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Babson Brothers were a mail order company supplying the Midwest. This control pattern is also found on envelopes from the many products that they sold. Burlington Watch, Edison Phonograph, Allen Vacuum Cleaner, Anglo American Insurance and The Insurance & Fidelity Co. Counting the several broken pin varieties known, they are responsible for the 2nd most known Schermacks with control perforations reported.
Only known pattern used on 3 cent stamp, Scott # 345. All known copies are hand cancelled, suggesting the envelope was too bulky to go through a cancelling machine. Recent certifications are calling them out as 483s. Totally impossible, this die had pin breakage starting in Mar 1911. Long, long before unwatermarked stamps were issued. |
