| | Stamps of the World
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| | by Gene Condon
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Stamps of the World can provide a specialty collection which is an
appropriate go-with hobby for insulator collectors. Thousands of stamps from
hundreds of countries show insulators, sometimes very prominently such as this
month's cover on the preceding page [below], sometimes requiring a good eye, as on a
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| | NEWS FLASH! LARRY VENEZIANO ADOPTED BY TOMMY BOLACK!
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While on a recent vacation driving to Las Vegas, we decided to take a detour
through New Mexico to visit an old friend, "Tommy" Bolack. We spend a
whole day (not nearly long enough) at his estate. "Tommy" and his
employees extended us every hospitality as we marveled at his wide range of
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| | The McMicking Insulator
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| | by Carol McDougald
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Diligent digging by collectors over the past twenty-five years have unearthed
a good supply of this historic insulator that built the telegraph lines of
British Columbia. Today, it is probably still one the most affordable threadless
styles one can add to their collection.
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| | Founders of British Columbia
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Robert Burns McMicking
Robert Burns McMicking was the man who brought the first public telephone
service to British Columbia making Victoria the third city in Canada to enjoy
the discovery.
He was of Scottish descent but he was born in Queenston, Ontario
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| | An Update on SPEC-TRU
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| | by Ernie Carlson
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As many of you know, Mark Lauckner developed the SPEC-TRU color reference
system for transparent glass several years ago. I "discovered" SPEC-TRU when I was looking for a tool to help me create a set of standards to
describe glass colors. At the time, Mark's new glass foundry required most of
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| | Right Around the Block
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| | by Doug MacGillvary
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I first contacted Ron Souza in hopes of purchasing a porcelain block
insulator similar to the one Ron owns and is shown in Gerald Brown's
"Collectible Porcelain Insulators". The Pacific Pottery Company block
would fill a hole in a collection of porcelain threadless insulators that didn't
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