THE DIRECTORY OF CANADA SILVERSMITHS
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| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SILVER AND SILVERPLATE MARKS |
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There was no official regulation of the purity of the metal used in the industry in Canada until the early 20th century. After 1760 Montreal gradually took over as the center of silversmithing in Canada although there were also a number of silversmiths in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. English styles became the norm and silversmiths began to use English-style maker's marks with their initials in a rectangular outline. These marks were occasionally accompanied by "Montreal", "Quebec" or "H", "HN" or "HNS" for Halifax. 
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By the early 19th century it was common to include pseudo marks that resembled British hallmarks, like sovereign's heads, lions, crowns. 
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The current Canadian hallmarking system is based on the Precious Metals Marking Act of 1985. Jewellery makers, importers and retailers are responsible for having the correct hallmarks on items. Hallmarks must be registered by the Register of Trademarks, Industry Canada in which abbreviations and inscriptions for jewellery items in either English or French are permitted. For silver items, "sterling" (92.5% silver and 7.5% other alloys ) is considered the standard measurement for purity under federal regulations. Authentic sterling silver items are stamped with "STERLING", "STER", or "925". Hallmarks that follow the traditional British certifying system or has applied by the government of any foreign country under the laws of that country may also be placed on the item. Where an article that is wholly manufactured in Canada is composed of a precious metal of a quality prescribed in the regulations and has an authorized quality mark applied to it, there may be applied to the article a national mark consisting of: - a lion's head inside a letter "C"( (1934-1978) - a maple head inside a letter "C" (after 1978) 
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| CANADIAN SILVERSMITHS A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MARKS |
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(click on YELLOW NAME for details) MARKS...................................MAKERS ACME SILVER PLATE CO ............................. ACME SILVER CO. (THE) A & J HAY and pseudo English marks ....................................... HAY A&J A.B. ................... A.BEAUCHAMP Jeweller A.C.J. & B. ............. JOHNSON A.C. & BROS A.H and pseudo English mark ....................................... HARDY Anselme A.J.R ....................................... ROSENTHAL A.J. A.K. & S. ............... KENT Ambrose & Son A.S. HAY. and pseudo English marks ....................................... HAY Albert Stephen aladdin lamp (figural) ....................................... JACOBY BROS Ltd AM and NB ........................ MUNRO Alex AP and pseudo English marks ....................................... PAGE Amos AR and pseudo English marks ....................................... ROSS Adam AT and pseudo English marks ....................................... TROUP Alexander B.ETTER ........... ETTER Benjamin B.HURD .............. HURD Benjamin B.P. CO ........ BENEDICT PROCTOR MFG. CO B.W ........... WOLHAUPTER Benjamin BARRY and pseudo English marks ....................................... BARRY John BBE ....................................... ETTER B.B. BE and H N S ...................... ETTER Benjamin BE and pseudo English marks ....................................... ETTER Benjamin BENEDICT PROCTOR .................. BENEDICT PROCTOR MFG. CO BH ....................................... HURD Benjamin BILSKY & SON .............. BILSKY & Son BIRKS and pseudo English marks ............................ BIRKS HENRY & SONS Ltd BIRKS STERLING ....................................... BIRKS HENRY & SONS Ltd B M CO. ....................................... BREADNER MANUFACTURING CO. Bob ForD without contour ....................................... BOB FORD Booth in script and pseudo lion passant ....................................... BOOTH John BP & B and pseudo English mark .......................... BLACK, PARKER & BLACK C.