Encased Postage Stamps (Gault Patent #)

John Gault is widely cited as the inventor of the encased postage stamp and an August 12, 1862 patent date is often cited. In fact the quote
seems to be repeated again and again.

There is a picture here of a blank (no advertising) case here:
http://www.nwpl.org/documents/BookR...June2014.pdf which shows the date.

My problem is that there is no such patent. Not one for a "Postage Stamp Case" nor one issued to John Gault on August 12, 1862.

http://www.google.com/patents/US36132 through
http://www.google.com/patents/US36200

https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p...0&gws_rd=ssl

Can anyone provide the actual patent citation?

Thanks!

This took some digging because it turns out it is a design patent, not a utility patent. It US Design Patent 1627. Modern numbering is D001627. Google does not index it. The following link should retrieve a poor quality image from the USPTO; records from that period are not good, as there were several fires at the Patent Office in the 19th century and many records were destroyed.

http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=...st+page

If the foregoing doesn't work, then:
--go to http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm
--enter search query isd/8/12/1862
--select search result item with number 1627
--select IMAGES at the top of the page

Thanks!

http://www.fredwritesright.com/_i_c...__100543.htm

Have you consulted this book?

No, Bill, I haven't but thanks for the pointer.

My interests are across the alley: I'm chasing an encased coin. I had the thought that there might be a link in the patent chain between the two. But with a design patent (vs. a utility patent) there isn't a chain. Oh well.