Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
1958 · Slim · Bradford — Case & bottom stamp reference (1958)
1958 · Slim · Bradford · Style 1: J. Kim reference photograph. Compare each bottom-stamp detail with the original image; a faint strike can obscure a mark. 1958 · Slim · Bradford · Style 1.2: J. Kim reference photograph. Compare each bottom-stamp detail with the original image; a faint strike can obscure a mark. 1958 · Slim · Bradford · Style 1.2: A light strike makes the left-hand dots difficult to see. The outermost visible mark supports the four-dot-left reading shown in the source.
- Known period
- 1958
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- slim
- Evidence / certainty
- photographed specimen — collector-supplied classification
Reference images · real photographed examples
A light strike makes the left-hand dots difficult to see. The outermost visible mark supports the four-dot-left reading shown in the source.
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.
- 1958 · Slim · Bradford — 1958 · Slim · Bradford · Style 1.2
- 1958 · Slim · Bradford — 1958 · Slim · Bradford · Style 1.2
Evidence, source and dating limits
Sources: J. Kim
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.