Not that Rocketman needs reinforcement, but those proofs have to be bogus. First they are about the poorest stamps I have seen. It is not likely the pros at a proof house would have buggered multiple marks like that and also left out several other marks which should accompany them. Strange though that if the gun is pre war Japanese there isn't some Japanese symbol stamped in somewhere - take a detailed magnified closer search for a symbol, particularly under one of the bogus stamps. I can't get a good clear magnified image of it, but I think the crown over the BV is what you need to examine as it seems to be a Japanese symbol, not a British Crown.
Last edited by Jerry V Lape; 01/17/07 12:52 PM.
