> Pete, so did I until someone on this list > scanned and posted the actual memo by > Raleigh stating clearly the "Second Symbol > Denotes Month of Manufacture". Agreed. But why didn't they use the first 12 letters of the alphabet? It appears as though they skipped certain letters but there's not real pattern that I can discern. If they used every other letter, I wouldn't have been surprised. That might indicate they once used a letter to indicate the fortnight and later partially abandoned the system. But that isn't what they did. The document Peter mentioned indicates the following: A=Jan, B=Feb, D=Mar, E=Apr, G=May, H=Jun, K=Jul, L=Aug, M=Sep, N=Oct, P=Nov, S=Dec Does anyone know why or will this remain one of life's great mysteries? Cheers, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
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