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    <p>I frequently see the date written in this format on herbarium
      labels from the early 20th century - often printed. It's a bit
      odd, but not much stranger than nesting the day between the month
      and the year, which is standard practice in the US.</p>
    <p>Alan<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/23/2018 4:34 PM, Callomon,Paul
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone come across a label date format
          in which the date is nestled within the year, thus:<o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">19 3/viii 25<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Or <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">19 23/v 26<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I take these to mean August 3, 1925 and May
          23, 1926 respectively – correct?<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span
              style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Paul Callomon</span></b><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
            <i>Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology
              and General Invertebrates</i></span><span
            style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span
              style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Academy of Natural
              Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia</span></b><b><span
              style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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            style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">1900 Benjamin Franklin
            Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA<br>
            <i><a href="mailto:callomon@ansp.org" target="_blank"
                moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">callomon@ansp.org</span></a>
              Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170</i></span><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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