The example of a type 526 of Paradise, PA in PSS catalog 90's version, maybe wrong, the description states sharply serifed & the example does not seem to be serifed at all
Although it's subtle, the example of a 526 from Paradise, PA (shown below) also shows some serifs, but not that pronounced. The difficulty in comparing this example to Clinton, MO, is that there is only one character in the example (an "I") used on the actual stamp, so understandably the remaining letters can be a bit of a challenge to compare accurately.
The fonts themselves look more like the fonts found on 479 or 701. However, if this is indeed a 526, does the fact that this being a "rubber" handstamp play a role for its wider shape from age?
You could argue that the word 'sharply' does not belong in the description of the PSS-526. This stamp is the PSS-526. The word 'sharply' in this context could suggest 'delicately' - not 'bluntly' as used in some of the other serif-descriptions. I see no reason to change the description.
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Posted 02/02/2011 7:13 pm
