Miniature flying machine

before 1911

This is identified as a "miniature flying machine" on the list of objects transferred from the Dead Letter Office to the Smithsonian Institution in 1911, there is no information as to why this object could never be delivered. The yellow-painted metal toy airplane is representative of the myriad of both everyday and uncommon items that people send through the mail, some of which unfortunately end their journey in the Dead Letter Office.