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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 9845855, member: 360"]Whistle collectors like to pick up the exceptionally old, unique, or rare whistles. Whistles which were manufactured in different ways, by different companies, whistles which were the first-of-their-kind, whistles owned or used by famous or historically significant organisations...</p><p><br /></p><p>...or in this case - a whistle with a rare barrel-stamp on the side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back then, if you were a particular organisation (say, a railway company, a police-force, a hospital or something) you could write to the manufacturer and it'd be something like:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"J. Hudson & Co. Whistles. </i></p><p><i>13 Barr St. Birmingham. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Sir, </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Please supply us with a shipment of 100 Metropolitan whistles, stamped "Central District Hospital", to be delivered to the address listed below..." etc etc. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Yours faithfully, and so-on". </i></p><p><br /></p><p>This custom whistle-stamp provision was all part of the service - buy your whistles from US because if you pay an extra 5/- per-order (or whatever) then you'll get your whistles custom-stamped with lettering of your choice on it! It was just another way to draw in more customers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, it cost you extra to get that treatment (they'd have to manufacture a barrel-stamp specific to your order), but the perk was that you got whistles with the name of your organisation, or company, or building stamped across the top, which was pretty cool!!</p><p><br /></p><p>100, 150 years later, and those whistles with the custom stamps on them are worth a FORTUNE today, because they're so incredibly rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 9845855, member: 360"]Whistle collectors like to pick up the exceptionally old, unique, or rare whistles. Whistles which were manufactured in different ways, by different companies, whistles which were the first-of-their-kind, whistles owned or used by famous or historically significant organisations... ...or in this case - a whistle with a rare barrel-stamp on the side. Back then, if you were a particular organisation (say, a railway company, a police-force, a hospital or something) you could write to the manufacturer and it'd be something like: [I]"J. Hudson & Co. Whistles. 13 Barr St. Birmingham. Sir, Please supply us with a shipment of 100 Metropolitan whistles, stamped "Central District Hospital", to be delivered to the address listed below..." etc etc. Yours faithfully, and so-on". [/I] This custom whistle-stamp provision was all part of the service - buy your whistles from US because if you pay an extra 5/- per-order (or whatever) then you'll get your whistles custom-stamped with lettering of your choice on it! It was just another way to draw in more customers. Of course, it cost you extra to get that treatment (they'd have to manufacture a barrel-stamp specific to your order), but the perk was that you got whistles with the name of your organisation, or company, or building stamped across the top, which was pretty cool!! 100, 150 years later, and those whistles with the custom stamps on them are worth a FORTUNE today, because they're so incredibly rare.[/QUOTE]
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