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Paulson Color Samples Nore Scans & Info !!

As is usually the case when you begin to study something in depth - you find out the more you thought you knew the less you really knew. This is definitely true with the Paulson Color Samples.

In the scans below I have identified 26 different variations of these Color Samples (both sides of the chips are shown) and I have NOT yet tackled the Long Cane and Short Cane variations.

The basic breakdown so far is as follows:

Chips 1 to 8 are all different "Font Sizes" - I have not yet tried to name the Font sizes but as you can see they range from Very Small to Extra Large.

Chips 9 to 14 are various "Holed" varieties - again I have not yet named these varieties. I had a discussion with a fellow collector a few years back about Holed chips. He said " Jerry, anyone can drill various size holes in these chips." I agree with him in principle - but still feel these chips should be recognized as varieties because it has been documented that Paulson did hole these chips and salesmen actually carried the chips around on rings or chains to show these color samples to perspective buyers.

Chips 15 to 20 are various "Address" chips - these have various Paulson address/phone#s on one or both sides.

Chips 21 to 25 are "Oddball" chips that don't quite fit into the other 20 varieties - including alignment of thee color name (not centered), inserts, different color hotstamp and chips with letters on them.

Chip # 26 has a "Starburst" design/cancellation on both sides - one collector I talked to has 40+different colors with this design on them, so I feel these chips should also be included in this study.

Once again, my ultimate goal is to come up with a spread sheet or chart that lists all the varieties of these Samples so a collector can keep track of which chips he has and which ones he still needs to find. We are still a long way from completing this project - but we are heading in the right direction.

I welcome your comments, input and scans of your chips.

Take care,
Jerry


Messages In This Thread

Paulson Color Samples Nore Scans & Info !!
Category for misspelled words?
Re: Paulson Color Samples Nore Scans & Info !!
Hey Rich -HERE'S HOW THEY DO IT !!!!
Re: Paulson Color Samples Nore Scans & Info !!
Hey Don, I love those Edge Insert Chips !!!!
Suggestion on ID'ing font sizes
Steve - Good Idea - I'll work on that !!!
I thought I read on the board
Re: I thought I read on the board

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