I somewhat miss-read what Peter had sent me so he again put me on the straight & narrow. In short that a retailer who has purchased the title of Hof typically supplies some Court and for the most part doesn't add any effort to package as it is delivered to the end user. That some actually paid the royal dubbin' fee but never did actually provide anything to a court and used it just for advertising purposes. And there were some that continued to use the title and protocol well into the Weimar Republic period.
Cheers,
Raimey
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