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"PAID ALL" MARKS

Mahoney shows eight varieties of PAID ALL marks in his Appendix 4 and lumps most of them together as type 22, ranging in size from 24mm circles to 27mm circles. One other style is separated as type 49. Usage of these marks began in 1868. Williams shows these marks as types SAF 690, 700, 710, 720, 1760, 1770, 1800 and 1810 (again arriving at the same number of varieties as Mahoney but the tracings show some differences).

SF PAID ALL 18Oct68

October 18, 1868

SF PAID ALL 13Sep69

September 13, 1869

SF PAID ALL 8May71

May 8, 1871

Mahoney type 22 (see his Appendix 4 for the various "PAID ALL" marks he includes as type 22)
Williams type SAF 690
24mm: red, magenta
Usage: September 11, 1868 to May 8, 1871
The month and day dates in these marks are different, with the May 8, 1871 coming nearest to Williams's type 690. The layout of San Francisco also is different, with the "O" pointing directly at the "S" in the October 18 mark, but pointing below the "S" in the other two marks. The two marks with earlier dates fit none of Williams's tracings but the closeness of the lettering in "SAN FRANCISCO" is close to type 690. Space between "S" and "C" = 4mm.

SF PAID ALL 13Dec76

December 13, 1876
SF PAID ALL 15Apr78

April 15, 1878
SF PAID ALL 8Apr85

April 8, 1885

Mahoney Appendix 4, type 22
Williams type SAF 700
25mm red; magenta, red, carmine
Usage: August 12, 1871 to April 15, 1889
Space between "S" and "C" = 2mm. All of the marks to the left seem to be of this type.
SF PAID ALL 3Dec73

December 3, 1873

 SF PAID ALL 22May79

May 22, 1879

Mahoney Appendix 4, type 22
Williams type SAF 710
25mm; red, magenta
Usage: October 15, 1872 to September 20, 1879
Space between "S" and "C" = 6mm.
SF PAID ALL 9Jun88

June 9, 1888

 SF PAID ALL 3May92

May 3, 1892

Mahoney Appendix 4, type 22
Williams type SAF 1770
26mm; red
Usage: October 15, 1886 to October 9, 1892
Space between "S" and "C" = 3mm.
SF PAID ALL 3May93

May 3, 1893
SF PAID ALL 2Nov95

November 2, 1895
SF PAID ALL 15Jan97

January 15, 1897

Mahoney Appendix 4, type 49
Williams type SAF 1810
26mm; black
Usage: May 3, 1893 to June 29, 1899
Space between "S" and "C" = 3mm.

"PD. ALL" MARKS

Mahoney identifies six varieties of markings with "PD. ALL" at the bottom, collects them in Appendix 3 and lumps them together as type 30. Two of the six lack a period after "PD." Williams gives us five varieties listed as types 1730 (no period), 1740, 1750, 1780 and 1790 (no period). All of these marks are in the range of 26-27mm and their use was from March, 1879 to November, 1891.

SF PD_ ALL 8Aug81

August 8, 1881

SF PD ALL 16May82 red

May 16, 1882

SF PD ALL 8Aug82 red

August 8, 1882

Mahoney type 30 (see his Appendix 3 for the various PD. ALL marks he includes as type 30)
Williams type SAF 1730
26.5mm; red
Usage: March 15, 1879 to March 10, 1884
Both Mahoney and Williams show this mark without a period after "PD." Both authors have confused several of these styles. Note on this style, the second "L" points to the "N." Space between "S" and "C" = 2mm.

SF PD ALL 11Apr81

April 11, 1881

Mahoney type 30 (see his Appendix 3 for the various PD. ALL marks he includes as type 30)
Williams type SAF 1740
26mm; red
Usage: May 14, 1880 to July 31, 1881
This mark has four horizontal lines between the month and the day, but they sometimes fail to show a strong print. Mahoney and Williams trace it with a period but the April 11, 1881 example appears to lack a period. The second "L" points between the "R" and the "A." Space between "S" and "C" = 2mm.

SF PD ALL 4Jun81 red

June 4, 1881

Mahoney Appendix 3, type 30
Williams type SAF 1780 (unrecorded)
25.5mm; red
Usage: June 4, 1881 (Williams gives June 22, 1888 to December 2, 1889 for his type 1780)
Neither Williams nor Mahoney show a style where the second "L" points between the "A" and the "N" but Williams's tracing for type 1780 comes closest. Space between "S" and "C" = 2mm.

SF PD ALL 25Jan82

January 25, 1882
SF PD_ ALL 2Jul82 red

July 2, 1882
SF PD_ ALL 9Jun88

June 9, 1888
SF PD ALL 15Mar90 black

March 15, 1890

Mahoney Appendix 3, type 30
Williams type SAF 1750
27mm; red
Usage: January 25, 1882 to November 24, 1891
The January 25, 1882 mark is over a year earlier than the usage period used by both Williams and Mahoney. Note the second "L" points between the "R" and the "A." In some strikes there seems to be a wider gap between the month and the day. Space between "S" and "C" = 1mm. on Williams's type 1750 but the marks shown to the left vary up to a gap of 2mm.

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