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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 2072485, member: 24274&quot;]Well, I finally scored one of the big dogs of the souvenir card world, through a multiple trade. This was one I wasn&#039;t sure I&#039;d ever add to my collection -- PS1, the very first card issued by the Postal Service at the 1960 International Philatelic Congress in Barcelona. More than 10,000 of these were printed and taken to Spain, but the show wasn&#039;t well attended and no one paid much attention to the cards. Afterwards, to avoid the expense of return shipping, the post office just tossed the leftover cards! Consequently, they are now very scarce items.</p><p><br /></p><p>These show up on eBay occasionally, but more often than not they are lithographed counterfeits. You can usually tell by the poor quality of the Columbus vignette. I&#039;m not worried about this copy, though -- the show cancels are a good indicator of authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]383992[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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