Archive for the ‘1938’ Category

1938 – C. Fisher (Fischer)

8 July 2014

1938mmm

4854 Fair Avenue

C. Fischer does it again—a second misspelling from this year.

1938 – Cal Cragun

1 July 2014

1938lll

3920 Enos Avenue

This unusually deep strike gives some insight into the shape of the stamps used in those days. You wouldn’t guess from my previous example of this year’s mark.

1938 – C. Ficher (Fischer)

24 June 2014

1938kkk

4429 San Carlos Avenue

Yet another misspelling by C. Fischer.

1938 – A. A. Johnson & Son

25 April 2014

1938jjj

4100 Walnut Street

1938 – Poblitz

17 March 2014

1938iii

3241 Liese Street

This is much more complete than my previous Poblitz mark from this year, although it’s still a mess.

1938 – Ed Doty (straight mark)

24 February 2014

1938hhh

3048 Wisconsin Street

Ed Doty changed to a curved mark after 1936, but I’ve seen a handful of dated marks from later years where he used the old straight text instead.

1938 – S. DeGuarda

23 February 2014

1938ggg

3287 Arizona Street

I believe that this very nice mark by Salvatore De Guarda is hand-drawn. Here’s another configuration from the same year.