BEP Souvenir Card B56 IPMS '82 Brown Backs Memphis 1st Day of Show Cancels

Description

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C. Souvenir Card. B 56. International Paper Money Show, Memphis Coin Club, June 18-20, 1982, Memphis, Tennessee. Card has 2 first day of show date cancellations, June 18, 1982, International Paper Money Show Station, Memphis Coin Club, Memphis, Tennessee of Scott #1577-78 (pair) 10c Banking and 10c Commerce, #941 3c Tennessee Statehood, #C67 6c Bald Eagle airmail, #C23 6c Eagle airmail, and #1831 15c Organized Labor - Bald Eagle.  "'Brown Backs'... were placed in circulation from 1882 until 1908. Bank charter numbers were printed in green ink on the backs within the geometric design. National Bank titles and state locations were printed on the face of each note in various forms and types" Card measures 10" x 8".