Bidspirit auction | Antique Bronze US Mail Letter

Antique Bronze US Mail Letter Box - Antique Bronze US Mail Letter Box, early 1900s Cutler Manufacturing Co, features prominent cast letting ”Letter Mail Tied in Bundles” and ”U.S. Mail”, eagle emblem with ”Cutler Mail Chute”, the eagle motif became so iconic that the US Postal Service featured it on a special 57-cent stamp issue in 2001, commonly installed in hotel or office building lobbies and connected to a vertical mail chute, in 1905, USPS set the instructions to tie in bundles to prevent large clumps of mail from jamming the chute, James Goold Cutler patented this ”gravity-fed” mail chute system in 1883, natural greenish-brown oxidation, replacement lock and keys, see photos. 34” x 21 1/2” x 12 3/8”, heavy - 111lbs Note: exceeds limit for in-house shipping, pick up or 3rd party transport required.