i called their washington office last week (202-383-6145) to inquire about
that and to determine their publication pattern for our on-line check-in
system.  the man with whom i spoke informed me that they had indeed had
a numbering error and that with the oct. 21 (vol. 248 no. 4) issue everything
would again be on tract.  i believe that he meant the oct. 7 (vol. 247 no. 2)
issue would be the correctly volumed and numbered one.

our check-ins read:  VOL. 247 NO. 12 SEP 23, 1996; VOL. 246 [SIC] 247
NO. 13 SEP 30, 1996; VOL. 247 NO. 2 OCT 7, 1996.  hope this helps.

cheers,

Rachel Hollis, Serials Librarian   _/    _/   _/_/_/    _/_/_/
Naval Postgraduate School         _/_/  _/   _/   _/  _/_/
Monterey California              _/  _/_/   _/_/_/       _/
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Date:         Thu, 17 Oct 1996 15:29:57 EST
From:         JoAnn Toussaint <j9toussaint@STTHOMAS.EDU>

Can anyone who subscribes to TRAFFIC WORLD help me figure out
if I have missed an issue?

There seems to be a numbering problem with recent issues:
        Sept. 23, 1996 is Vol. 247, no. 12, Whole number 4663
        Sept. 30, 1996 is Vol. 246, no. 13, Whole number 4664
        Oct.   7, 1996 is Vol. 247, no.  2, Whole number 4666

Did anyone receive an issue marked as Whole number 4665?  If so, what is
the date and the rest of the enumeration of that issue?

Has anyone contacted the publisher about the seemingly misnumbered
issues?  I think that the September 30 issue should be Vol. 247, no. 13
and October 7 should be Vol. 248, no. 1, unless there was another issue
in between those two.

Thanks for your help with this mystery!