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ExTra gaS bar varIETIES - arCTIC rEgIONby Don Bradt #150

This is a continuation of the “Extra Gas Bar Varieties”, the previous article was about Atlantic back varieties. This one is about varieties in the Arctic region of the map. The more common varieties are described in Volume II of the Bilodeau Guide. For a variety to make the Guide there has to be at least 3 known examples and there has to be a fair range in the serial numbers. There were quite a few varieties that I catalogued that didn’t pass the above rule of thumb. You probably need to refer to Volume II to make sense of the variety names and grid numbers (grid#’s). The grid#’s are in the square boxes in each picture and all pictures have been enlarged four times.

I’m hoping that people will examine their collections and search for the following coupons. If we can find extra examples, we may be able to add them to the guide. The suffix (RW) means that Ron Wilkie (#678) owns the coupon. Here are some of the coupons in my collection that didn’t pass the test. If you find any of these would you contact Don Bradt, 2051 Beaverhill Drive, Ottawa ON K1J 6N9 or E-mail: DonBradt@rogers.com.

Known Serial NumbersCTC 8-a-bbaf1S3815826S3916782S3919474

Known Serial NumbersCTC 9-a1-blab1S6547000 (RW)S6547561S6547745S6548232 (RW)

Known Serial NumbersCTC 7-a1-blab2S1110524S1211484S1212292S1212993

N6 All of the blab2 varieties also have a broken “1” as the third digit of the serial number.

Known Serial NumbersCTC 9-a1-bub1+bab6S5562409S5562421

6 M4 Known Serial NumbersCTC 7-a1-bab7S0910260S0910639S0911954S0913213

7 N7-O7

Known Serial NumbersCTC 8-a1-bab8S1144727S1144756

8 O9 Known Serial NumbersCTC 9-a1-btws+ba13+bab10S5068387S5068429Also has Atlantic13 (ba13) and Thayer’s window spot.

10 N7-O7

blab2 face side with broken 1

L5 15 N6

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Known Serial NumbersCTC 8-b1-bab12T0600009T0600233T0702148T0702687T0704410

12aN6 Known Serial

NumbersCTC 7-b1-bab12bT0703173T0703645

12b M5

Known Serial NumbersCTC 8-d-bab22U1656003U1759847

22 L3 Known Serial NumbersCTC 7-E1-bab23V0460168V0460407

23 K5

Known Serial NumbersCTC 7-E1-bab24V0474156V0474224

Known Serial NumbersCTC 7-E1-bab26U0630875U0631073

26 N5-N6

Known Serial NumbersCTC 7-E1-bub1+bab27U0605071U0609516

Known Serial NumbersCTC 7-E1-bab28U0710708U0867996

28 I4

Known Serial NumbersCTC 7-E1-bab31V0471917V0472067

31M5 Known Serial

NumbersCTC 9-a1-bab33S8162513S8264048

33 K3

24L3, M5

27 L5

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Known Serial NumbersCTC 9-C-bab35V6022400V6422945

35 Known Serial NumbersCTC 8-a1-bbf+bab36(all are also bay of Fundy variety)S1088236S1089235(twice actual size)

Known Serial NumbersCTC 8-a1-bbf+bab37(all are also bay of Fundy variety)S0906262S0906771

37 H3, H4, I4 Known Serial NumbersCTC 9-a1-bub1+bab39S6140216S6243407

39 I4

Known Serial NumbersCTC 8-b1-bab40T6765580T6765779

40L5 Known Serial

NumbersCTC 8-d-bab41U2496334U2497759

41 M5

Known Serial NumbersCTC 8-d1-btws+bab42U4397940U4498871

42 L3

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ExTra gaS bar varIETIES - arCTIC rEgION - continuedby Don Bradt #150

Congratulations to Don Bradt #150 for winning the Editor’s Choice award for his article Extra Gas Bar Varieties.

Well done for an interesting, well researched and thorough article which has enhanced our collecting.

P7