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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Goodykoontz, post: 10231978, member: 82566&quot;]hi, i&#039;ve looked at those and a few others online.&nbsp; none have them have the patent for Wells Fargo &amp; Co as well as the date stamped on them, both on the leather and on the canvas.&nbsp; my guess is they were bootlegs in their day(150 years ago or more), manufactured with enough variations in their design that they were able to get around the patent laws more or less.&nbsp; these are what survive.&nbsp; i also think they&#039;re somewhat cooler looking, but the patent stamp is something nobody has seen before.&nbsp; this is what they told me at Heritage.&nbsp; Wells Fargo began deliveries in Arizona in 1870.&nbsp; also, the Railway Express Agency came into being in 1918.&nbsp; Wells Fargo was folded into that agency as were other express agencies of that era.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]511533[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]511535[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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