Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
1968 · Slim · Bradford — Case & bottom stamp reference (1968)
1968 · Slim · Bradford · Style 1.2: The faint left-hand bars are important: the source assigns this example to the 1968 three-left/three-right layout rather than identifying it from the right side alone.
- Known period
- 1968
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- slim
- Dating evidence
- Supporting comparison — A useful illustrated or photographed comparison. The feature alone does not establish a unique production date.
- Reference verification
- Photographed specimen; date or classification attributed to the source, not factory-certified.
- Source attribution note
- photographed specimen — source-attributed production year
- Year attribution
- source-attributed
Reference images · real photographed examples
The faint left-hand bars are important: the source assigns this example to the 1968 three-left/three-right layout rather than identifying it from the right side alone.
Historical variants and original source records
Independent sources and distinct stamp layouts are preserved as individual photographs, not additional main cards. A pictured example alone cannot establish that every lighter from the year used the same construction.
- 1968 · Slim · Bradford — 1968 · Slim · Bradford · Style 1
- 1968 · Slim · Bradford — 1968 · Slim · Bradford · Style 1.2
Dating evidence and reference verification
Sources: In Quiet Detail — Primary photographic and collector reference archive; J. Kim
Supporting comparison: A useful illustrated or photographed comparison. The feature alone does not establish a unique production date.
Reference verification: Photographed specimen; date or classification attributed to the source, not factory-certified.
Source attribution: photographed specimen — source-attributed production year
Photographic copyright: Credited individually below each photograph
Dating caution. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.