Thanks all. Actually it has both the leather strip with serial number and hologram tag. I took it to Saks a little while ago and it checked out fine. In fact I had them look over my Zucca Spy also and both checked out fine. While they could not "officially" authenticate them, they said they look good. And add that to the positive experiences of all the experienced tPFers, I think we all did good.That bag should have one b/c the color and the season it is from are pretty new. The only ones that may not have them are 3yrs and older.