Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
1983 · Slim · Bradford — Case & bottom stamp reference (1983)
1983 · Slim · Bradford · Flat Bottom · Style 1: The source suggests this may be among the earliest examples of this later flat-bottom Slim style; a definitive first production year has not been established.
- Known period
- 1983
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- slim
- Dating evidence
- Collector-reported reference — A collector or source has documented this example or attribution. The exact year, manufacturing history or classification may not have been independently verified.
- Reference verification
- Photographed specimen; date or classification attributed to the source, not factory-certified.
- Source attribution note
- photographed specimen — collector-supplied classification
Reference images · real photographed examples
The source suggests this may be among the earliest examples of this later flat-bottom Slim style; a definitive first production year has not been established.
Historical variants and original source records
Independent sources and distinct stamp layouts are preserved as individual photographs, not additional main cards. A pictured example alone cannot establish that every lighter from the year used the same construction.
- 1983 · Slim · Bradford — 1983 · Slim · Bradford · Flat Bottom · Style 1
Dating evidence and reference verification
Sources: J. Kim
Collector-reported reference: A collector or source has documented this example or attribution. The exact year, manufacturing history or classification may not have been independently verified.
Reference verification: Photographed specimen; date or classification attributed to the source, not factory-certified.
Source attribution: photographed specimen — collector-supplied classification
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.