1902 – Hutchinson and Ransome

9th Avenue at E. 24th Street

I can’t make out the name of this maker, but Ken’s comment helps me see “Ransome” at the bottom in the full-size image. (I originally thought it said Oakland.) This mark is also noteworthy for being the oldest barrel-shaped mark I’ve found. No one else used this shape, as far as I can tell, until J. H. Fitzmaurice adopted it in 1926, and after that no one used it until 1940.

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2 Responses to “1902 – Hutchinson and Ransome”

Ken Says:
28 November 2023 at 8:24 am
Pretty sure this is Hutchinson & Ransome. It looks like it matches the marks from 1902 in Berkeley that Lincoln Cushing documented – see link. Those marks in Berkeley were still there when I checked them out a year ago.

https://www.docspopuli.org/articles/Stamps/Webpages/detail.np/detail-133.html
Phil Bellman Says:
6 July 2026 at 2:50 pm
This stamp was “Ransome”. Until 10-15 years ago, it was still legible. The sidewalk was across the street from the estate of Borax Smith, who was a benefactor of Ernest Ransome. The stamp was destroyed in 2025-26 by new city concrete work.

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