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Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp

1976 · Slim · Niagara Falls — Case & bottom stamp reference (1976)

1976 · Slim · Canada: Real Niagara Falls, Ontario Slim example. Canadian Zippos before 1987 were not stamped with the regular production date-code system.

Known period
1976
Plant
Niagara Falls / Canada
Case type
slim
Dating evidence
Supporting comparison — A useful illustrated or photographed comparison. The feature alone does not establish a unique production date.
Reference verification
Photographed specimen; visual features documented, precise production date and authenticity not automatically verified.
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Reference images · real photographed examples

Dating evidence and reference verification

Sources: In Quiet Detail — Primary photographic and collector reference archive

Supporting comparison: A useful illustrated or photographed comparison. The feature alone does not establish a unique production date.

Reference verification: Photographed specimen; visual features documented, precise production date and authenticity not automatically verified.

Photographic copyright: Credited individually below each photograph

Dating caution. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.

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