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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 2475784, member: 22729"]I went to the Baltimore show on the 14th, and despite the convention center closing early, I found this interesting counterstamp at Steve Hayden's table. He told me he had just bought it a few minutes before I walked up. Quick turnaround for him, and a nice addition to my collection. It's a bit hard to read the legend from the picture, but pretty clear when in hand. It says "W.S. Catlett // Richmond, VA." Although I haven't researched it thoroughly yet, I will when time permits. The little I know of William S. Catlett at this point was provided to me by a collector/researcher friend of mine. Catlett was a boot and shoe commission  merchant in Richmond, apparently in the 1870s and 80s. He was also a Mason. This counterstamp is a bit unusual in that it appears to be stamped from a two-line prepared punch. Nothing unusual there, but this particular punch has different font styles on each line. Now, that's unusual! Line one is of a more ornate style...serifs...and line two features cleaner, more sterile...sans serifs...letters. I don't recall seeing this feature before. Most unusual and very interesting. Bruce[ATTACH=full]521780[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]521781[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]