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-[[File:Brumfit16.jpg|thumb|D. Brumfit shop, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]The following pipe is circa 1919, marked BRUMFIT, N.P.U. LONDON. The BRUMFIT part matches a tobacconist shop D.Brumfit (Piccadilly) Ltd. 107b as you can see from a reference photo in pictures at right. The pipe is marked with other stamping N.P.U. which I can't figure out. The L-B = Louis BLUMFELD which was an early pipe maker, and I've seen it marked on a hallmarked band for BBB Pipes as well. I'm assuming the pipe was made by Louis Blumfeld for the D. BRUMFIT shop in London.
+[[File:Brumfit16.jpg|thumb|D. Brumfit shop, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]The following pipe is circa 1919, marked BRUMFIT, N.P.U. LONDON. The BRUMFIT part matches a tobacconist shop D.Brumfit (Piccadilly) Ltd. 107b as you can see from a reference photo in pictures at right. The pipe is marked with other stamping N.P.U., which is Nec Plus Ultra a brand from Louis Blumfield. The L-B = Louis BLUMFELD. It sometimes appears on hallmarked bands for BBB Pipes as well. This pipe was apparently made by Louis Blumfeld for the D. BRUMFIT shop in London.
+The Nec Plus Ultra was apparently also a former brand of A. Frankau & Co. Ltd., which later became BBB.
 The hallmark for dating does put it at 1919.