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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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Early Antique Telegraph Key Weight Driven Register 1860$460.00 Ends Monday 9 bids 38 watchers
Vintage Bell Telephone Porcelain Sign Large Telegraph $338.33 Ends in 2 hours 5 bids 25 watchers
Bunnell Antique Telegraph Stock Ticker Tape Re Winder$157.50 Ends Monday 5 bids 29 watchers
Nib Vibroplex Gold Base Hand Telegraph Key $138.49 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 41 watchers
Rare Telegraph Key Morse Code Old Railroad Ham Radio $127.50 Ends Monday 8 bids 21 watchers
1919 Vibroplex Telegraph Key - Model No. 87230 $122.50 Ends in 5 hours 20 bids 36 watchers
1954 Fdc Norway Telegraph Aniv # 334-6 * Nice$107.50 Ends in 1 hour 12 bids 2 watchers
Vintage Telegraph Key And Sounder----resonator Box----$105.39 Ends in 1 hour 3 bids 14 watchers
Hammond Clock, Postal Telegraph 15", Totally Restored! $103.50 Ends Sunday 7 bids 45 watchers
Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Adv Cable 1890s$102.50 Ends in 4 hours 3 bids 7 watchers
Classic 19th C. Netherlands Telegraph Stamps $9.99 Nr$84.00 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 26 watchers
Railroad Telegraph Key,ham Radio,rare Steiner Key,mcrr$65.00 Ends in 4 hours 8 bids 26 watchers
Antique Electric Mesco Telegraph Relay Brass$51.00 Ends in 3 hours 7 bids 19 watchers
1850s As Chubbuck Antique Telegraph Key Relay$51.00 Ends Monday 2 bids 22 watchers
Mesco Flat Telegraph Sounder & Morse Code Key Kob Set$49.99 Ends in 5 hours 1 bid 12 watchers
Odd Small Vibroplex Bug,telegraph Key,49nr$49.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 2 watchers
Postal Telegraph Porcelain Flange Sign$46.99 Ends Monday 8 bids 20 watchers
Antique "chadburns" Ships Speed Control Brass Telegraph$46.00 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 20 watchers
Vibroplex Champion Model Telegraph Key Machine 151982a$46.00 Ends Monday 5 bids 17 watchers
Vintage Vibroplex Bug Telegraph Key W/ Out Striker$45.75 Ends in 5 hours 9 bids 7 watchers
Signal Electric Brass Morse Code Telegraph Relay$43.51 Ends in 5 hours 3 bids 11 watchers
Morse Code Telegraph Key/ Paddle "ham-key" Usa$42.70 Ends in 23 hours 7 bids 48 watchers
1916 Gamewell Signaling 1916 Fire Alarm Telegraph Book$39.99 Ends in 1 hour 1 bid 4 watchers
Vintage J H Bunnell Morse Code Telegraph Key Railroad$36.10 Ends Thursday 2 bids 17 watchers
Antique Telegraph Key Transmitter Ham Amateur Radio$36.00 Ends in 4 hours 10 bids 23 watchers
Western Electric Telegraph Sounder Plus 2 Keys $34.00 Ends in 2 hours 1 bid 18 watchers
Antique Vintage Signal Electric Mfg Morse Key Telegraph$33.89 Ends Thursday 4 bids 9 watchers
Electric Specialty Cedar Rapids Speed Bug Telegraph Key$33.00 Ends in 5 hours 6 bids 19 watchers
Telegraph Key Morse Code Jh Bunnell Vintage New Stock$32.60 Ends Monday 10 bids 30 watchers
Vintage Original Vibroplex Bug Morse Code Telegraph Key$32.00 Ends Wednesday 4 bids 38 watchers
1890s Milk Glass Advertising Paperweight Telegraph Keys$32.00 Ends Monday 5 bids 27 watchers
Brazil 1871 Telegraph Stamp 500r Block 4 Cracked Plate!$31.90 Ends Tuesday 11 bids 27 watchers
Rarest Telegraph Bread Board Headphones,key Coder& More$31.58 Ends in 3 hours 4 bids 15 watchers
Lionel J-36 Lightning Bug Army Morse Code Telegraph Key$31.00 Ends Tuesday 9 bids 42 watchers
Vibroplex Bug Telegraph Key Original W/ Wooden Box 1943$31.00 Ends in 4 hours 4 bids 34 watchers
Vibroplex Original Telegraph Speed Key$31.00 Ends Saturday 2 bids 18 watchers
Vintage Us Navy Telegraph Morse Key Cmi-26003a Used$31.00 Ends in 6 hours 12 bids 47 watchers
Antique Western Electric Telegraph Sounder Railroad$29.99 Ends in 20 hours 1 bid 6 watchers
Ef Johnson Brass Morse Code Telegraph Sounder$26.99 Ends in 5 hours 3 bids 8 watchers
Brand Knew Telegraph Key (knew In Box)$26.03 Ends in 14 hours 12 bids 9 watchers
Cyrus Field Atlantic Telegraph 1867 Medal Paperweight$26.00 Ends in 18 hours 5 bids 14 watchers
U.s. Army Signal Corps J-38 Morse Code Telegraph Key$26.00 Ends in 5 hours 6 bids 8 watchers
Marconi Victor Wireless Telegraph Records Course 1918$24.99 Ends in 6 hours 1 bid 7 watchers
J-37 J37 Morse Code Telegraph Key J-45 Army + Leg Mount$24.99 Ends in 5 hours 1 bid 10 watchers
Genuine Precision Speedex Telegraph Key$24.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Telegraph Stamp 16t1 Used$23.50 Ends in 3 hours 11 bids 3 watchers
Morse Code (brass) Telegraph Key$22.20 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 9 watchers
Mth Tinplate 10-1093 Std Gauge 71 Telegraph Post Set$21.83 Ends Monday 4 bids 16 watchers
2 "speed-x" Ham Radio Morse Code Telegraph Keys$21.53 Ends in 5 hours 13 bids 20 watchers
Vibroplex Telegraph Key For Restoration 1937$21.50 Ends Monday 4 bids 18 watchers
Antique Gamewell Fire Alarm Box Telegraph 1924 +insides$21.50 Ends Friday 2 bids 10 watchers
Wurttemberg Mi#3b Used Vf Rare Telegraph Cv ??1200/$1689$21.50 Ends in 2 hours 2 bids 5 watchers
Telegraph Key, J.h.bunnell,sounder,ham Radio,morse Code$21.00 Ends in 4 hours 8 bids 8 watchers
Mth Tinplate 10-1094 Std Gauge 71 Telegraph Post Set$20.50 Ends Monday 3 bids 11 watchers
Brazil 1871 Telegraph Stamp 200r Og Signed With Error!!$20.50 Ends Tuesday 12 bids 24 watchers
Jamaica Used Telegraph Form 1951 (k79)$20.50 Ends in 2 hours 4 bids
Russia 1910? Seal Post And Telegraph Administrat 1182$19.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 5 watchers
Wireless Telegraph And Telephone A. Frederick Collins $19.95 Ends in 5 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Lb&scr 2d Railway Letter Stamp Carshalton Telegraph Ca $18.77 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 5 watchers

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