The Check Collector
AUGUST 1988 THE JOURNAL OF
" THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CHECK COLLECTORS
NUMBER 7
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CHECK COLLECTING — HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS
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PRESIDENT'S COLUMN
Editor: Robert A. Spence
P. O. Box 69
Boynton Beach, FL 33425
Assistant
Editors: Herman L. Boraker
William H. Stump
Time again to pause and look up and around! Check collecting continues to be as fascinating as ever. There are many check collectors out there and some are now hearing about our Society for the first time. Some are becoming members. Please pass the word.
The Check Collector is issued four times a year for members of The American Society of Check Collectors.
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THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CHECK COLLECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President:
Vice President:
Secretary :
Treasurer :
Directors :
Robert A. Spence (1990)
P. O. Box 69
Boynton Beach, FL 33425
Herman L. Boraker (1990)
P. O. Box 204
Rocky Ford, CO 81067
Charles V. Kemp (1989)
2075 Nicholas Court Warren, MI 48092
Jon C. Cook (1990)
P. O. Box 6363 Holliston, MA 01746
Eric Jackson (1990)
Trey Foerster (1989)
Ken Harrison (1989)
Lawrence Marsh (1989)
I should like to commend and to thank those members who write and greet our new members and send or offer some checks with their compliments and congra¬ tulations. Check collecting at its best!
Our membership has increased over the past year, even though some mem¬ bers have been dropped at this time for non-payment of dues. The Directory of Members in this issue contains many up¬ dated addresses and zip codes.
Included with this issue is a ballot listing eleven members nominated for the Board of Directors. Please vote to show your support.
Our Society contains a wonder¬ ful group of collectors who have given of their time, talents and special skills which has enhanced our enjoyment of check collecting. This issue contains informa¬ tion and photos of some outstanding rari¬ ties which were submitted by some of our members who have generously shared their collections with us.
The Check Collector continues to mirror your interests. An illustrated article is very much needed on the sub¬ ject of checks, drafts, bills of exchange and warrants , to enable some of our mem¬ bers to more fully understand the uses and to easily differentiate between these instruments. Decent photocopies of items will do. Thanks to those members who do submit articles, comments and suggestions to The Check Collector. It is your jour¬ nal and you are what makes it go.
Happy collecting.
Honorary Vice President:
Jeane Flaig
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QUICKIE QUIZ
1. Vignettes showing beehives were often used on bank checks. Why?
2. Some vignettes show a dog, a safe
and a _ ?
3. Name three methods used in the 19th century to provide protection against alteration of checks?
4. Name three kinds of revenue stamps used on checks and bills of exchange?
5. What is a "counter check"?
6. Name six territories in which checks were issued?
7. What is an "allonge"?
8. In European use, what is meant by a "crossed check"?
9. What is meant by an " RN-FAC" ?
10» What is a "warrant"?
11. What is meant by a "Quaker date" on a check?
12. What was the name of the first bank in what is now the United States?
New members who send a #10 S.A.S.E. to member C. P. Brittain,
P. O. Box 415, Cherryville, NC 28021 will receive some checks for your collection with his compliments.
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CHECK COLLECTING — HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS
by Robert A, Spence
One of the happy pleasures of check collecting is the surprise discovery of an item in your collection, or one just acquired, that displays a direct tie with past history. Checks and related fiscals show their tie to historical events much more directly than do many other collectibles. Since the check and its related forms are the very essence of a transaction, our hobby provides many of these opportunities. The dates, names and auto¬ graphs, locations, vignettes, endorsements and the names that ap¬ pear on checks, along with the uniqueness of each item, are each like tie cords reaching back through the past to the very essence of a historical event or point in time.
Experience has shown that many check collectors al¬ ready have several items that have direct and significant historic relationships that are not realized nor appreciated by the collec¬ tor. This observation appears to be especially evident when the checks are from locations or areas of interest that differ from those of the collector's main interests. Nonetheless, many check collectors are turning up new finds, or discovering new information about items in their collections and enjoying it! The wide variety of these discoveries and areas of interest are but an indication of the broad spectrum of check collecting.
