May 30, 2004

New York Central group getting too large


Certificates from the New York Central have now been separated into three groups, representing the three incorporations of this heavily populated company.

NEW-530a, NY, 1853-1869
NEW-530b, NY, PA, OH, IN IL IN, MI, 1914-1961
NEW-530c, DE, 1960-1966

May 14, 2004

State designations in third edition


In the next edition, I will include state designations with company names. In the first and second editions, I combined state designations with certificate descriptions. Because of space limitations, I included only one state. The new change will allow several improvements: 1) It will allow me to include multiple state names; 2) It will save space because states will not need to be repeated several times; 3) It will allow collectors to spot companies from their main states of interest.