1st WWII Garand questions?

[Bob Seijas]

There has always been speculation that many of the SA single letter stamps were WWII cartouche dies with letters ground off. SA/R could have been NFR with the NF removed, and the SA/H could have been GHS with G and S ground. Note that the position of the remaining letter corresponds to what it would have been on the original, left, right, or center. Others don't fit the theory like SA/O.

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[Rick B]

There has always been speculation that many of the SA single letter stamps were WWII cartouche dies with letters ground off. SA/R could have been NFR with the NF removed, and the SA/H could have been GHS with G and S ground. Note that the position of the remaining letter corresponds to what it would have been on the original, left, right, or center. Others don't fit the theory like SA/O.

Not speculation, it is fact that the SA over R on the right is the NFR stamp. The SA over H is the GHS stamp and the SA over W on the right was the GAW stamp. Rick B