As a suggestion and hopeful inspiration to new col¬ lectors and as a respectful reminder to experienced collectors, there follows some notes on a random selection of checks and rela¬ ted items which it is hoped will whet your desire to review again
with care, some of those interesting looking items in your own collection.
What better way to start than with our first item, brimming with history, which is shown as the top illustration on the front cover page. This Warrant, or Order to Pay, was most generously submitted by Sandy Mock. The date is significant, as it is but six days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord!
Here was fired the "shot heard round the world". This Warrant
sho ws that it was heard in the Colony of Connecticut, as their "riflemen" colonists set off to join the "American Army near Bos¬ ton" . We remember that General George Washington shortly there¬ after took command of the American Army on the Common in Cambridge, near Boston. Note that a "Committee" authorized the Warrant to Treasurer Lawrence of the Colony. This Warrant form was used as the Bank of North America had yet to open its doors. Today, one Eunice Robbins would most likely have received one of the attrac¬ tive Statue of Liberty vignetted checks of the U. S. Treasurer prepared by computer for such services. On the reverse side of the Warrant is included a notation "Audited- 13 May 1776". Less than a month and paid, cleared and already passed through an audit! Next time you see one of those U. S. Army Paymaster checks, remem¬ ber that its ancestor is probably this item.
Taking a handful of items from a recently acquired batch of material, an item caught my eye and it was another mili¬ tary Warrant, which is pictured at the bottom of the front cover page. The wording at first may not appear to warrant a second look, but here is another "rifleman" item. This time it is the War of 1812. The military saw action against the British all along
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the Cape Cod coast and the southern Massachusetts coast near New Bedford. Military records show that the Port of New Bedford was blockaded by the British ships Nimrod and La Hogue. The militia was called up to serve and to protect the exposed towns along this coast. Remember that Washington City and the White House had been invaded and burned and we had not enough ships for sea defense of the coast. This Warrant was to pay one Samuel Miller, Jr., for his service.
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After the War of 1812, the United States enjoyed a great expansion and economic growth. New York City became the financial center of the country. Figure 1 shows a check of New York City signed by the Mayor, Walter Bowne, and others, in the amount of $263,600, a king's ranson in those days when an ordi¬ nary workman received as wages about a half dollar a day. The equivalent present value of the amount of this check today is estimated to be about 50 million dollars.
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The expansion of transportation facilities after the War of 1812 saw canals, railroads and shipping lines flourish.
The next check. Figure 2, the final payment for $100,000 of Dela¬ ware & Hudson Canal stock looked ordinary until I noticed and looked up "John A. Dix" at the local library. With a long and dis¬ tinguished military career, he became Secretary of the Treasury in 1861% preceding Salmon P. Chase. He telegraphed a Treasury of¬ ficial in New Orleans after the secession of South Carolina to take possession of a revenue cutter there, ending with the words "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot". This phrase became a popular Northern slogan and appeared as the legend on a common Civil War token which was commonly avail¬ able when I was a boy. As with other young coin collectors, there being no coin books available, the word "Dix" in the center of the token was believed to mean "ten" like the "Dixie" Confederate note, and sometimes, "two". Now at long last I have learned the rest of the story!
Following the War of 1812 the United States had a bud¬ ding navy and the U. S. Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, was one of the major bases of the square-rigged naval forces of that period. Figure 3 is a check of a Naval Paymaster at that Navy Yard. This interesting check has a receipt form printed on the reverse side.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard has built, repaired and served as a base for many fighting ships of many wars.
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In the Civil War, the Army Sutler was the traveling Post Exchange for the troops in the field. At that time, items considered necessaries nowadays could only be purchased from these Sutlers. Figure 4 is a Warrant to the Army Paymaster authorizing a pay deduction to settle a soldier's account with his Sutler.
This item is like a bullet found on a battlefield; it was there!
