What is it ?,A railroad mail bag? ww2 era??

[tokenhead]

Hello everybody !!!,I am looking for some info. on this bag,made of canvas,4 grommett's at top,approx.17in.across and 20in.top to bottom.Any info.,question's,etc.are welcome&NEEDED !Thank's ALL&HH !!!

 

[trikikiwi]

I don't know what it is; I'll WAG it's a water filter bag.

Mike

 

[tokenhead]

I don't know what it is; I'll WAG it's a water filter bag.

Mike

A water fill? bag?? to transfer water what do you make of the stenciled area's on it? ,Thanks for input !!! HH ALL !

 

[Mackaydon]

A post office mail sorting bag. (WAG)

 

[ivan salis]

overseas bound mail bag -- first stop britain then france

 

[jimbob450]

I think it is too small for a mail bag. I think more like a ditty bag
to carry smalls in: shoe shine kit, soap, shaving gear, etc.
Maybe the stencils are where the person was stationed. Jimbob

 

[stefen]

overseas bound mail bag --

Concur...

Probably a collection / shipping bag from a field Co base forwarded to HQ

Gotta remember that letters during WWII were basically a light weight sheet of paper that was folded to become its own envelope...a hundred or so letters could be no more than a fistful...

In the field, your pocket or a small pouch was the ditty bag...a bar of soap, a razor, comb and tooth brush...maybe a tin of tooth powder, and most likely some TP... tooth paste as we know it didn't exist...no modern electric razors, hair dryers, nose hair trimmers, Q-tips, and so on...

 

[Mackaydon]

Where was it found?
Above or below the ground level?

 

[tokenhead]

Where was it found?
Above or below the ground level?

Above ,Pic's are food for thought...

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont know what it is but I thought I would show you a pic of my vintage canvas US Domestic Mail Bag that is about the same size.

 

[johnnyi]

I agree with Mack, if it's official mail related, it is probably a sorting bag. There are too few grometts on this for a mail bag. (The long bar on a mail lock would go through a series of grometts on the larger mail bag. )

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I agree with Mack, if it's official mail related, it is probably a sorting bag. There are too few grometts on this for a mail bag. (The long bar on a mail lock would go through a series of grometts on the larger mail bag. )

Thats the most obvious difference than mine. (fewer grommets) Mines a little wider and yours is a little taller but the same square inches.. It also looks as if the letters were hand stenciled.

I dont know anything about mine but I believe the rope is original and the clasp appears to have a hole for a padlock. Can you date mine?

 

[johnnyi]

Cy, I didn't even see your post above mine when I posted I saw just now your bag is fairly modern and doesn't have the arrangement for the lock. Somewhere buried in the attic I've got an older bag (with the "d" shaped lock that went through the grommets. At any rate as you've shown, most all mail bags have more grommetts

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I was just wondering if you knew anything about mine. Ive been using it as a hunting bag since I found it in the 70's. Mine may have been from stolen mail. The back has numbers on it. Sorry to hijack.

 

[johnnyi]

"I was just wondering if you knew anything about mine."

Sorry I don't Cy, except to say the mail bag has obviously evolved into a better arrangement where it can be drawn shut and locked more easily now.

 

[tokenhead]

I dont know what it is but I thought I would show you a pic of my vintage canvas US Domestic Mail Bag that is about the same size.

,Thank's for the pic's.,Look's REAL similar...Someone had mentioned a"DITY-BAG",I got my dity-bag in boot&it wasn't this big.Anyway i can see a #2 on 3 of the four grommets,i'll look closer.camera died as i was snapping these photo's,i'll get more pics.bigcypresshunter thank's ,as your comment's are always welcomed.I know NOTHING of mail bag's but a "sorting"bag sounds good,i just think it would be cool if it was a WW2 mail bag...HH ALL !!!&Thank's for ALL input!
20IN. High.