Virginia St., George Leavens, undated

This stamp is on the west side of Virginia Street just south of the Eureka intersection. Unfortunately, it’s undated, which is true of all the George Leavens stamps I have found. There is another one further south on this side of Virginia, though it’s not as clear.

Unfortunately I don’t have anything new to say about George Leavens, but I’ll take this opportunity to point to my previous post about George Leavens because I learned a lot of interesting things about him. Last time I wasn’t quite sure what the word in the middle of the stamp was, but this stamp is quite crisp in that regard, so I have confirmed my guess that it says “MAKER.” It seems like an unusual but less awkward version of the “MFGR’S” that appears in Minnis & Ewer stamps. (It took me ages to notice that the “G” in that does not stand for anything!)

Facing south on Virginia Street. This is on the corner lot with Eureka.