The National Banking Act was passed by Congress in the early period of the Civil War. The National Banks were to provide a much needed means to generate funds for carrying on the war . Thrifty persons altered the bank name on checks to show it was now a National Bank. Figure 5 is an example of such a check. _
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Figure 6 is a check from a ghost town in the Alaska Territory. Iditarod, whose name is now best known in the annual 1100 mile Iditarod Dog Sled Race between Anchorage and Nome, was a town in which the Miners and Merchants Bank and the few other busi¬ nesses operated only "in season", the few summer months when things thawed out. When the nearby gold deposits were worked out, the town withered away and now there are no buildings left standings,
Miscellaneous fiscals spice up check collecting. The item shown in Figure 7 may bring a smile to many college alumni, especially if from Harvard. Once again, reflecting on
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what such a document would show today, indicates how much things have changed.
Many collectors have checks of the 19th Century. In that period when a person could sign a check for some thousands of dollars, he was generally a person of some prominence or posi¬ tion. He had to be, as this was a considerable sum of money.
Looking up the names on such checks is a fascinating and promising endeavor as it leads to many surprises. Try it sometime, you will like it I _
THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL PAPER MONEY SHOW
by Charles Kemp
The International Paper Money Show was held June 22 through 24, 1988, in Memphis, Tennessee. It was a great success, as always, with both collectors and dealers going away happy.
This show is quite important because it serves as a sort of clearinghouse among dealers, with much trading going on. This often overlooked feature allows new discoveries to be dispersed over a much broader area of the country than would be possible otherwise. The greatest concern of most dealers is* one of replenish¬ ing their stock. The Memphis Show is the best place to do this.
This year saw several new hoards of material coming on the market, with the last of Amon Carter's material being sold by John Rowe. While this last group was not as fine an assortment as some of the earlier ones, it did have many nice items and was especially strong in revenue stamped material. No doubt, due to this, most of the group was purchased by Eric Jackson, a prominent dealer in U. S. revenues. More new finds came out of the Boys Town Sale, with Ken Elwell ending up with fine new material including some beautiful proof checks.
Two auctions were held in connection with the show. The NASCA Sale was heavy in stocks and bonds, with some check lots in¬ cluded. The Hickman-Oakes Sale featured a nice selection of checks, along with the usual offering of National Currency.
While check dealers continued to complain about the scar¬ city of new material, the stock and bond people were finding it a bit easier to come by, thanks to some large archive holdings like the Rock Island and the Penn Central-New York Central material being made available to the public. Bob Kluge of American Vignettes also pointed out that much of the NASCA Sale was formed from collections.
It was only a short time ago that there were no collections of this type material around. Bob considers the fact that we have reached this point within the hobby to be very significant.
Many Western dealers made the long trip and the prices of this type of material often reflected its popularity and scarcity.
Among these dealers were: Lynn L^ngdon from Idaho, Stuart Mackenzie from Montana, and Walt Alcott, John Heleva, Ray Miller and Vern Pot¬ ter, all from California. Alcott reflected that Memphis is the most important show of the year because it attracts the most serious col¬ lectors. He went on to explain that, if he divided his gross business at Memphis by the number of customers, their purchases would average about $400 each, while a local show back home might see a greater volume but an average sale of only about $14 each. Many collectors did comment on the high prices, but most felt that it was worthwhile for the opportunity to add quality pieces to their collections.
To round out the show, a brief business meeting of the American Society of Check Collectors was held. It is hoped that next year, a more extensive meeting program can be arranged for our members.
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SOME RARITIES AMONG CHECKS WITH IMPRINTED REVENUE STAMPS
By Ed Lipson
(Editor's Note: In the following article, Edward N. Lipson has very kindly shared with our members photos and details of many spectacular checks bearing imprinted revenue stamps that are in his collection. His collection contains most of the great rarities of U.S. revenue stamps. Allowing for the meager reproduction facilities of this jour nal, restricted to black and white, we may nonetheless view and enjoy outstanding examples of some of the classic rarities which most of us have never seen. )
Figure 1
Figure 1 shows a rather scarce and elusive item, a draft bearing an overprint on the original bank name and a Type#C imprinted revenue stamp with the restrictive clause "Good only for sight draft" as a part of the stamp. This draft, with the overprint name, the stamp with the restrictive clause at its lower left, three beautiful vignettes and with the draft printed in three colors, is an item wor¬ thy of being noticed.
