Alfred Dunhill Bruyere 62262 EX23 oF

In 1943 the year of exchange was also added to the stamp, e.g. “EX.43”. The reason for this stamp refinement is unknown but it must have reflected a very real problem given the difficulty during the war period to tool new stamps. On suspects that the stamping change has something to do with war time England being engulfed with young American servicemen seemingly bent on putting Dunhill´s guaranty policy to the test. Consider how many new Dunhill pipes in those war years must have been broken in over the Continent in drafty B17s and the like.