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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 85068, member: 111&quot;]My complete statement: <i>The alpha-numeric punches used for production codes could be stamped individually or <b>clamped in a holder</b> <b>to keep them in line</b>, doubtful that a special &#039;85&#039; stub would have been cut - and wouldn&#039;t have been at all efficient to take the time to place the series of numbers in a holder when they were only going to be struck once on each part, easier to just tap each numeral as needed...</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Strikes me as unlikely that they would have gone to the expense of having a dedicated &#039;85&#039; punch cut when the individual numbers could be placed in a readily available holder<i>.&nbsp; </i>The clip below, showing a hand-stamp with interchangeable type, is from a 1920 article on making stamps and dies, and the link shows better pics of a similar holder:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]21611[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><a href="http://www.infinitystamps.com/oscommerce/product_info.php?products_id=147" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.infinitystamps.com/oscommerce/product_info.php?products_id=147" rel="nofollow">http://www.infinitystamps.com/oscommerce/product_info.php?products_id=147</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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