The stock broker Clarence M. Cohen first appears with a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1901, and in that year lists of members of the exchange show him as a named partner of the firm Cohen, Stiebel & Company. Cohen, Stiebel also shows up in the 1902 NYSE list. However, the man had a much more complicated canceling career than indicated in the official lists.
First, there are stamps that are canceled "Clarence M. Cohen", without any mention of Cohen, Stiebel. Second, Cohen, Stiebel used both regular handstamp cancels and also perfins, "CS&Co", presumably all in 1901 and 1902. Third, and apparently in the final days of the 1898 tax period, likely in June 1902, Cohen appears in a new firm, Cohen, Greene & Company, which shows up in 1903 membership lists. A Cohen, Greene cancel makes an appearance on the R191 strip of three below, along with the Cohen, Stiebel perfin.
Clarence M. Cohen straight-line cancel
Cohen, Stiebel CDS from 1901
Cohen, Stiebel perfin, unknown date.
Confirmation that this perfin belongs to Cohen, Stiebel comes from the strip of threee below, that contains both the CS&Co perfin along with a cancel from Clarence Cohen's subsequent firm, Cohen, Greene.
In my earlier post on known perfins I did not include the CS&Co examples because I had not found them yet. Here they are, with an unambiguous identification.
CS&Co perfin and COHEN, GREEN & CO handstamp
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