Mail pouch lever padlock
National Postal Museum

Mail pouch lever padlock

Solomon Andrews · 1862

metal (steel)
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

The specimen is an iron lock, manufactured by Solomon Andrews at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Clerks usually used this type of lock to secure pouches of first class mail.

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