...I’ve never seen these particular embossed numbers painted; my thinking is that the embossing did the job, and painting them would have been unnecessary...

...G&B made that visible for a long time...it’s entirely possible that they used different style numbers over the course of its production...

Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...