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CD 143 Standard with 1.Y

PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:59 am
by treemendous
Here is a Cd 143 STANDARD no blot outs with 1.Y stamped in the glass above the S in STANDARD. Anybody got any thoughts on this item?
Thanks, I can't seem to add a picture to this site????? So the picture is on ICON under HELP and Questions.
Steve

Re: CD 143 Standard with 1.Y

PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:43 pm
by Dave Fleishman
Hello Canadian Forum.A saw Steve's photo of his CD143 Standard on ICON.I have a simular one here.It has an incuse Backwards "D" at the mold line if front of Standard.I hope my photo is OK to look at.Anyone else have a simular item?

Re: CD 143 Standard with 1.Y

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:56 pm
by magic170
Both intresting pieces wonder if the d could be a ghost embossing of some sort maybe slipped in the mold transfering the D from Standard

Re: CD 143 Standard with 1.Y

PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:30 am
by Chris Minicola
I've had one or two like that over the years. I remember specifically a royal Purple canpac with an incuse 'A" above the embossing. It might even have been 1A, I showed it to a few collectors and the consensus was that it was from touching another insulator while the glass was still soft - the 1 was actually just one of the uprights on the letter N and was backward, when I compared to another insulator the embossing lined up perfectly. I'm not sure if I still have that one or not, I'll take a look tonight.

Re: CD 143 Standard with 1.Y

PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:27 pm
by cdnbeehive
Guys,

I got a GPR beehive off the Alexandria Sub and it had the same 1.Y incuse. The consensus was that it was from another insulator bumping it out of the mold while soft. It fit very well with a [170] Can Pac and is the Y.C in RAILWAY.CO but only part of the C comes through. Found lots of common CanPacs on the Valley line like that this fall.