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Figure 2 is a magnificent example of a check bearing a Type RN-K8 imprint revenue stamp in a very deep red shade. There is be¬ lieved to be only three known examples of this imprint stamp in this
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Figure 3 is a beautiful draft, but here the restrictive im¬ print of the Type C revenue stamp appears to the lower right of the stamp and not the lower left. This item as a Texas draft, with a love ly vignette at the left, with a green background and three colors be¬ ing obvious in its overall printing, makes for a very beautiful item. „
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Figure 4 is a draft of the National Bank of New England with a Type D imprint revenue stamp. The large central vignette on the draft is the same vignette that appears on the broken bank notes of this bank. I have an example of this draft issued before the bank be¬ came a national bank and where it merely reads "Bank of New England". Also, another example similar to this where the imprint revenue stamp is a Type B and not a Type D, and with the word "National" written by pen in front of the phrase "Bank of New England".
Figure 5 is a check drawn on the National Webster Bank of 3oston. You will note that the revenue stamp is inverted. Any check with an imprinted revenue on its face or back and upside down is a scarce item. This particular item is not the scarcest of the inverts.
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Figure 6 is a draft form of the City Bank of Houston, Texas. Note the overprint "Original" thereon; the printed word "GOLD"; the vignette of a frontier bank building; the Texas "Lone Star" at the bot¬ tom; and the printer of the draft. Continental Bank Note Co. This item in unused condition is certainly a very lovely piece*
Figure 7 shows the face of a check of the National Exchange Bank of Auburn, N.Y. You will note that a printed revenue does not appear on the face of it. Figure 7-R is the back of the check in Fi¬ gure 7. The revenue stamp is printed on the back and printed upside down. This is an extreemely rare item from the standpoint of imprint¬ ed revenue material. In fact, there are far less of these than there are of the regular printed Type 0 which is illustrated later.
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The face of the check in Figure 8 is printed in red and the revenue stamp is a Type B in orange. I do think the vignettes are especially beautiful. „
The check shown in Figure 9 actually has a Type G revenue stamp imprinted on it and is interesting primarily because of the
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lovely fire engine vignette in red on its left side. There are a num¬
ber of checks with fire engines around but I have never seen another one like this. Do you know of another one? I think this vignette is exceptionally beautiful.
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Figure 12 is an ordinary check with a Type D imprint drawn in Carson, Nevada, I just thought that with the overprinted alteration of the bank's name, the notations thereon, the large handstamped word "SILVER" on the check, and considering from where it was issued, that you would consider this to be a rather interesting item.
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A check with a Type D imprint with the restrictive clause "Good only for sight draft" at the lower left of the imprinted revenue stamp is shown in Figure 11, In unused condition, this is the first and only example of this check that I have ever seen. I would be in¬ terested in hearing from any other collectors if they know of any other unused examples of this particular item.
Figure 10 shows another check on the National Webster Bank of Boston, You will note there is no revenue stamp on the face of the check. If you will look at Figure 10— R, you will see that the revenue stamp is on the back of the check and is inverted. This is an ex- treemely rare check, far rarer than any Type O, I know of six to eight Type 0 • s , plus another small group of them. There are at least about eight examples of the Type O in the hands of active collectors. To my knowledge, this check of which the revenue stamp is Type M, is the only one that I know of where the stamp is on the back of the cneck.
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Included here because it has a vignette and shown in Figure 13, I must say that checks drawn in Utah Territory are quite scarce. When you obtain one in pristine condition, marked Utah Territory (as indicated by the "U.T."), a lovely vignette at the left in red, you have a gorgeous item.
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Shown here in Figure 14, this check has a Type D imprint re¬ venue. It seems to have some provision for security. By punching out the proper numbers in the various little boxes or groups of numbers at the bottom of the check, it could serve to protect someone from "rais¬ ing" the check in value. It is interesting that without a check pro¬ tector or check printing device around, the ingenuity of that day was such that they could prepare and protect themselves from having a check raised. Note the unusual moir* silk patterned background.
