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Thanks, manah and Slartibartfast, for the links. Discussions like this one (all GR/WR and Rodgers blades!) are really useful to uderstand the evolution of shapes and tastes [this is what I mean,...

It looks definitely (to me :D ) an 1820-1830 razor (most probably reground).
EDIT: thanks for providing additional pics!
EDIT2: that kind of "big" lower jimps is really frequent on 1820-1830 blades.

Here a Rodgers marked GR (for sure 1820-1830). I can't understand if the razor posted by Slartibartfast was made during the XX c. (..I'm quite disappointed..:rant:). The tail seems to suggest a...

Today I read more carefully the article by Lummus (1922) and found this:

About that time [1821] arose the practices of scoring the top and bottom of the tang with file-cuts or flutings to keep the...

Hallmarks formed by four different parts is not a rule (as you can read here and here). A complete hallmarks series if formed by 4 or even 5 marks, but objects with less hallmarks are quite common....

@ Undream: thanks! You can find something more about Marshes and Shepherd here.

@ John Crowley: I corrected the error (and added more info) one post before yours. :D

Interesting to know (yes, interesting! source):

Interestingly the Sheffield [crown] & Birmingham [anchor] hallmarks were derived from their partitioning for respective assay offices after they...

Well, isn't that the same I wrote (grammar mistakes apart :p)?

The GR is #64 of my gallery, WR is #11, VR is #55. Sorry, but pics were taken before cleaning the blades.

Success! :y I found the missing element: the sovereign's mark GR, indicating George IV, 1820-1830. Even better: it comes from a Wade&Butcher razor (in not very good conditions..). Also, note that...

..you, guys.. :rant:

eheheh!

Different sovereign's duty marks among your blades? Before William IV, only Georges (from 1714 to 1830: George I, II, III, IV).

Me too! I really enjoy honing and shaving with mine! ..OK, not with the rusted one!

Investigating around my razors, I gathered some infos regarding british hallmarks, traditionally used by silversmiths. I realised that some hallmarks were also used by straight razors manufacturers:...