The 8th edition of Volume l of the Bilodeau Guide is now available. It contains all the elements necessary for the novice as well as the most knowledgeable collector. This new edition contains some revisions and quite a bit of new information. Volume l contains a preface and four chapters: gas bar coupons, store coupons, lubritorium “Sandy McTire” coupons and Simard coupons.
The preface has a short biography of Ovide Bilodeau, the founder of this guide. A history of Canadian Tire and Canadian Tire ‘Money’ follows. Also included is information about the cataloguing system, the printers and a description of grading CTC coupons.
In the first section there are 89 gas bar coupons described with pictures, catalogue numbers, low and high serial numbers, quantities printed and values for the top five grades. There are 76 pictures showing most of the common varieties and three new entries describing gas bar replacement coupons.
Some CTC 8-A (5¢) coupons have been re-catalogued as CTC 7 since they were printed with the other CTC 7 coupons and belong with them.
The prices have been revised to reflect the latest auctions. The low and high serial numbers have been updated to match the very latest information from Louis Fontaine’s lists.
Almost 350 store coupons comprising 30 series are described in the second section along with the latest prices and low/high serial numbers. There are 135 pictures showing the more common varieties. Pictures have been added to show the micro-printing that started with the CTC S10 series and was kept in the re-design for series CTC S15. Many “same serial number” replacements (snr) have been added, including most CTC S17 denominations. Just when you thought you had a complete collection, here are some coupons you probably don’t have.
How many of the plaid Sandy McTire coupons do you have? There are 90 different coupons described in the 8th edition.
The fourth chapter contains a short history of the Simard family and their Canadian Tire stores. Nine series of Simard coupons, 45 different in all, have been identified and described in detail.
To obtain your copy of Volume 1, 8th edition, please contact Lucien Levesque, our distributor. For those without internet access his postal address is 131 – 54th Avenue, Apt # 103, Blainville, Quebec, J7C 0H4, or you can pay through Paypal to the following e-mail address : llev@videotron.ca
The formats are the same as the 7th edition ie:
Small (7” x 8.5”) black and white edition $24.95
Small (7” x 8.5”) color edition $49.95
Large (8.5” x 11”) black and white edition $29.95
Large (8.5” x 11”) color edition $59.95
You may have noticed that the price has been lowered on most of the formats. Postage is included in these prices.
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