GET ON THE FAST TRACK -- GO FOREIGN!

During the past several months, many collectors have made it possible for us to photograph their foreign glass insulators by sending us the actual specimens. Other folks were reluctant to take the risk and just sent us pictures instead. All these photographs will be included in GLASS INSULATORS FROM OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA - SECOND REVISION. Woody and I are very indebted to all of you and would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your help in this effort. We are excited about the new book, which will be available to you very soon. Unfortunately, there was just no way to predict with any degree of accuracy how long it would take to get it all together. Aside from the usual holdups and delays of publishing a book, new discoveries were constantly coming in and we just hated to turn them down. Obviously we didn't say no! But we have finally closed the door for now and are busy finalizing the details. Thank you for your patience and don't give up on us!

Due to the limited space in this column, it was difficult to decide which of the many new CD's to share with you. I almost had to close my eyes and point! Here are a few of the new styles you'll be seeing:

CD 122.2 Unembossed, slate blue - - Colombia, S.A. (2- 1/2" X 3- 3/4")	CD 587 ISOREX / 234.2, dark emerald green -- France (3" x 4- 1/4")
CD 446 TS logo / ST AS 810, vibrant blue green -- Rumania (3- 3/8" X 5- 1/4")	CD 449 VEGLA, light blue -- Germany (3-5/8" X 5")
CD 529 FOLEMBRAY / No 194, yellow green - - France (2" X 2- 7/8" )	CD 578.5 Unembossed, dark olive green - - Switzerland (3- 1/2" X 5- 5/8")
	CD 635 ISO REX / I000, dark emerald green - - France (3- 1/2" X 4")
CD 504.5 NAPO BN-80 / SN, ice green - - Portugal (2-1/4" X 3- 1/8")
	CD 641.2 ISOREX / EST, dark olive green -- France (3-1/4" X 4-5/8")
CD 676.5 VERLICA BELGIUM / BT 14,  light blue - - Belgium (2-3/8" X 3- 1/8")
CD 699 H. POUYET / L'ELECTRO VERRE / SNCF. green aqua -- France (3-3/4" x 5- 1/8") The photo (left) is CD 699 from the front side. When turned 90 degrees, the insulator's shape reveals an offset ledge (right).

Again, our sincere thanks to the many collectors who have shared their treasures with us. There seems to be a bottomless pit of insulator discoveries in other countries. Travel the fast track and go foreign!