March 1984 (See bottom of Covers)

Comment by Philip Riviere on November 24, 2014 at 5:11pm

Abramo,

The PBS TV add on the left is for US copies of the Nat Geo. The one on the right could be an Australian or Canadian edition..

Phil

Comment by Abramo Russo on November 24, 2014 at 6:49pm

Thank you Phil, you're always a good help!

Abramo

Comment by Abramo Russo on November 24, 2014 at 6:53pm

Phil, there is a way to recognise a Canadian or Australian Issue?

Abramo

Comment by Scott T. Shier on November 24, 2014 at 8:48pm

Abramo, 

For your 2 variant March 1984 copies ---> check/compare  the inside cover of the NGM's, at the bottom "copyright" area: it should show non-US $ for the per year/copy price - if it was being sent to Australia, England, (Canada maybe).

Prior to the 2000's, NGM's were printed IN the U.S. only, and sent abroad. In that 1998-2002 timeframe, as they were implementing the foreign (language) editions along with the then-new N. American newsstand sales, the copyright notifications changed a bit. To wit: the 2000's NGM's for other countries literally show non-US currency in the pricing.

I shouldn't think it wouldn't be as common (now) to have a plethora of post-2000's non-N. American copies IN the U.S. now without buying & importing them. NGM nowadays actually is printed regionally/locally per each of its non-English editions. 

Comment by Abramo Russo on November 25, 2014 at 8:53am

Thanks Scott! Unfortunately the ones that I have shows $15.00 & $1.90 without specifying more details.

Abramo

P.S.  Thanks for the rest of the infos, very valuable to me!

Comment by Scott T. Shier on November 25, 2014 at 9:58pm

Hmm, oh well, was curious to try. I have never made a habit of buying the non-U.S. variances for the TV announcements on the covers, for all these 70s, 80s, 90s issues. 2 gentleman specifically that I know would have had an answer on this have sadly passed -- they likely may have known where an identifier was 'buried' to say yeah this 1984 was Australia, and this one was U.S., maybe!

Comment by Philip Riviere on November 25, 2014 at 11:38pm

Abramo,

Another thought on the question of a Canadian or Australian destination for the magazines... I think the mags with the PBS ads would also go to Canada because they share so much of our programing but I don't know if they watch our PBS stations....

Phil

Comment by Philip Riviere on November 25, 2014 at 11:43pm

Maybe a Canadian member of the corner could answer whether they watch our PBS stations...

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