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For about 40 years before the invention of the telephone in 1876, the telegraph served as the primary means of getting important messages from one place to another quickly. An electrical telegraph was patented in the U.S. in 1837 by Samuel F.B. Morse, who also created the famous dots-and-dashes code for tapping out messages quickly using a telegraph key.


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Brazil Telegraph Stamp (500) Imperforate$259.10 Ends Monday 5 bids 16 watchers
Gamewell Police Fire Telegraph Call Box Complete ! Nr$172.49 Ends in 22 hours 10 bids 46 watchers
Wa 1886 6d Telegraph Stamp Postal Use '13' Cancel, P11$152.50 Ends in 32 mins 7 bids 14 watchers
Jh Bunnell Brass Telegraph Sounder & Morse Code Key Kob$127.50 Ends in 3 hours 11 bids 7 watchers
Antique 1879 Excelsior Telegraph Matches Box Detroit Mi$103.50 Ends in 3 hours 4 bids 11 watchers
Vintage Vibroplex Blue Racer Bug Telegraph Key Blk Base$102.50 Ends Thursday 5 bids 19 watchers
Vintage Western Union Telegraph Teletype Machine$78.57 Ends in 1 hour 6 bids 14 watchers
Vibroplex Telegraph Key In Case ,w/ Wedge Plug, #113936$78.00 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 24 watchers
Antique Porcelain New England Telephone Telegraph Sign$76.44 Ends Sunday 9 bids 36 watchers
Brown Bros. Btl-a Telegraph Morse Code Ham Radio Key $65.00 Ends in 20 hours 1 bid 18 watchers
Antique J H Bunnell Morse Code Telegraph Key Ham *nr*$60.00 Ends Sunday 11 bids 16 watchers
Vibroplex 1950 Telegraph Morse Code Key #166047 Antique$56.00 Ends Monday 4 bids 13 watchers
Brass Spark Gap Morse Code Telegraph Key + Navy Knob$51.00 Ends in 3 hours 7 bids 12 watchers
Old Western Union Porcelain Sign Telegraph Railroad$50.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 6 watchers
Set Of 6 Lionel Pre-war Tinplate No. 60 Telegraph Poles$49.58 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 15 watchers
1912 Temporary Stock Certificate: Marconi Telegraph Co.$49.00 Ends in 23 hours 2 bids 1 watcher
Rare Antique Propst-jackson Transmitter Telegraph Key $41.00 Ends Sunday 3 bids 50 watchers
Wwi Unit History 401st Telegraph Battalion$41.00 Ends Sunday 2 bids 3 watchers
Antique Jh Bunnell Nprr Railroad Telegraph Key /sounder$39.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 7 watchers
Morse Code Telegraph Sounder Relay Keys$39.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 20 watchers
Ceylon Kevii Period 7 Complete Telegraph Stamps$36.54 Ends Sunday 5 bids 12 watchers
Western Australia Telegraph Form Complete 1870s Folded$33.00 Ends Wednesday 2 bids 10 watchers
Ceylon Qv Period 4 Complete Mint Telegraph Stamps$31.56 Ends Sunday 7 bids 13 watchers
Australian Army Ww2 Field Telephone Wireless Telegraph $31.00 Ends in 4 hours 2 bids 6 watchers
1881 Jh Bunnell Brass Morse Code Telegraph Key W/ Legs$26.00 Ends in 3 hours 3 bids 10 watchers
Rare Telegraph Line Tyson & Co. - 630ll$26.00 Ends Monday 3 bids 8 watchers
Electric Specialty Cedar Rapids Speed Bug Telegraph Key$26.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 22 watchers
Vintage Signal Telegraph Key With Morse Code Chart$25.49 Ends in 1 hour 3 bids 5 watchers
1895 Jh Bunnell Brass Morse Code Telegraph Sounder$24.99 Ends in 3 hours 1 bid 11 watchers
Jh Bunnell Brass Morse Code Telegraph Triumph Key$22.20 Ends Sunday 3 bids 4 watchers
Vintage Vibroplex Telegraph-morse Code&sounder W/box$20.50 Ends in 22 hours 6 bids 22 watchers
Vintage Western Electric Telegraph Sounder $20.49 Ends Thursday 2 bids 6 watchers
Ham Telegraph Key$20.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 1 watcher
J-38 Morse Code Telegraph Key + Base J-38 J38 Army$19.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 3 watchers
Federal Telegraph Co Big Tube Antique $19.95 Ends Sunday 1 bid 5 watchers
2 Britains Lead Telegraph Pole & Aa Motor Patrol Sign $19.12 Ends in 18 hours 4 bids 10 watchers
Army Telegraph Overprint On 1887 1/2d Blue-green Pair$19.10 Ends Monday 5 bids 20 watchers
Telegraph Pegboard Or Button Switch$19.10 Ends Monday 4 bids 15 watchers
Heathkit Model Hd-1410 Ham Radio Keyer Telegraph Works$18.50 Ends Sunday 4 bids 9 watchers
Civil War Us Cipher Disc,military Telegraph,code Wheel$17.39 Ends Monday 7 bids 4 watchers
Telegraph Straight Key Morse Code Ham Radio On Marble$17.16 Ends Sunday 6 bids 18 watchers
**rare** 1915 Induction Coil Book - Wireless Telegraph$15.50 Ends Sunday 2 bids 32 watchers
Winslow J-37 Morse Code Telegraph Key$15.45 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 5 watchers
Tintype Two Men Dangle From Telegraph Pole$14.95 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 6 watchers
Army Telegraph Overprint On 1887 1/2d Orange Pair Umm$14.77 Ends Monday 4 bids 15 watchers
Ham - Key Telegraph Morse Code Key Ham Radio Cw $14.48 Ends Monday 2 bids 10 watchers
Brass Signal Electric Telegraph Sounder Key Morse Code$13.53 Ends Sunday 3 bids 17 watchers
Denmark Postcard Telegraph Card Postal Stationery 1883$12.50 Ends in 19 hours 3 bids 1 watcher

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