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For Sale: Full & Partial Years JAN '74 Thru DEC '80 + Maps/Inserts & More

I'm selling an almost complete collection of National Geographic from January 1974 through December 1980. I love them but I can't carry them from apartment to apartment anymore. 

ISSUES include:

--All issues for 1974, 1975, and 1976, complete and undamaged (includes duplicate copies of November 1975 and December 1975);
--All issues for 1977 except August (includes duplicate copy of May 1977);
--All issues for 1978 except August;
--Most inserts/maps from 1974 through 1980 (detailed below); 
--The original Welcome Packet for my initial subscription dated January 1974; and
--Additional good-condition individual issues for March 1921, June 1943, January 1965, and July 1985.

INSERTS/MAPS from 1974 through 1980 include:

1974
--Close-up: USA CA & NE
--Close-up: USA ND, SD, NE, & KS 
--Discoverers of the Pacific
--USA Satellite Wall Map (damaged on non-map side)

1975
--Close-up: USA AK
--Close-up: USA NH, VT MA, RI, CT
--Close-up: USA TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS
--The Political and Physical World

1976
--Close-up: USA MD, VA, DE, WV (2 copies)
--Close-up: USA HI
--Peoples of the Soviet Union
--Whales of the World (2 copies)

1977
--Celtic Europe
--Close-up:USA AZ, NM, VT, CO (2 copies)
--Close-up:USA IL, IN, OH, KY
--Close-up:USA NY, NJ, PA (2 copies)
--Colonization and Trade in the New World (2 copies)
--Wild and Scenic Rivers (2 copies)

1978
--Close-up: Canada B.C., Alb., Yuk. (2 copies)
--Close-up: Canada Ont.
--Heart of the Grand Canyon
--Middle East

1979
--Bird Migration in the Americas
--Close-up: Canada Sask., Man., N.W.T.

1980
--Africa: Its Political Development
--Two Centuries of Conflict in the Middle East
--The Peoples of China

Also, please note missing covers for seven issues in the collection (for the months of Feb 1977, March 1978, April 1979, Sept 1979, April 1980, May 1980, and Nov 1980).

I'd prefer to sell the collection by the year to an interested collector or dealer, but will also consider selling pieces of the collection if interest exists for specific issues/inserts. I'm located in Chicago, IL. If interested, let me know.

Thanks!

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I would interested in these specific issues:

Jul 77

Apr 78

Nov 78

Aug-Dec 82

Cost? Shipping to Colorado via Media Mail should be less than $10.

Linda 719-332-0841

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