I believe the "country of origin" stamp was much earlier than 1921 and either was a result of the Mckinley Tariff(mainly agricultural) or some similar act around 1890 during an attempt at isolation as for the momement my memory of history fails me. First was just a stamp of the "country" or origin and a short time later the stamp was "made in" country of origin. I concur with Mr. Lape for the late 1880s as I have a couple in the 3300 range with the A&D "Brevete" stamp which ceased around 1890 after 14(or so?) years from the original 1875 patent date. I have looked at the 2 barrel set(German & Belgian tubes) for some time but the price is out of reason.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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Last edited by ellenbr; 01/28/08 09:25 PM.
