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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 1758681, member: 24274&quot;]Time for a bump! Tonight I&#039;ll post a few more of what&#039;s been categorized as &quot;forerunner cards&quot; -- souvenir cards issued before the official programs began (although, in fact, the &quot;F&quot; cards are still ongoing in the SCCS numbering system).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These are all Union cards, issued for conventions of the Int&#039;l Plate Printers and Die Stampers Union, in 1973, 1975, and 1981. At each convention, attendees would receive a specially bound booklet or a loose folder usually containing souvenir cards featuring the work of the DC, New York and Philadelphia unions -- which included the BEP and ABNC. It was a way for members to show off their skills.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Beginning in the 1970s, the Union started catering to collector interest and would print quantities of one or two cards from the booklets, which would be sold to the public. Some of these are terrific cards and still fairly easy to find at affordable prices.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My favorite among these is the 1981 card showing the 1862 proposed design of the $2 U.S. Note, depicting &quot;The Embarkation of the Pilgrims.&quot; I think this note would had rivaled the Educational series had it been issued.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 1973 card shows an American Bank Note reprint of the invitation tickets to the 1916 Plate Printers Annual Ball. And the 1975 card (also ABNC) features an early obsolete note from the Lewiston Falls Bank in Maine. All excellent representations of the art of banknote engraving.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]277895[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]277896[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]277897[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]277898[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]277899[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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