&J. ALLEN ...................... ALLEN C. & J. C.A ....................................... ADDISON Charles C.A in script ................... ARNOLDI Charles C.A.O ................... OLMSTEAD Charles A. C.G. and two lions facing right ................... GROTHE Christian C.E.R ....................................... REDFERN C.E C.LAMOND FILS ............... LAMOND C. FILS C.O.B ........................ BRUFF Charles Oliver CANADA MFG CO and pseudo English marks ................. CANADA MANUFACTURING CO CARON FRERES ................ CARON BROS CH intertwined ................ CANADA JEWELERS' COMPANY LTD CORNELIUS BECKER & CO ................ NOVA SCOTIA SILVER C.B. & Co D & S and 'canoe' ........... DWIGHT & SAVAGE D.B and pseudo English marks ....................................... BEWES Daniel D.MILLER ................. D. MILLER D.M M. ................. McPHERSON David D.SAVAGE and pseudo English marks ....................................... SAVAGE David D.W. and NB and pseudo English mark ....................................... WARLOCK Daniel O.L. DB and MONTREAL ................ BOHLE David DB and pseudo English mark ....................................... BOHLE David DG ....................................... GANO David DHW and pseudo English mark .................... WHISTON David Hudson DJ into a rectangle ............. DOMINION JEWELRY MANUFACTURING CO DL and SJ and pseudo English marks ....................................... LORD Daniel DM NF and pseudo English marks ....................................... MUIR David E into a maple leaf ....................................... ELLIS & COMPANY P.W. E&T.S and pseudo English marks ....................................... SPIKE Thomas Daniel E.D. TISDALE & Son and STERLING ....................................... E.D. TISDALE & SON E.M.M. and pseudo English marks ....................................... MORPHY Edward M. ECCO G.F ..... ELECTRIC CHAIN COMPANY ECCO STER ....... ELECTRIC CHAIN COMPANY ECCO STERLING ...... ELECTRIC CHAIN COMPANY Ed BARLOW and pseudo English mark ....................................... BARLOW Edouard EMC intertwined into a lozenge .................. BENEDICT PROCTOR MFG. CO ES and pseudo English marks ....................................... SPIKE Edmund Lloyd Essay in scrpt ........ STANLEY & AYLWARD LTD F over DL ............ DELIQUE Charles François F.B and pseudo English mark ....................................... BOHLE Francis F.M. and pseudo English marks ....................................... MEYER Franz F. F.R .................. RANVOYZE Ignace Francois F.S and QUEBEC ...... SASSEVILLE Francois F.W.S and English pseudo marks ..................... SPANENBERG Frederick W. F.W.S.&B .................... SARK F.W. & BROS FLEMISH COPPER .................. BENEDICT PROCTOR MFG. CO FR .................. RANVOYZE Ignace Francois G + a beaver and pseudo English marks .............. GOLDSMITH STOCK COMPANY OF CANADA LTD G.B ....................................... BAILEY Geo.B. G.G.R &CO and English pseudo marks ........... ROBINSON George G. & CO G.L.DARLING and pseudo English marks ....................................... DARLING George Lacy G.S ....................................... SEIFERT Gustavus G.SEIFERT QUEBEC .... SEIFERT Gustavus G.SEIFERT STERLING .... SEIFERT Gustavus G.W. iand pseudo English marks ....................................... WITAM George G.WARREN ........................... WARREN G. GARD .................. GARD Thomas Dapleton GH ................ HUTCHINSON John G Grigg in script .... GRIGG William GS ................... STHEPANIS Gothelf GS and pseudo English mark ....................................... SAVAGE George GS&.S in a rectangle and pseudo English mark ................. SAVAGE George & Son GSB and pseudo English marks ....................................... BROWN George Stairs GZ and pseudo English marks ....................................... GROTHE Z. H & L and pseudo English marks ....................................... HENDERY & LESLIE H & L STERLING ..... HENDERY & LESLIE H & P and pseudo English marks .................. HOSTERMAN & PARKER H and Canada National mark .................. HOUGHTON SILVERWARE AND PLATING LTD H.