{"id":506,"date":"2011-02-02T18:23:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T00:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robscott.net\/cymbals\/?page_id=506"},"modified":"2014-03-08T18:48:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T00:48:30","slug":"anomalies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/anomalies\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp Anomalies (new)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A “stamp anomaly” is a stamp or label that is unusual. A cymbal with a stamp anomaly may be just as useful as any other cymbal\u2014it is simply more difficult to know how to categorize cymbals with stamp anomalies.<\/p>\n\n\n

K Constantinople Anomalies<\/h2>\n

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Star and crescent anomaly.<\/em> The star and crescent appear different in this stamp than in all others. The star is deeper into the crescent, and sharper than in any other K Constantinople stamp that I’ve seen. The other elements of the stamp are similar to “Stamp 3”.<\/p>\n

See the nearest stamp<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Constantinople plus “& Co.”<\/em> This is a subtle anomaly. The stamp contains the “Constantinople” and “Trademark” components of a K Constantinople, but it also says “K Zildjian & Co.”<\/p>\n

Cymbals from this era usually say “K Zildjian & Cie.” Perhaps this cymbal is from the Istanbul era, with the odd addition of a faded old Constantinople for some strange reason?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

K Istanbul Anomalies<\/h2>\n

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Upside down “ZILDJIAN<\/small>“.<\/em> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Double K stamp<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There is little to be learned from these examples except that it was possible to make errors in stamping them.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

First Stamp A Zildjian Anomaly<\/h2>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nThere was apparently a small set of First Stamp A Zildjian cymbals that said “Cymbals Foreign” instead of “Genuine Turkish”. These were apparently exported to Premier, the British Drum Company. They also lack the “Co” after the word Zildjian. This image came from a 12″ flanged paper-thin cymbal.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Matita Burgosi (from Italy) for finding this cymbal and Sebastian P\u00f6schko (in Germany) for sharing the stamp photo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Upside down Arabic.<\/em> This was submitted by a commenter! Thanks to Jim Hodgson, below<\/a>, for sending it along. I tend to follow up with commenters who offer to send image files of their cymbals and stamps. Much appreciated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

Bogus Wuhan Spizzichinos<\/h2>\n

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Unauthorized use of the word “Spizz”.<\/em> Sometime in the 1980s, Roberto Spizzichino, the well-known cymbal maker from Tuscany visited and consulted with the Chinese cymbal factory in Wuhan, China. He never authorized them to make any cymbals invoking his name, or his brand ‘Spizz’ but apparently there are a few out there such as this one.<\/p>\n

To see what Spizzichino cymbal stamps look like go stamp<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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