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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1974041, member: 22729&quot;][ATTACH=full]350733[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]350732[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]350731[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]350730[/ATTACH] I bought this counterstamped 1797 English Penny from a UK collector a week or so ago. Other than modern Irish political stamps, I don&#039;t buy many foreign examples. This is one I liked a lot.</p><p>The stamps are all of English cutlers who worked in Sheffield from the early to mid 1800s. The names, in case you can&#039;t read them,&nbsp; are John Carr, Robert Sorby, Joseph Mappin, and Steer &amp; Webster. Brunk lists Sorby but none of the others. A brief history of each follows.</p><p>*** Sorby --- Born in Sheffield February, 1787 and died there in November, 1859. Around 1841 he took his sons (Robert and Thomas) into the business and changed it&#039;s name to Robert Sorby &amp; Sons. Over the years he manufactured a variety of edge tools, saws, scythes, etc.</p><p>*** Carr --- Listed in the 1825 Sheffield directory as a pen knife manufacturer working at 10 Duke St. I couldn&#039;t determine the years he was at the South St. address stamped on the coin.</p><p>*** Mappin --- Born in Yorkshire (date unknown) and died in Sheffield in September, 1841. In 1825 directories listed his company as Joseph Mappin &amp; Son (Frederic T.) He was an engraver, copper plate printer, and manufactured buttons and spoons at 55 Fargate (later at Pepper Alley). Apparently, he was in business from 1810 until his death in 1841. I didn&#039;t find a listing for him at 32 Norfolk St., the address in his counterstamp. The &quot;sun&quot; logo that appears below his name was his mark.</p><p>*** Steer &amp; Webster --- The partners were probably Joseph Steer and Leonard Webster but I&#039;m not certain. Their manufactory in Sheffield, the Castle Hill Works, produced scissors and other edge tools. The company was founded in 1833 and sold out to George Butler &amp; Co. in 1867. The key (hard to see) above their name is the company&#039;s logo or mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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