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November 27, 2011 12:06

A useful new section is Number on card. Number should not be taken literally, the number is sometimes a number followed by one or more letters. (are there any other options?).

Of course numbers are useful for sorting. The sorting also determines how you should enter the number. Should we use leading zeros? Sometimes they are not on the map, but if you do a sort like 'string' it is useful.

Take Promocard (Italy) for example. Currently the highest number issued is above 10,000. It is not expected that numbers above the 100000 . My suggestion is to enter a number like 456 as 00456. With 'sequence letters' you will get, for example, 000456a and 00456b. Sorting as a string will work fine.

If the sorting becomes intelligent, leading zeros are not needed. I would then expect the example below as sorting:

123
1003
1569a
5678b
10034
13546

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November 28, 2011 13:05

I wouldn't use leading zeros, after all, they aren't on the map either. Some card series do use leading zeros and then you lose the distinction.

I also believe I had already asked the question once on this forum, but here again: Which number to fill in? The number under the stamp or the number elsewhere on the card (often from the publisher)? Or the number on the front?

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December 01, 2011 19:38

As far as I am concerned, without leading zeros is also prime, but I am mainly concerned with the sorterin. If there are 10,000+ cards, each with a unique number, a list in order is very useful.

I would add the most identifying number to the number on the card (preferably unique). Perhaps you can also use numbers to indicate the series.

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March 14, 2013 19:30

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I am now also entering cards and to my surprise (I am still amazed at CW) that many cards start with a number and only then text. Have already looked at various backs (if they are present) but cannot find that number anywhere. Is there a purpose with this, there is still a box where you can also fill this in.

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March 14, 2013 20:05
Give some examples
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March 15, 2013 12:45

You are supposed to include everything on the front of the title, except the place name. You mention the city name if, for example, it says Greetings out or if it is part of the title. Older cards do have a number on the front, but I know it mainly with the foreign French cards.

The Number on card field is important because cards were often issued in a different edition. It often refers to the picture. There are cards with a frame around it and without a frame and then they have the same number. For your own collection it is useful to have an extra sorting.

1428403 is an example of a card with a card number at the bottom. In the Netherlands it is usually mentioned together with the publisher and the location of the publisher.

The French often also mentioned the photographer's initials in the title. It will be at the end of the title. An example of this is 3505105

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March 15, 2013 19:10

What I mean for example by CW 2768689 or 1078765 and of course the many Boemerang Beach Card. Now I have already seen in the other appointments list questions about Boerang Cards numbering. A title is then not available for a non-Boomerang collector. It's a good idea, but apparently there are always several sides to the implementation. A solution was also not found just like that

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March 16, 2013 13:50

You are supposed to include everything on the front cover with the title, except the city name.

That is incorrect.

Er has been chosen to use the full title text of a map, either on the front or on the back, as the title, so including the name of the place.

It is high time that there were unambiguous instructions for filling in this section.

The numbering system of the Boomerang cards is an emergency measure that actually only undermines the consistency of the catalog. Such a made up catalog number belongs in its own field.

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