What Are The Markings On Wells Fargo Covers?

hi all,

i have a question, what are theon wells fargo covers?

i am seeing markings but cant seem to find what they mean:

U190 T811 WF J

U349 WF H3

u140/U349 is the scotts number for the stamped envelope , WF , I presume stands for Wells fargo, but the other letters/numbers?

also seeing "Bart" and "Bartel" with a number....

also UPSS1155

hoping someone can guide me

"WF H3" or "WF J" is the type of Wells Fargo frank, from Austin P. Haller, "Private Printed Franks on US Government Envelopes".

Thomas's "The Western Express Companies 1850-1890", and the Western Express journal are other good resources. Online, see the www.westerncoversociety.org. Hopefully someone else may have a more direct online reference of WF Franks handy.

T looks like the Thorp catalog number.
Bart/Bartel would be the catalog number from J.M. Bartels "Catalogue And Reference List Of The United States Stamped Envelopes".
UPSS number is from the United Postal Stationery Society.

A Philatelic Literature dealer like Phil Bansner has listings for many of these books or catalogs (many of them are vintage or out of print).

ZebraMan, thank you, this is what I needed!