✅ SOLVED Trying to locate patent on this baggage tag

[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

This baggage tag is marked “Pat Dec 25 185(?)8(?). It appears to be 1858 but the third number in the date could be a 5 or a 6, last number an 8 or a 9. Not sure why so many items listed Christmas Day as a patent date… weird, if it’s actually true. At any rate, I’m trying to locate the patent for this item. They were baggage tags which were stamped with the travelers name (this one is blank but I have an identical one I dug with a stamped name).

 

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[BuckleBoy]

View attachment 2003157View attachment 2003158Hello All,

This baggage tag is marked “Pat Dec 25 185(?)8(?). It appears to be 1858 but the third number in the date could be a 5 or a 6, last number an 8 or a 9. Not sure why so many items listed Christmas Day as a patent date… weird, if it’s actually true. At any rate, I’m trying to locate the patent for this item. They were baggage tags which were stamped with the travelers name (this one is blank but I have an identical one I dug with a stamped name).

PS here’s a stamped one with the name “Levy Johnson” (suspension loop broken off).

 

[Bramblefind]

The date could be Dec 29 1868 - here is a patent from that date, also link to other tags.

USD3303S - Design for a key-tag - Google Patents

patents.google.com

CIVIL WAR ID DOG TAG/BADGE CHARLESTOWN N.H. | #1918246351

This is a civil war era badge or dog tag ID'd to Henry C. Cooley from Charles town New Hampshire.The back of the badge says pat. Dec 29,1868. I couldn't get a very clear pic of it with my camera, but

www.worthpoint.com

Post Civil War Barber Military Style 1860's Kansas ID Dog Tag A. L. Salyer | #1858520873

Post Civil War Barber Military Style ID Dogtag Medicine Lodge Kansas A. L. Salyer Tonsorial Artist Pat. Dec 29 1868

www.worthpoint.com

Sterling Dog ID Tag - Pat. Date 1868- Samuel Logan, North East MD eagle arrows | #1851047385

Antique sterling silver name tag dog tag from the late 1800s. Shield design has an eagle holding arrows. Banners across the eagle are stamped with the name Samuel Logan, North East, MD .On the bac

www.worthpoint.com

 

[Red-Coat]

View attachment 2003157View attachment 2003158Hello All,

...Not sure why so many items listed Christmas Day as a patent date… weird, if it’s actually true. At any rate, I’m trying to locate the patent for this item....

No, it’s not true. The US Patent Office Bulletin has traditionally been published once a week, on Tuesdays. The granted patent then carries that date as the reference, so only certain dates are possible, such as 29th December 1868 which was a Tuesday. The only other possible December dates in 1868 were 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd but not 25th (which was a Friday).

Often, the bulletin wasn’t published on Tuesdays which happened to fall on 25th December. For example, between 1850-1870, 25th December was a Tuesday in 1855, 1860 and 1866 but the bulletin only appeared on 25th December 1855. The ‘backlog’ would then appear in the next bulletin with a Tuesday date.

The date could be Dec 29 1868 - here is a patent from that date, also link to other tags.

USD3303S - Design for a key-tag - Google Patents

patents.google.com

CIVIL WAR ID DOG TAG/BADGE CHARLESTOWN N.H. | #1918246351

This is a civil war era badge or dog tag ID'd to Henry C. Cooley from Charles town New Hampshire.The back of the badge says pat. Dec 29,1868. I couldn't get a very clear pic of it with my camera, but

www.worthpoint.com

Post Civil War Barber Military Style 1860's Kansas ID Dog Tag A. L. Salyer | #1858520873

Post Civil War Barber Military Style ID Dogtag Medicine Lodge Kansas A. L. Salyer Tonsorial Artist Pat. Dec 29 1868

www.worthpoint.com

Sterling Dog ID Tag - Pat. Date 1868- Samuel Logan, North East MD eagle arrows | #1851047385

Antique sterling silver name tag dog tag from the late 1800s. Shield design has an eagle holding arrows. Banners across the eagle are stamped with the name Samuel Logan, North East, MD .On the bac

www.worthpoint.com

Some of those links contain mis-reading of the patent date. Bramblefind is correct that its 29th December 1868 and refers to Arthur Stafford’s patent in the first link provided.

 

[BuckleBoy]

No, it’s not true. The US Patent Office Bulletin has traditionally been published once a week, on Tuesdays. The granted patent then carries that date as the reference, so only certain dates are possible, such as 29th December 1868 which was a Tuesday. The only other possible December dates in 1868 were 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd but not 25th (which was a Friday).

Often, the bulletin wasn’t published on Tuesdays which happened to fall on 25th December. For example, between 1850-1870, 25th December was a Tuesday in 1855, 1860 and 1866 but the bulletin only appeared on 25th December 1855. The ‘backlog’ would then appear in the next bulletin with a Tuesday date.



Some of those links contain mis-reading of the patent date. Bramblefind is correct that its 29th December 1868 and refers to Arthur Stafford’s patent in the first link provided.

Wow! Awesome information you two! That explains so much about how these patent dates were listed. Also it’s great to see the original patent (and some tags that were sold as Civil War erroneously too LOL!)