.

 

[Monty]

In 1916 they still had a lot of horse drawn delivery vans such as Ice, milk,produce, etc. I would guess it was affixed to the one horse delivery vehicle as a form of a license or registration ? If that is the case it is a neat find, probably fairly rare. If not, ? you got me. I don't know anything about the sneaky spot so no clue there. Monty

 

[hollowpointred]

In 1916 they still had a lot of horse drawn delivery vans such as Ice, milk,produce, etc. I would guess it was affixed to the one horse delivery vehicle as a form of a license or registration ? If that is the case it is a neat find, probably fairly rare. If not, ? you got me. I don't know anything about the sneaky spot so no clue there. Monty

I'm afraid we don't know much about the sneaky spot either Monty! all i know is that we have found a lot of old coins there lately dating the spot from the mid 1800s to around 1920 or so. we have found square nails supporting the theory that a building or two might have been there once. i suppose either of your guesses could be correct. easton MD is a very small town on the eastern shore of MD about 2 1/2 hours drive from where the tag was found. my dad actually grew up there! how that for a coincidence! in 1916 there sure wasn't anything going on in easton! its a very sleepy town even to this day. we did send a pic and a letter to the easton historical society. perhaps this thing will make some sense to them. oh ....and thanks for resizing the picture Jeff! and for the guesses.

 

[jeff of pa]

After posing I did a Search on EBay &

"ONE HORSE DELIVERY"

Got this



& a Cracker Jack one in Completed.

A regular Internet search Found more.

Monty is Correct
It may not be a Fantasy Piece
Or mail

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt...NyoA?p="ONE+HORSE+delivery"&y=Search&fr=slv8-

 

[Don in SJ]

Evidently badges with statements like that were worn by the people doing the job, I have one for a BUSS Driver (Love the spelling) and my son found one also.

Don