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Wade & Butcher had an incredible number of stamps.
The 'R' in GR, WR, VR, ER and GR again stands for Rex (or Regina, in the case of Victoria). It's Latin for king (Rex, that is -- Regina is the feminine form).
In my experience, Wade & Butcher didn't use the VR stamp much beyond 1850. Just because of the length of her reign, the great majority of Wade & Butcher razors are technically Victorian though.
And while George was preceded by another George, the crown stamps do not appear to have been put into use until the 1820's.
The dates are:
GR (George IV): 1820-1830
WR (William IV): 1838-1837
VR (Victoria): 1837-1901
ER (Edward VII): 1901-1910
GR (George V): 1910-1936 (I've actually seen a 7 day set of razors from this reign with a GR stamp, and I have a Joseph Rodgers ink eraser likewise stamped).
ER (Edward VIII): 1936-1936 (yes really -- January to December)
I doubt there are any razors with Edward VIII's stamp, and beyond him they're monarch stamped razors are pretty unlikely.
