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<p>[QUOTE="flipper, post: 1952308, member: 14025"]<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nbxFOR8ujlYC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=printsellers+association+blindstamp&source=bl&ots=11lg17FTq8&sig=ACfU3U30DzQt-sw5baemBMcXS2Ncm_y-Wg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr9YGWxOvoAhVRQq0KHZ-cDS0Q6AEwEHoECAwQKQ#v=onepage&q=printsellers%20association%20blindstamp&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nbxFOR8ujlYC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=printsellers+association+blindstamp&source=bl&ots=11lg17FTq8&sig=ACfU3U30DzQt-sw5baemBMcXS2Ncm_y-Wg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr9YGWxOvoAhVRQq0KHZ-cDS0Q6AEwEHoECAwQKQ#v=onepage&q=printsellers%20association%20blindstamp&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=nbxFOR8ujlYC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=printsellers+association+blindstamp&source=bl&ots=11lg17FTq8&sig=ACfU3U30DzQt-sw5baemBMcXS2Ncm_y-Wg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr9YGWxOvoAhVRQq0KHZ-cDS0Q6AEwEHoECAwQKQ#v=onepage&q=printsellers association blindstamp&f=false</a> </p><p>It talks about the use of the blindstamp from 1838 for a specific set of proofs made before the main edition of a plate...but it appears it got a little muddy after that.</p><p>However, it says there were 3 letters inside the circle that stood for a code to identify the edition of the plate...so maybe figuring out when they started using 2 letters? I am still trying to figure out when the stamp went from Printsellers to FATG stamp...it just says the machine used for "the stamp" was from 1847-1973...but the Fine Arts Trade Guild was not formally established until 1910...so it seems that the PA stamped works would be dated prior to 1910? That is Mollylogic, anyway.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Art_Trade_Guild" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Art_Trade_Guild" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Art_Trade_Guild</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In summary, I believe your print/etching may be an original proof[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="flipper, post: 1952308, member: 14025"][URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=nbxFOR8ujlYC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=printsellers+association+blindstamp&source=bl&ots=11lg17FTq8&sig=ACfU3U30DzQt-sw5baemBMcXS2Ncm_y-Wg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr9YGWxOvoAhVRQq0KHZ-cDS0Q6AEwEHoECAwQKQ#v=onepage&q=printsellers%20association%20blindstamp&f=false']https://books.google.com/books?id=nbxFOR8ujlYC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=printsellers+association+blindstamp&source=bl&ots=11lg17FTq8&sig=ACfU3U30DzQt-sw5baemBMcXS2Ncm_y-Wg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr9YGWxOvoAhVRQq0KHZ-cDS0Q6AEwEHoECAwQKQ#v=onepage&q=printsellers association blindstamp&f=false[/URL] It talks about the use of the blindstamp from 1838 for a specific set of proofs made before the main edition of a plate...but it appears it got a little muddy after that. However, it says there were 3 letters inside the circle that stood for a code to identify the edition of the plate...so maybe figuring out when they started using 2 letters? I am still trying to figure out when the stamp went from Printsellers to FATG stamp...it just says the machine used for "the stamp" was from 1847-1973...but the Fine Arts Trade Guild was not formally established until 1910...so it seems that the PA stamped works would be dated prior to 1910? That is Mollylogic, anyway. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Art_Trade_Guild[/URL] In summary, I believe your print/etching may be an original proof[/QUOTE]
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