Railway Mail Service

[old tanker]

A bit of history, from the days when the Railway Mail Service issued each mail clerk in the car a revolver. A Post Office marked Colt Bankers Special, .38 Colt New Police. The Army inspected them at Springfield before transferring them to the US Post Office. You can see the acceptance stamp on the trigger guard made by Maj. Henbert 0'Leary. Back when the Postmaster General was a cabinet level official and mail carriers and clerks were all armed to the teeth.

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