A most spectacular item is shown in Figure 15. The entire check, with the exception of course of the imprinted revenue stamp, is entirely engraved. You will note that below the year date, there is an indication of the printer, namely, the Manhattan Engraving Co. It is also interesting that this check was drawn on the Banking House of Henry Clews & Co. who were very prominent bankers in New York City.
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is an item that also has an appeal to the collector of match and medi¬ cine stamps. There are to date no other known or reported copies of this item. I think it is one of the most beautiful items in my collec¬ tion. • . - -
The check in Figure 17 is merely an example of a check with the Type 0 imprint revenue stamp. This check and the imprint is in mint condition. It is interesting that the stamp portrays the obverse and reverse of a type of coin which was very soon thereafter to become obsolete. I have been advised there have been several queries as to whether a check bearing a Type 0 imprint revenue stamp in unused con¬ dition does exist. Here it is!
IN OUR MAIL BOX
Price lists, catalogs, journals, etc. received since our last issue.
Price list of checks, stocks and bonds, paper money, books, etc. Illustrated. Oregon Paper Money Exchange, 6802 ,S.W. 33rd PI., Port¬ land, OR 97219
Monthly issue of Collectors Corner Magazine, P.0. Box 1315, Glen¬ dale, AZ 85311-1315. Highlights all collectibles with articles, ads and articles.
First mail bid sale catalog of Columbus Industries, Inc., 320 So. Wells Ave., Reno, NV 89502. Contains checks, fiscal paper and miscellaneous banking items. New catologs available about every three months.
Paper Americana price lists of Rodney & Nancy Battles, P.O. Box 210004, Bedford, TX 76095. Issued four to six times a year. Con¬ tains variety of old bank checks, stock certificates, billheads, and assorted one-of-a-kind documents and papers. Good illustrations.
Regular auction catalog of H. J. W. Daugherty, P. O. Box 1146,
Eastham, MA 02642. Wide selections of checks, revenue stamps, stocks and bonds, stamped paper, etc.
Profiles in History-Catalog 1 - from Joseph M. Maddalena, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 5080, Los Angeles, CA 90067. An illustrated catalog for the autograph collector with well annotated descriptions.
The Counterfoil, quarterly journal of the British Cheque Collec¬ tors Society, June 1988 issue. Fascinating articles on British bank¬ ing and cheque collecting.
Invitation from the 3rd Annual National and World Paper Money Con¬ vention to be held November 10-13 at St. Louis, MO to collectors to participate in the event as educational exhibitors. John Wilson,
Exhibit Chairman can be contacted at P. 0. Box 27185, Milwaukee, WI 53227
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THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CHECK COLLECTORS
DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS
AREAS OF COLLECTING INTEREST:
1 - Checks - General
2 - Checks - U.S.A.
(Region or States of Special interest)
3 - U.S. Gov't. Checks
4 - Misc. Fiscals:
Bank Drafts
Bills of Exchange
Certificates of Deposit
Promissory Notes
Warrants
Receipts
5 - Checks - Great Britain
6 - Checks - Canada
A
Roland J. Achee (1113)
207 Texas St. , 2nd Fir. Shreveport, LA 71101 Areas: 2 -Shreveport , LA.
Larry Adams ( 4 )
812)j Story Street Boone, IA 50036 Areas: All
Joseph J. Adamski (969)
2507 Almar Jenison, MI 49428 Areas: 1.
Walt Alcott (890)
Box 3037
Quartz Hills, CA 93534
Michael E. Aldrich (1084)
Box 13325
St. Paul, MN 55113 Areas: 1,4,12-Lottery tickets, 20,22,30,31.
Fred Angus (497)
3021 Trafalgar Avenue Montreal, Quebec H3Y 1H3 Canada
(1161)
Efrain Archilla-Diez P. O. Box C Humacao, PR 00661 Areas: 1 , 2-PR, 4 , 7-Dan. W. I . , 20,23,24,30.
