found these today... Need help with F.S. Lantern

[whitefam5]

After searching thru some thick dust and dirt i found these two lanterns at this place they call the "junk" store.... Anyways the first one i pulled out from the dirt was a !965 220F without the globe and some paint peeling



Then I pulled out from the dirt and dust this beauty which wasnt so pretty when i found it due to black spray paint all over it.




when i saw the F.S. stamped in the side of the tank i was happy and knew i had to buy it.... no globe and i think some of the nickle coating is wore off.
there is a stamp on the side of the tank that i can see but faint and it reads
"Coleman Quick-lite with the numbers 6 12 stamped really small under it. so my question for everyone is what year would this lantern be? 1936, 1946. and also which model of lantern is it.....Also there is nothing stamped on the bottom and the bottom is red and flaking, I dont think the hood on top is right either but maybe one of you pros will know.... Thanks alot with any of your help..... Brad

[Ageless]

From what I've read 'F.S. was produced for US Forest Service; model L247

http://terrence.marsh.faculty.noctrl.edu/lantern/colelant3145.html


About 1/3 down the page.

[Zollinger]

Hi Brad. I'm no expert on the Coleman Quicklites but I think the second lantern might be 1926, any your right the top is not original. Ageless beat me to it about halfway down the page.
http://terrence.marsh.faculty.noctrl.edu/lantern/colelantpre31.htm
The 220F should be a good running lantern after it's cleaned up.

[rainjer]

It looks like a lanternstien to me. The vent wrong. The valve wheel is older than the fount. The fount appears to be a Canadian 427. If us was a US Forest Service lantern it should be stamped USFS. I wonder if it is a Canadian Forest Service lantern.

I am going to post you picture on the Coleman forum to see if they can ID it.

Jeremy

[Ageless]

Canada has 'Ministry of Forest and Lands'

[whitefam5]

thanks everyone for the great info.... Jeremy let me know what other say on the other forum. If it helps any the F.S. stamp is on both side of the tank along with FSFS stamped in the middle of the other stamps.

[rainjer]

It seems to be a 1926 L427.

Page 7.
http://pages.suddenlink.net/abosch1/193 ... ogNo22.pdf

http://pages.suddenlink.net/abosch1/Col ... tSheet.pdf

Jeremy