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Pauline
I am now in your camp and believe (at this time) the stamp is real and correct. After reading your post I went back and did a more thorough review of N’s stamps and find on page 56, far right center a pull where he crosses a scroll line with his N and on the other side the vertical line of the L crosses and is on top of the scroll line. Never say never.
I believer further conclusive proof is the stamp itself. I notice the dropped period between the D and N, also the larger space between those two letters of the stamp. The pulls in this book show these same anomalies in his straight line stamp.
In a former life I was a welder and often was required to identify my welds with a stamp so, I know of which you speak.
I think this is a great learning debate, forcing me to look at details of things I don’t come across every day. Thanks go to you and everybody who are supplying input.
Gene 😯