Lodge 188: Recent Odd-Shapes Untangled
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I recently wrote about Itibapishe Iti Hollo’s recent Dixie Fellowship issues. In that post, I had said I was uncertain of the number of one of the pieces because I was confused about recent NOAC issues from this lodge. I thought I knew the flaps well, but the odd-shaped patches left me confused.
Jimmy Arthurs and David Cody were able to dispel my confusion and supply images of most of the recent issues. Thanks, guys.
Several items had been excluded from my site before now. At least one of these items may not exists and I am awaiting verification. I’ve had to renumber some things on my website, include a patch mentioned in a recent blog post. What I labelled the “X11?”, the 2007 Dixie “bus” is renumbered as “X13?”.
The Blue Book listings for the affected items should be as follows:
| Issue | Bdr Color/Type | Bkgd | Name | fdl/BSA | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S51.5? | SMY | R | M/C | BLK | GRN | fdl; NOAC 2004; with X8?, issued as one piece |
| S52 | (already listed in Blue Book) | |||||
| S53? | BLU | R | YEL | RED | WHT | fdl; NOAC 2006, top for X10? and X11? |
| S54? | RED | R | LBL | RED | BLU | fdl; NOAC 2006, top for X12? |
| X6? | BLK | R | M/C | BLK | GRN | fdl; 2004 NOAC, tipi |
| X7? | BLK | R | M/C | BLK | GRN | fdl; 2004 NOAC; dancer |
| X8? | SMY | R | M/C | BLK | GRN | fdl; NOAC 2004, dancer, bottom to S51.5?, issued as one piece |
| X9? | M/C | C | M/C | YEL | fdl; Dixie 2006, shark | |
| X10? | BLU | R | M/C | RED | ORG | fdl; NOAC 2006, Arena, bottom to S53? |
| X11? | BLU | R | M/C | RED | ORG | fd; NOAC 2006, Chapel, bottom to S53? |
| X12? | RED | R | LBL | RED | BLU | fdl; 2006 NOAC, Lone Scout Memory Lodge, bottom for S54? |
| X13? | BLK | C | M/C | BLK | LGY | fdl; Dixie 2007, shaped like mini-bus |
The S51.5?+X8? were issued after NOAC as a single joined piece. It can be argued this should be just X8. This was sold as a fundraiser for the lodge. Like many others, I ordered a few sets but I never received them. I have heard there were numerous problems with delivery of orders. As such, I have not been overly eager to support this lodge since.
All these images, except the “X7?”, are now on the main part of this site. Please feel free to send an image of the “X7?” if you can.
I’d call that just the X8. No cut line, no way to separate the two parts with each having a border. It’s a big X designed to look like a flap/chevron set, but it’s a single patch.