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Been over one of my garage doors for years, time for a change, don't see these very often, $825 Shipped!
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...that's not Gulf - Gulf letters had serifs...
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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Bought these at Matthews auction years ago and were sold as Gulf
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Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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I don't know that that Gulf made Serif letters for all the signs and all the years the used these, I can tell you I have had 10-15 Gulf letter strips, Gulflex and Washing letters and they all looked like these
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"Remember, history that is forgotten is doomed to repeat itself!"
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also pretty sure the Gulf would have just said SERVICE
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I knew serif and sans-serif were fonts; I just didn't know what kind of fonts they were. Now I know. Learn something every day on OG didn't think it would be about print type. And to exemplify the serif font here are 3 Gulf letter sets. www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=655151#Post655151
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