Image: Hope Diamond US Mail parcel-1958
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Description: The Hope Diamond was placed in a box, wrapped in brown paper, and sent by registered mail, traveling down from New York in a Railway Post Office train car. In Washington, it was immediately taken to the City Post Office (the building that now houses the National Postal Museum), where it was picked up by postal carrier James G. Todd.
Title: Hope Diamond US Mail parcel-1958
Credit: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/museum/1d_Hope_Diamond.html
Author: United States Post Office Department
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