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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 1970516, member: 24274&quot;]The Bureau of Engraving is currently in the planning phase for the 2015 intaglio print (souvenir card) program. I inquired whether the planning committee ever considers suggestions from collectors and was told that they welcome them. So I sent in the following ideas. I would be interested in hearing thoughts from other collectors on whether you support these concepts and if you have other suggestions that could be submitted. Send me a private message if you&#039;d like the email address of the BEP coordinator for this program.</p><p>------</p><p><br /></p><p>2015 marks the centenary of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, held in San Francisco. This presents an ideal time to release the third and final reprint of the large-sized World Expo certificates: the 1915 Panama Pacific Expo award diploma. In 1988, the Bureau released a reprint of the Centennial Share certificate from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition; in 1992 a reprint was issued of the 1893 Columbian World&#039;s Fair award diploma. The BEP created an intaglio print of the central female figures from the 1915 PPIE certificate in 1994, but it has never been reissued in its entirety.</p><p><br /></p><p>All three of these massive prints represent some of the best intaglio work ever produced by the Bureau. The previous two generated a great deal of interest by collectors; a reprint of the 1915 diploma would be equally well received. As with the 1876 reprint, segments of the engraving could be printed individually on separate cards. Columbus&#039; portrait was used on three intaglio prints in 1992, however Balboa&#039;s portrait has never been reprinted. The standing woman in the center would make an eye-catching individual print, as would the steamers and cherubs in either of the lower corners. There couldn&#039;t be a more timely moment to reproduce this stunning piece.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]349571[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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