5/8" Antique Post Office Department POD Button  1893-1948 Maher Bros. Utica NY

The 1893 Postal Laws and Regulations introduced a new

coat button style: in lieu of the post rider, the buttons could  feature "a letter carrier in uniform with mail bag on shoulder and letter in uplifted hand." Both images appeared above

the initials "P.O.D." The 1893 regulations also changed the

vest buttons to read "P.O.D." instead of "P.O." The wording

describing the coat button remained unchanged through

1948, the last year the Postal Laws and Regulations was

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