Arthur Aron (1048)
10722 John Tusley Pi.
Fairfax, VA 22032 Areas: 20, 25.
7 - Checks - World
(Region or Countries of Special interest)
8 - Travellers Cheques &
Money Orders
9 - Specimen Checks
10 - Ration Checks
11 - Refund/Rebate Checks
12 - Other:
20 - Vignettes
21 - Autographs
G. W. Aschenbrenner (128) 650 V/. Harrison Ave. Claremont, CA 91711 Areas: 1,10,20,22,25,
26 and 31.
B
A1 Babcock (945)
P. O. Box 381901
Miami, FL 33238
Areas: 1 , 2-Western , 3 , 4 , 8 , 10
21,22,23,25,26,30,31,32.
Dale Baker (1149)
Rte. 6 Box 45 Live Oak, FL 32060 Areas: 1,2,4,7,10,20,31,32.
Leyron Baker (1150)
Rte 6 Box 45
Live Oak, FL 32060
Areas: 1,2,4,7,10,20,31,32.
Robert F. Batchelder (804)
1 West Butler Avenue Ambler, PA 19002 Areas: 21.
Rodney Battles (758)
413 Fairhaven Drive Hurst, TX 76054 Areas: 2-Western, 4 , 23 .
William F. Bassett (1081)
P. O. Box 200255 Austin, TX 78720 Areas: 2,4,20,22,30,31.
22 - Railroads, Steamboats,
Mining
23 - Banking History
24 - Security Printing &
Printers
25 - Check Protectors &
Cancel Devices
26 - Wells Fargo History
30 - Stock & Bond
Certificates
31 - Revenue Stamped
Documents
32 - Emergency Scrip
David M. Beach (789)
P. O. Box 431 Hibbing, MN 55746 Areas: 20,22,23 and 30.
John Bell (1170)
1849 E. Grandview Phoenix, AZ 85022 Areas: 1,2-AZ esp. terri¬ torial, 4 and 23.
Richard Biemer (816)
RD 2 Box 40
Conneaut Lake, PA 16316
Areas: 1,2,20,23.
William K. Bish (20)
2003 McClaskey Lane Eureka, CA 95501 Areas: 1,22,23,25,30.
Fred J. Bolhuis (49)
RR 1 Box 129 Aplington, IA 50604 Areas: 1, 2.
Stanwood K. Bolton, Jr (230)
39 Quaboag Road Acton, MA 01720-2404 Areas: 1.
Herman L. Boraker (156)
P. O. Box 204 Rocky Ford, CO 81067 Areas: 1,2,3,4,7,10,11, 12-Panic 1907, Clrg. Hs. Certs, Cashiers checks.
Garry Braunwarth (419)
Box 17 Site 9 RR5 Calgary, ALBT T2P 2G6 Canada
Areas: 1,2-AK,HA,MT, 6,20,
30 and 31.
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Earl Brenneman (943)
47 Jefferson St.
Womelsdorf, PA 19567 Areas: 1.
Dale E. Brick (125)
300 W. 4th Avenue Mitchell, SD 57301 Areas: 2-Ear ly Dakota, Dentists, 4,23,25 30 and 31
C. P. Brittain (1151)
P. O. Box 415 Cherryville, NC 28021 Areas: 1,2,3,4,7,8,20,23,31.
Neal Brockmeyer (492)
445 Woodfield Road La Canada, CA 91011 Areas: 1 , 2-CA , NV , AR, 23 , 26 , 30 .
Thomas B. Buda (1140)
442 Caldwell Drive
Wyckoff, NJ 07481
Areas: 1 , 2 , 4 , 12-Manhattan Co
Chase NB, Aaron Burr, 23,24,
25,30,31.
William E. Buford (1163)
237 Leland Way Hanford, CA 93230 Areas: 22 and 31.
C
Paul J. Calhoun (1135)
3454 Fenton Ave. #2-C Bronx, NY 10469 Areas: 1 , 2-steamboats , 20 ,
21 and 22.
Lance K. Campbell (1154)
P. O. Box 3118
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