(above left) Goddard Pass, signed by Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin, 1776
(above right) RFD route agent credentials, 1902. On loan from the Ron J. Pry Historical Collection
Postal Inspectors were responsible for ensuring the efficient and quick movement of mail. After Rural Free Delivery began in 1896, a number of inspectors were temporarily assigned duty as Special Agents for Rural Free Delivery. They were assigned to determine the practicality and design of each new rural route.
These credentials (above right) were issued to Postal Inspector Edland C. Clement on January 1, 1905.
Image (above left): U.S. Post Office Dept. Inspector Badge
Image (above right):
Inspection Service Credentials, 1879
Identification is critical to law enforcement personnel. Postal inspectors have used paper credentials and badges to identify themselves.
These credentials were issued to Special Agent Simeon D. Reynolds on October 25, 1879. In the early1900s the Inspection Service added specially designed badges to the folded credentials.
Postal inspector paper credentials on loan from the United States Postal Inspection Service, Dangerous Mail Investigations and Homeland Security Group
