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If you look closely at the 1 in your pic and the Mecum you can see they are not the same stamp, yours is as this sites 1 and the Mecum has a horizontal serif on the bottom. So at least on the 1 the stamps used were not the same. Now this is a possible explanation as the numbers are 5000 apart and stamps can wear out and the 1 was the most used stamp but until you get a photo of a much closer numbered frame that uses a 1 stamp with no bottom serif then you do not have confirmation.

The crispness of the stamps is another clue, the factory stamps were applied by the same worker paid to do it day in day out possible on piecework, he became like a robot and applied just enough force for the stamp to show as he had limited time, I have a B44 where the frame stamps are barely legible but its a genuine frame, made in Birmingham UK and officially registered in Birmingham some weeks after the build date. Someone working on a single frame will be much more careful and use full force to make the stamps.

<blockquote data-quote="kommando" data-source="post: 456780" data-attributes="member: 234">If you look closely at the 1 in your pic and the Mecum you can see they are not the same stamp, yours is as this sites 1 and the Mecum has a horizontal serif on the bottom. So at least on the 1 the stamps used were not the same. Now this is a possible explanation as the numbers are 5000 apart and stamps can wear out and the 1 was the most used stamp but until you get a photo of a much closer numbered frame that uses a 1 stamp with no bottom serif then you do not have confirmation.The crispness of the stamps is another clue, the factory stamps were applied by the same worker paid to do it day in day out possible on piecework, he became like a robot and applied just enough force for the stamp to show as he had limited time, I have a B44 where the frame stamps are barely legible but its a genuine frame, made in Birmingham UK and officially registered in Birmingham some weeks after the build date. Someone working on a single frame will be much more careful and use full force to make the stamps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kommando, post: 456780, member: 234"] If you look closely at the 1 in your pic and the Mecum you can see they are not the same stamp, yours is as this sites 1 and the Mecum has a horizontal serif on the bottom. So at least on the 1 the stamps used were not the same. Now this is a possible explanation as the numbers are 5000 apart and stamps can wear out and the 1 was the most used stamp but until you get a photo of a much closer numbered frame that uses a 1 stamp with no bottom serif then you do not have confirmation. The crispness of the stamps is another clue, the factory stamps were applied by the same worker paid to do it day in day out possible on piecework, he became like a robot and applied just enough force for the stamp to show as he had limited time, I have a B44 where the frame stamps are barely legible but its a genuine frame, made in Birmingham UK and officially registered in Birmingham some weeks after the build date. Someone working on a single frame will be much more careful and use full force to make the stamps. [/QUOTE]