BEP Souvenir Card B81 IPMS Memphis '85 ,000 Series 1878 Eagle Show Cancel

Description

Bureau of Engraving and Printing Souvenir Card, B81, International Paper Money Show - Memphis '85, June 14-16, 1985, Memphis, Tennessee. "United States notes have had a controversial history.  The original proposal in 1861 to make government notes legal tender met with a great deal of opposition in both the House and the Senate.  The Supreme Court upheld the position of the opponents of the bill...This ruling was later reversed." This card has a first day of show cancellation of three eagle themed stamps: Scott #C67 6c Bald Eagle Air Mail, #C23 6c Eagle Air Mail, and #1831 15c Organized Labor Bald Eagle, June 14, 1985, International Paper Money Show Station, Memphis Coin Club, U.S.P.S. Memphis, Tennessee.  Card measures 10" x 8".