Getting ready for the Cal Surprise Contest at Gettysburg. Am I bringing enough $10's?

By Colin Jung; posted July 17, 2022

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Ready to pay out my ten spots for every new California insulator or California go-with I see at the National, an example of which I have never seen before, regardless of whether it is for sale or not. Here are some examples that would surprise me and earn you a ten spot. Check back to this posting for more additions to the list:

CD102 CALIFORNIA in aqua or green;

CD102 C.G.I.Co. in blue or in aqua (PT mold); sage green (RT mold);

CD112 CALIFORNIA in aqua or green;

CD114 CALIFORNIA in a solid green color:

CD121 CALIFORNIA in green or off-clear;

CD133 CALIFORNIA in smoke, yellow; sage green or green;

CD134 CALIFORNIA in green;

CD134 CALIFORNIA with an "A" on the dome;

CD145 POSTAL in a smokey yellow or yellow;

CD152 CALIFORNIA in a peach;

CD152 CALIFORNIA (taper top mold) in green;

CD160 CALIFORNIA in a true sage green; aqua;

CD161 CALIFORNIA in blue with an "A" on the dome;

CD162 CALIFORNIA in a true sage green color (like a Cal CD 161); true green

CD164 No Embossing (Cal Product) in aqua;

CD178 303/SANTA ANA (no CALIFORNIA embossing) in sage green;

CD178 CALIFORNIA 303/SANTA ANA in yellow, green, two-tone or a light yellow green;

CD187 CALIFORNIA in sage green;

CD200 CALIFORNIA in yellow or sage green or green;

CD210 No Embossing in smoke/off clear;

CD260 CALIFORNIA in smoke

CD260 CALIFORNIA pinch ear helmet in blue;

Any Cal CD in copper except for CD 161 and CD 121;

Any Cal CD in a jade color;

Also manufacturing oddities, unusual junk in glass, amber swirling in most Cal CD's, olive swirling in some Cal CD's, short pours (underpour affects entire base), large hare lip underpours;

Any floaters in Cal double petticoat insulators, except the CD 178

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