Good work Ben, Rhys and Scott; all very enlightening. I raised the question about Conlon stamp dating and unintentionally hit upon the issue of fake stamps.
I purchased the Wheat photo from Scott at a good price for a Conlon, but a poor price if not. Rather than remove the photo from the mount to look for further identifiers, and risk damaging the photo, I opted to return it. Congrats to Scott for taking that chance and reaping the satisfaction of discovering the Conlon handwriting, I'm pleased for him and know he will cherish the photo all the more.
Jim
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