You never tire of looking at beautiful insulators. And this is one of those beautiful pieces. This CD 143 is embossed CANADIAN. PACIFIC. RY. CO (no dot). The color is royal purple. There is a 1" sliver chip on the ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on September 7, 2006 - 0.3kb
This good looking Canadian signal style CD 162 is perfect in every way. Look real hard and you can find a tiny bit of glass roughness on the inside edge of the base. Might even have been there from day one. The ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on September 7, 2006 - 0.5kb
This is the C.P.R. / STANDARD with the blot outs. The color is a good solid purple. There is one sliver chip on the skirt, just below the wire groove and close to the mold line. The chip is about 1/4" wide and ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on September 7, 2006 - 0.3kb
here is a super Canadian insulator, the 1678 in a nice solid yellow color. You will find one tiny, shallow chip on the upper ridge of the wire groove, to the rear of the mold line. Otherwise this beauty is in excellent ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on September 7, 2006 - 0.3kb
Last picture in this series. Notice the 1 on these pieces is like the old-time prismic embossing found on earlier Hemingrays. The "1" is a straight bar "I" instead of the stamp-style "1" ...
Posted by Jack Comer on September 6, 2006 - 0.5kb
... hand worked prismic embossing in 1941 molds, and re-used 41 molds in varying years to 1947 ...
Posted by Jack Comer on September 6, 2006 - 0.1kb
A nice Gingerale color. RDP. A ding on the wire ridge, and a very small chip on the base between two drip points, neither which are damaged. Mold 15 if that is special to you!
$ZZ plus shipping. ... no, let's say $20 ...
Posted by Bill Meier on September 4, 2006 - 0.2kb
This isn't exactly an [010] embossing because there is no period after the "O". The ice aqua color is currently unlisted. There are three chips on the upper wire groove rim: one is a flat flake at the left ...
Posted by Richard Wentzel on September 2, 2006 - 0.5kb
The small inverted "V" symbol beneath the logo is an Arabic number 8, which presumably is the mold number for this insulator. The other CD 128 in the previous photograph has a symbol very closely resembling ...
Posted by Richard Wentzel on September 2, 2006 - 0.2kb
This is the CD 166 California in aqua. Picture shows it too blue, it's aqua. There is a clean fingernail size shallow flake on the upper wire ridge at the right mold line. Otherwise just a few scattered pecks. How about ...
Posted by Keith Brooking on August 31, 2006 - 0.4kb
Who doesn't like a good looking B & 0? This one is as nice as they come. Beautiful blue color, strong embossing with the backward N in NY, a bold mold line over the dome and near flawless condition. Over by the mold ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on August 29, 2006 - 0.5kb
Everybody likes a little power in their collection. Here is the perfect piece. This CD 267 is embossed N.E.G.M.CO. and on the reverse side "PATENTED. JUNE. 17. 1890". What's right with this piece is the nice ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on August 26, 2006 - 0.7kb
This Brookfield pony is full of amber streaks. It has four chipped drips together at the right mold line, two chipped drips together in the rear, and an open bubble drip in the front. How about $10.00 plus $5.00 ...
Posted by Keith Brooking on August 26, 2006 - 0.3kb
This is a great insulator, the threads are totally crooked and it has great color. I am not sure which mold it is yet, as I have to find my Crown Jewels with the EC&M Info guide. There I was, still hurt, a good ...
Posted by Rick Hall on August 25, 2006 - 0.5kb
Does anyone know how to distinguish between CD 164 (030) and (040) embossing? What is meant by {smooth base mold, transition style embossing} with SDP. Also the picture does the insulator some justice however it must ...
Posted by Doug Knudson on August 23, 2006 - 0.2kb
Does anyone know how to distinguish between CD 164 (030) and (040) embossing? What is meant by {smooth base mold, transition style embossing} with SDP. Also the picture does the insulator some justice however it must ...
Posted by Doug Knudson on August 23, 2006 - 0.2kb
This looks pretty close to clear to me, but I guess there is a little smoke tint to it. 3/4" ISC towards the rear. Two BB dings near the right mold line.
$22 plus shipping.
Posted by Bill Meier on August 23, 2006 - 0.2kb
Title about says it all... Photo is a little off in color.
1" base flake in front (see photo), and a 1/8" base flake on the rear. BB sized ding at the right mold line.
$55 plus shipping.
Posted by Bill Meier on August 23, 2006 - 0.2kb
Lots of amber swirls add to a nice looking CD 130 CAL. ELEC. WORKS insulator. There are two vertical skirt cracks. The first is right up the mold line on the left side. It is 1 1/2" long. The second, which you can ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on August 22, 2006 - 0.5kb
CD 115 WHITALL TATUM CO. No 3 Light Peach EIN - 075 $4.75
ID: CD 115
NAME: WHITALL TATUM CO. No 3
COLOR: Light Peach -
BASE: SB -
EIN (Embossing Index Number) 075 from McDougalds Price Guide, [At least best I can ...
Posted by Rick J. Bentley on August 21, 2006 - 1.0kb
CD 115 WHITALL TATUM CO. No 3 Lt Aqua EIN - 040 $2.25
ID: CD 115
NAME: WHITALL TATUM CO. No 3
COLOR: Lt Aqua -
BASE: SB -
EIN (Embossing Index Number) 040 from McDougalds Price Guide, [At least best I can ...
Posted by Rick J. Bentley on August 21, 2006 - 1.0kb
CD 115 WHITALL TATUM CO. No 3 Lt Aqua EIN - 040 $2.25
ID: CD 115
NAME: WHITALL TATUM CO. No 3
COLOR: Lt Aqua -
BASE: SB -
EIN (Embossing Index Number) 040 from McDougalds Price Guide, [At least best I can ...
Posted by Rick J. Bentley on August 21, 2006 - 1.0kb
CD 115 WHITALL TATUM CO. No 3 Lt Aqua EIN - 040 $2.25
ID: CD 115
NAME: WHITALL TATUM CO. No 3
COLOR: Lt Aqua -
BASE: SB -
EIN (Embossing Index Number) 040 from McDougalds Price Guide, [At least best I can ...
Posted by Rick J. Bentley on August 21, 2006 - 0.9kb
Two nice beehives each with character bubbles and a cool Star signal with bubbles scattered behind the embossed Star. One hive is an H.G.Co. with an I shop mold letter and the other only has a 2 embossed on the dome. ...
Posted by Dave Watkins on August 20, 2006 - 0.3kb
Well, a down side to everything. The main damage is in the saddle, but it is hard to see both from the side and front views. I don't know which you call which, but these two photos detail both.
Now the damage... ...
Posted by Bill Meier on August 19, 2006 - 1.0kb