&A.S ................ SAUNDERS H & A. Jewellers H.B.& CO ........ BIRKS HENRY & SONS Ltd H.B.& S .......... BIRKS HENRY & SONS Ltd" H.I and pseudo English mark .............. HANNA James Godfrey H.J and pseudo English lmarks ....................................... JACKSON Henry H.J.TORONTO .............. JACKSON Henry H.R.S. & Co .......................... ROGERS Sons & Co Henry H.S.M. .......................... MURRAY Hugh S. HADDON PLATE ............ McGLASHAN CLARKE HEMMING MONTREAL CH intertwined ............ HEMMING MANUFACTURING CO HGB ....................................... BISHOP Henry HM and pseudo English marks ....................................... MIGNOWITZ Henry HUTCHINSON over ST.JOHN N.B ....................................... HUTCHINSON John G I.A .................. AMIOT JEAN NICOLAS I.H and pseudo English mark ..................... HANNA James Godfrey IA .................. AMIOT JEAN NICOLAS IAD and pseudo English lion mark .................. DWIGHT James Adams IB ....................................... BUTLER James IM + N.B into two rectangles and pseudo English hallmarks ........... MUNRO John INDESTRUCTO .................. BENEDICT PROCTOR MFG. CO IO ....................................... ORKNEY James IR and pseudo English marks ....... ROSS J. IS or SI and pseudo English marks .................. SMELLIE James IS and IO and pseudo English lion passant mark ................. SASSEVILLE & ORKNEY J CORNELIUS and pseudo English marks ....................................... CORNELIUS Julius J CORNELIUS STERLING ....................................... CORNELIUS Julius J MUNRO ..................... MUNRO John J.A and pseudo lion passant ....................................... AGNEW James J.A. ....................................... ALLEN Josiah J.A.D and pseudo English marks ....................... DWIGHT James Adams J.A.H. ....................................... HERSEY John A J.B and pseudo English mark ....................................... BEAN John J.B. and N.B and pseudo English marks ....................................... BARRY John J.B. and pseudo English marks ....................................... BESSONETT J.S.B. J.B.W ........................... WILLIAMSON J.B. J.C and pseudo English marks ....................................... CORNELIUS Julius J.C.C ....................................... COPP John C. J.F. ....................................... FROLAND J. J.F.C and pseudo English marks ....................................... CARTER J.F. J.FROLAND ....................... FROLAND J. J.G.J & CO .................... JOSEPH & Co J.G. J.GJ and pseudo English marks ...................... JOSEPH Joda G. J.H.J. & Co ..................... JONES J.H. & CO J.H.T and pseudo English marks ................... TOLER Joseph J.L. and pseudo English marks ....................................... LESLIE John J.LESLIE .......................... LESLIE John J.R and pseudo English mark ....................... ROBINSON & Co Joseph J.R.H. & CO ................... HARPER J.R. & CO J.Spahnn ........................ SPAHN Justin J.STREET MONTREAL and pseudo English marks ........................ STREET J. J.W and pseudo Englishmark ....................................... WANLESS John J.W.M. & CO ...................... MILLAR J.W. & Co J+B and N:B and pseudo English marks ....................................... BURNS James JE and pseudo English marks ....................................... EASTWOOD James JEE & Co STERLING and pseudo English marks ..................... ELLIS James E. & CO JEE over T and pseudo English marks ....................................... ELLIS James E. JF over L .............. LANDRON Jean Francois JGJ & CO beaver and pseudo English marks ......... JOSEPH & Co J.G. JH in script F.D and pseudo English mark ......... HANNA & DELAGRAVE JL and pseudo English marks .................... LANFGFORD Jamess J. JL in script ................. LUCAS Joseph JMc in script and pseudo English marks ....................................... McCULLOCH John J. RAMAGE into a rectangle ....................................... RAMAGE John JT and pseudo English marks .................. TISON Joseph (possibly) JOHN WANLESS & CO .......... WANLESS John JW&S and English pseudo marks ....................................... WOOD John & Son JWR into a circle ....................................... JOHNSON W.R. K squirrel and lion (figural) ................ KENT & SONS LTD, Ambrose K.T .................... KERR & THORNE KENT BROS. and pseudo English marks ....................................... KENT BROS. KERR & THORNE ............... KERR & THORNE L in script BR OS ....................................... LIPMAN-LEVINTER INDUSTRIES LTD L under a beaver (figural) ....... LEES George H. L&A and pseudo English marks ....................................... LOWE & ANDERSON L.A ....................................... AMIOT Laurent L.A and QUEBEC ..... LAFRANCE Ambroise LA ....................................... AMIOT Laurent LASH & CO ....................... LASH J.B. LF intertwined ............ LAMOND C. FILS LH and lion facing right ........ HALLIDAY L. LH and pseudo English marks ....................................... HULSMAN Louis LOWE & CO .................. LOWE & CO LPB and pseudo English mark ......................... BOIVIN Louis Philippe M.A and MONTREAL ...... ARNOLDI Michael M + N.B and pseudo English marks ....................................... MUNRO John M B Co and scales ....................................... MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY LTD M surrounded by a C ........... CARMICHAEL WILLIAM MAURICE M.C. ........ COCHENTHALER M, Jeweller M.COCHENTHALER ....................................... COCHENTHALER M, Jeweller M.GAGE ................... GAGE Matthew M.L.GURD ................... GURD M.L. Jeweller M.S.BROWN & Co LTD HALIFAX STERLING ..... BROWN M.S. & Co (Thomas Brown) MA and MONTREAL ...... ARNOLDI Michael MADE BY J.D.CAMIRAND & Co ................. CAMIRAND J.D. & Co Marion in script and pseudo English mark ..................... MARION Solomon MARLBORO PLATE ..................... MORTON-PARKER LTD MC over C ............... GATIEN M. McG.C ............ McGLASHAN CLARKE MC GLASHAN ............ McGLASHAN CLARKE MD and pseudo English marks ....................................... McDONALD Daniel MF and pseudo English mark ....................................... FORTIN Michel MILLER over BREMNER and pseudo English marks .................... MILLER & BREMNER MONARCH SILVER CO and a 'lion's head' ..................... STANDARD SILVER CO MORGAN into a 'crescent' ..... MORGAN C.P. MSB & Co and pseudo English marks ......... BROWN M.S. & Co (Thomas Brown) MSB & Co and pseudo Englishmarks ......... MS BROWN & CO MSB and pseudo English marks ..................... BROWN Michael Septimus MUNRO .................... MUNRO Alex N.B and pseudo Englishmarks ....................................... BOURE Narcisse N.BEAUDRY pseudo English mark STERLING ....................................... BEAUDRY Narcisse N.M. MARKS ........................ MARKS N.M. NW and pseudo English marks ........................ WALKER Nelson O & H ........................ OLMSTEAD & HURDMAN O.MEVES amd pseudo English mark ....................................... MEVES Otto OLMSTEAD ............. OLMSTEAD Charles A. P.A and MONTREAL .................. ARNOLDI John Peter P.EP and pseudo English marks ....................................... POULIN & CO P.E P.H and MONTREAL ....................................... HUGUET Pierre dit Latour P.L QUEBEC P.L ..... LESPERANCE Pierre P.M. and pseudo English marks ....................................... MORIN Paul P.W.ELLIS CO .......... ELLIS & COMPANY P.W. PAGE BROS ...................... PAGE Bros PAGE B.R.O.S ..................... PAGE Thomas PAGE SMALLEY & FERGUSON ............... PAGE SMALLEY & FERGUSON PB & RH and pseudo English lmark ....................................... BOHLE & HENDERY PB and pseudo English mark ....................................... BOHLE Peter PBs 'lion' StJ .......................... PAGE Bros PBs 'lion' StJ ...................... PAGE Bros PELTON ....................................... PELTON PL ....................................... LAMBERT Paul PL and pseudo English mark .................... LESPERANCE Pierre PN and H and pseudo English marks ....................................... NORDBECK Peter PN and NS and pseudo English marks ................ NORDBECK Peter PN and NS and pseudo English marks .................. NOVA SCOTIA SILVER C.B. & Co POST ....................................... POST POULIN and pseudo English marks ....................................... POULIN & CO P.E R H .......... HEMSLEY Richard R H TWEEDELL ....................................... TWEEDELL Richard Henry R STERLING and pseudo English lion mark ....................................... RODEN BROS LTD R.H and pseudo English marks ....................................... HENDERY Robert R.HENDERY MONTREAL ....................................... HENDERY Robert R.O ............ OSBORNE Robert R.OSBORNE ............... OSBORNE Robert R.SHARPLEY & SONS ...... SHARPLEY & SONS R.U.MARSTERS .............. MARSTERS R.U. R.W.&CO ....................... WILKES R. & CO RB in scriptL .............. BLACHE René RC in script and MONTREAL ................. CRUICKSHANK Robert RHC and pseudo English marks ....................................... COGSWELL R.H. RIDEAU PLATE ..................... BIRKS & Son RKO and pseudo English mark ................. OLIVER Richard Kestell ROSENTHAL ............. ROSENTHAL A.J.R ROSENTHAL and pseudo English mark .............. ROSENTHAL Abraham RP into a shield under a crown ....................................... PARADIS Roland RS and pseudo English marks ....................................... SHARPLEY Rice RT and St and pseudo English marks ............. THOMPSON Richard RW&S STERLING ....................................... SPANENBERG Frederick W. RYRIE ....................................... RYRIE Bros RYRIE BROS ....................................... RYRIE James S and C interwined ....................................... STERLING CRAFT LTD S in script ......... SPANENBERG George S&S and pseudo English marks ........... SHARPLEY & SON RICE S.A.S ................. SPANENBERG S.A. S.A.SAUNDERS .............. SAUNDERS S.A. S.B. in script .......... BREADNER Samuel S.B.W ......................... WINDRUM S.B. S.Bs ....................................... SMITH Bros. S.H.M.& CO ....................................... SIMPSON HALL MILLER & Co S.P. into a shield ................ SILVERWARE PRODUCTS (CANADA) LTD S.W.S and pseudo English marks ....................................... SMITH S.W. SAUNDERS, LORIE & CO ........................ SAUNDERS, LORIE & CO SAVAGE & LYMAN and English pseudo marks ....................... SAVAGE & LYMAN SAVAGE and pseudo English mark ....................................... SAVAGE George SAVAGE over & LYMAN ....................................... SAVAGE & LYMAN SAVAGE over LYMAN & CO ....................................... SAVAGE & LYMAN & CO SHEFFIELD HOUSE ...... SHEFFIELD HOUSE SI or IS and pseudo English marks .................. SMELLIE James SIMEON L. & GEORGE H ROGERS CO .......... ROGERS SIMEON L. & GEORGE H. CO SPHINX (figural) ............................ CANADIAN SILVER CO STANDARD SILVER CO flag ............................ STANDARD SILVER CO STERLING BM Co ....................................... BREADNER MANUFACTURING CO. STOUGHTON ........... STOUGHTON W.M. T and B intertwined ....................................... TULLY Henry Wentworth T.A & CO .......................... T. ALLEN & Co. T.B.STEACY ......................... STEACY T.B. T.HAMMAN ........... HAMMAN Thomas T.S.P and pseudo English marks ................... TORONTO SILVER PLATE COMPANY TA and pseudo English mark ................ ALLAN THOMAS & CO TA&Co and pseudo English mark ........ ALLAN THOMAS & CO TASKER & SONS ............ TASKER & SONS TBBROWN and HX and pseudo English marks ....................................... BROWN T.B. TCJ and H ....... JOHNSON Thomas Charles TCJ&S STERLING ....................................... JOHNSON Thomas Charles TCJOHNSON&SONS ................ JOHNSON Thomas Charles TH ................. HOSTERMAN Thomas TJM ....................................... TORONTO JEWELRY MFG CO V& W and pseudo English marks ....................................... VEITH & WITHAM V.E.N.N.I.N.G and pseudo English marks ....................................... VENNING J H VICTORIAN PLATE .......................... LIPMAN-LEVINTER INDUSTRIES LTD VIKING PLATE ....................................... LIPMAN-LEVINTER INDUSTRIES LTD VIKING PLATE ....................... VIKING PLATE W.&.C. .................... WAGSTAFF & CULVER W.&P.M .................... WATSON & PELTON W.BRAMLEY ............... BRAMLEY W. W.C.M ........................... MORRISON W.C. W.F and English pseudo marks ................ FAIRBANKS Whitcomb W.G.YOUNG ....................... YOUNG W.G. W.GRIGG ................... GRIGG William W.H and pseudo English marks ...................... HUNTER William W.H. TRACY .................... TRACY William H. W.H.KEARNEY .................... KEARNEY W.H. W.H.KIRK ....................... KIRK W.H. W.H.N and pseudo English marks .................... NEWMAN William Herman W.H.S ....................................... SAVAGE W.H. W.I and pseudo English marks ....................................... INNES William W.L and pseudo English marks ....................................... LEARMONT William W.LEARMONT and pseudo English marks ....................................... LEARMONT William W.M.C ...... CARMICHAEL William Maurice W.S and English pseudo hallmarks ............... STENNET William W.S.W ............... WALKER William S. W.V and pseudo English marks ......... VEITH William James W.W ........................ WALKER William S. V& W and pseudo English hallmarks ..................... VEITH & WITHAM WA & S and pseudo English mark ................ BLACK William A. & Samuel WALKER ..................... WALKER William S. WANLESS ................... WANLESS John WATSON ....................................... WATSON WB ....................................... BROTHERS Wm. WC and pseudo English marks ....................................... CROWFORD William WELCH & TROWERN ....................................... WELCH & TROWERN WH and pseudo English marks ...................... HUNTER William WHN and pseudo English marks .................... NEWMAN William Herman Wm A. ROGERS Ltd .... Wm A.ROGERS Ltd 'eagle' Wm ROGERS 'star' ........... Wm ROGERS WM & S.BLACK and pseudo English mark ................ BLACK William A. & Samuel WV and pseudo English marks ..................... VEITH William James WV and NB and pseudo English mark ................... VENNING William Norris Y.S. & CO ................... Y.S. & Co Z. McN & Co and pseudo Englishmarks ....................................... LOWE Wm.G.H. |
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HALLMARKS OF ENGLISH SILVER -
MAKER'S MARK IDENTIFICATION
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| IMAGES | A& AC |
AD AK |
AL AZ |
B& BB |
BC BO |
BP BZ |
C& CA |
CB CC |
CD CF |
CG CL |
CM CS |
CT CZ |
D& DB |
DC DL |
DM DZ |
E& EA |
EB ED |
EE EH |
EI EO |
EP EZ |
F& FD |
FE FJ |
FK FZ |
G& GB |
GC GG |
GH GL |
GM GR |
GS GZ |
| IMAGES | H& H& |
HA HB |
HC HE |
HF HL |
HM HU |
HV HZ |
I& IG |
IH IL |
IM IZ |
J& JA |
JB JC |
JD JG |
JH JK |
JL JQ |
JR JR |
JS JS |
JT JZ |
KA KZ |
L& LB |
LC LZ |
M& MB |
MC MI |
MJ MZ |
N& NZ |
OA OZ |
P& PK |
PL PZ |
QA QZ |
| IMAGES | R& RB |
RC RG |
RH RK |
RL RQ |
RR RZ |
S& SB |
SC SI |
SJ SR |
SS SZ |
T& TC |
TD TG |
TH TN |
TO TS |
TT TZ |
UA UZ |
V& VZ |
W& WA |
WB WB |
WC WC |
WD WE |
WF WG |
WH WL |
WM WM |
WN WR |
WS WS |
WT XZ |
YA YZ |
ZA ZZ |
| THE DIRECTORY OF MAKERS' MARKS | AA AE |
AF AZ |
BA BZ |
CA CH |
CK CZ |
DA DZ |
EA EZ |
FA FZ |
GA GZ |
HA HG |
HH HZ |
IA IG |
IH IZ |
JA JC |
JD JH |
JJ JP |
JQ JS |
| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MARKS | JT JZ |
KA LZ |
MA MZ |
NA PA |
PB PZ |
QA RH |
RK RZ |
SA SG |
SH SZ |
TA TH |
TI TZ |
UA WB |
WC WF |
WG WL |
WM WS |
WT ZZ |
| ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NAMES | 18th CENTURY | 19th CENTURY | 20th CENTURY | PER TOWN |
| THE DIRECTORY OF CAPE SILVERSMITHS | A - C | D - I | J - M | N - T | U - Z |
| THE DIRECTORY OF CHANNEL ISLANDS SILVERSMITHS | A - F | G - H | I - P | Q - Z | unidentified makers |
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BRITISH TOWN MARKS AND DATE LETTERS
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