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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Old Trunk Questions

« on: February 07, 2012, 01:07:37 pm »

okay thanks for the help everyone. 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Old Trunk Questions

« on: February 02, 2012, 01:13:50 pm »

We live in missouri about an hour out of st louis which we got the trunk in a town down the road about 4 minutes.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Old Trunk Questions

« on: February 02, 2012, 12:16:06 am »

Thanks for checking out the pictures everyone. So I was doing some looking up and are the United States Express co tags pretty rare? Not that this one is in good shape I just don't see many of them listed or shown anywhere that I could find. Does this increase value? (Not that it matters it is good decoration )

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Antique Questions Forum / Old Trunk Questions

« on: February 01, 2012, 03:13:35 pm »

So my wife had been wanting an old trunk for some decoration and we ended up purchasing one. Now we got curious and looking at it discovered a worn tag that is a "United States Express Co" tag. We are very curious as to the history of the trunk. It is pretty worn and i did some research and discovered that the company was around from 1854-1914. I have some pictures of the tag and the trunk overall. It isn't in the best shape but has a nice look to it. Also if you notice on the left side of the tag it has the numbers 42 in a small circle. I zoomed in and did an edge detect on imaging software to figure out the number for sure but does that have any significance?

http://bobhoil.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_0343.jpg
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