Posted By:
Hal LewisI will say this:
I have always wondered why the purple "Breisch-Williams" stamps are so crappy and hard to read...
but it would make perfect sense if they were NOT stamping them to ADVERTISE...
but only for THEIR OWN record keeping.
SURELY they would have made the stamp a lot more informative and easier to read and even a better color and provided more info on the backs of the cards if they were REALLY "advertising."
Instead... they just used WHATEVER stamp they had laying around in their office...
which of course was just a stamp with their company name on it that the probably used to stamp their name on invoices and checks and receipts and other general uses around the office.
I think Brian is definitely on to something here!
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Of course, this would mean that all cards with the purple stamps on the back are "ALTERED" since they were NOT originally issued in this condition...
so I expect that this opinion will not sit well with anyone who owns cards with purple stamps on them.