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<center><font size="3">[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''In the factory, some pipes were mounted over the stamp, as quality control demanded. If the pipe was finished they would rather have the band cover the stamp rather than take the stamp out.[[File:Aspas.png|40px]]</font> Les Wood.'''</center> | <center><font size="3">[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''In the factory, some pipes were mounted over the stamp, as quality control demanded. If the pipe was finished they would rather have the band cover the stamp rather than take the stamp out.[[File:Aspas.png|40px]]</font> Les Wood.'''</center> | ||
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File:Overstamps.jpeg|Band over the stamps | File:Overstamps.jpeg|Band over the stamps | ||
File:3sgband.jpeg|Aftermarket Dunhill band, 18K (pipe from 98, and band from 99). | File:3sgband.jpeg|Aftermarket Dunhill band, 18K (pipe from 98, and band from 99). | ||
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[[File:Adleswood.jpeg|frameless|left| | [[File:Adleswood.jpeg|frameless|left|100px]]Mr. Wood also said that every band for every pipe was individually made to fit that pipe only, and the band made by him has a crack in the corner of the "AD" diamond frame stamp (he broke the stamp and never got it replaced. As far as he can remember, it broken just after he left Dunhill's around 1979. It broke, probably, around 1981). We talked about the existence of bands lacking a date code, but he had no information to offer. The reasons for these anomalies are presently unknown. | ||
Mr. Wood also said that every band for every pipe was individually made to fit that pipe only, and the band made by him has a crack in the corner of the "AD" diamond frame stamp (he broke the stamp and never got it replaced). | |||
We talked about the existence of bands lacking a date code, but he had no information to offer. The reasons for these anomalies are presently unknown. | |||
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