I thought much the same...…...and the White Star Flag comes up regularly for sale on ebay, and most times some sap buys one lol...……….its a nice little boat, and with a steam engine n boiler in it would make a nice canal/river/lake day steamer...…...but how someone could try such a con is beyond belief.....
and I think most boats were stamped on the fore keelson with serial numbers as well.