Boston & Albany Railway Post Office Owney tag

Owney, American, c. 1888 - 1897 · 1888-1897

There is no information on when Owney received this tag, but it came from his friends in the Railway Mail Service. The tag notes that it was given by clerks of the Boston & Albany railway line, specifically those working in the Railway Post Office trains #5 and #12. The phrase “Always welcome on the no longer gilt edge” may be a reference to the usually reliably profitable Boston & Albany enduring a bad year.