| Cataloging & Identifying Your Collection |
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| 3-REEL PACKETS |
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A typical complete
reel set or packet consisted of an outer envelope as well as inner sleeves
containing 3 reels. The packets also included a booklet beginning
approximately in 1962. Full value is only accorded to complete sets. Many
collectors consider incomplete packets or single reels of little or no value.
Personally, I collect all components, together and separate, because I enjoy
them--not because they may or may not be "collectable". |
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ENVELOPE
IDENTIFICATION |
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Packets have been
assigned standardized designations that indicate their year and company of
origin. These designations are necessary since many reels were issued more
than once with outer envelope package variations. The "S"-series
was produced by Sawyers, the "G"-series by GAF, and the
"V"- series by View-Master Int'l. After 1982 packaging changed from
envelopes to cards and so there exists no true designation for the Tyco
series. |
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S1 |
logo line drawing consisting of viewer w/3 reels, no reel numbers
(1953- 1954) |
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S2 |
reel numbers appear below logo line drawing of model C viewer on front
(1954-1955) |
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S3 |
circle upper right corner on front without reel numbers & model C
or E viewer (1955-1957) |
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S4 |
circle upper right corner on front with reel numbers (1958-1960) |
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S5 |
oval logo front lower right corner no reel numbers, features reel
picture (1960-1963) |
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S6 |
including the Lowell Thomas edition variation
(1963-1966) |
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G1 |
gaf lowercase logo on back in black (1967-1969) |
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G2 |
gaf lowercase logo on back in red (1969-1970) |
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G3 |
gaf lowercase logo upper left front corner (1970-1975) |
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G4 |
GAF uppercase logo upper left front corner (1975-1976) |
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G5 |
no logo upper left front corner, back redesigned usually with date
(1977-1978) |
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G6 |
below logo on back "3-D Pictures" replaces "Stereo
Pictures" (1978-1981) |
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V1 |
ViewMaster Int'l blotted-out GAF logo (1981) |
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V2 |
ViewMaster logo moved to upper left front corner (1981-1982) |
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ENVELOPE
EDITIONS |
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Note: different
editions exist and are identified by a small uppercase letter in the lower
front right corner of envelope. "A" is the most common.
"D" editions contained no booklets.
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PREFIX
LETTERS |
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When prefix-lettered
series of reels were introduced, the catalog number identified the 3-reel
set, with the catalog number cited as a 3-digit number (eg, A817, B910). However, the number actually appearing on any individual reel
is a 4-digit number, with
the 4th digit serving to
identify which reel it is
of the 3-reel set (eg, A1073 = reel 3 of set A107).
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The single-letter
prefix series A, B, C... does not represent any particular grouping like
double-letter prefixes do. Sets were reissued many times under new envelope
packaging upon the several changeovers of company ownership.
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SUFFIX
LETTERS |
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European-issue reels
have SUFFIX LETTERS indicating languages as follows: |
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Ar |
Arabic |
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E |
English |
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F |
French |
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Fi |
Finnish |
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G |
German |
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Sp |
Spanish |
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N |
Nerlandais=Dutch=Flemish |
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ML2 |
7 Multi-language |
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P |
Portugese |
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© 1995-2006, Diane
Leigh Davison |
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