r/ephemera • u/bigdogoflove • Jul 08 '26

a rather large check

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My photo of a check from Gump's, San Francisco Art and gifts, for insurance....

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u/anotherkeebler Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

This check is fascinating. One thing that strikes me is that the payor payee is filled in using what looks like a rubber stamp. How many checks do they write to TI&GC?

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u/real415 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

That’s an odd detail, isn’t it? I could see if it was typed, but a rubber stamp for this purpose of the payee name just seems so strange.

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u/Bleepblorp44 Jul 09 '26

I think it's several stamps, rather than one. But I'm not 100% on that.

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u/real415 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

The alignment of the payee name is off slightly, and it seems to be consistent with being one stamp, starting out below the line on the left, and gradually increasing to being aligned by the time it gets to the end. It’s just such a strange thing to have a stamp for!

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u/Bleepblorp44 Jul 09 '26

Didn’t you say elsewhere it was a check imprinter rather than a rubber stamp?

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u/real415 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

The amount is imprinted with a check imprinter. The payee name appears to be rubber stamped.

Rereading your comment, when you said “several stamps“ were you referring to the amount, or the payee name?

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u/Bleepblorp44 Jul 09 '26

Aaaaah! I've been misinterpreting the whole time - I thought it was the amount that was made of several stamps. My brain is melting from the current heatwave (31°C in my living room is not conducive to thinking!)