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Castello "US" Stamp Question
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 230880"><p>In days past, the circled "L" on a Charatan indicated it was destined for the US. </p><p></p><p>Transition-era Barling shape numbers were indicative of the intended market. (Ixxx = British; 2xxx &c. overseas).</p><p></p><p>More recently, I recall one Italian maker (Ser Jacopo I think, but am not certain) only sent clean pipes of a particular series.grade to the USA, while that same series/grade pipe in Europe would likely have fills. People weren't aware of that until their new old stock European pipes started migrating over here via flea bay. Then people bellyached about them "cheapening" their product until somebody figured it out.</p><p></p><p>:face:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 230880"] In days past, the circled "L" on a Charatan indicated it was destined for the US. Transition-era Barling shape numbers were indicative of the intended market. (Ixxx = British; 2xxx &c. overseas). More recently, I recall one Italian maker (Ser Jacopo I think, but am not certain) only sent clean pipes of a particular series.grade to the USA, while that same series/grade pipe in Europe would likely have fills. People weren't aware of that until their new old stock European pipes started migrating over here via flea bay. Then people bellyached about them "cheapening" their product until somebody figured it out. :face: [/QUOTE]
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