STAMPS FOR THE SPECIALIST

BROUGHT TO YOU BY

ROBERT S. BAILEY

WE HAVE BEEN IN THE STAMP BUSINESS FOR OVER 36 YEARS AND ARE LIFE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY (APS). WE ARE ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SOUVENIR CARD COLLECTORS SOCIETY (SCCS) AND THE AMERICAN TOPICAL ASSOCIATION (ATA). WE PREVIOUSLY OPERATED UNDER THE NAME OF PALOS VERDES STAMPS. ALL SOUVENIR CARDS ARE PRISTINE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE YOUR COLLECTING AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. OUR WEBSITE IS DESIGNED TO BE A STAMP STORE ON THE WEB.  

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IS PROUD TO PRESENT DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVEN OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLATE PRINTERS, DIE STAMPERS AND ENGRAVERS UNION ANNUAL CONVENTION BOOKLETS.

CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE THE 1973 AND THE 1983 BOOKLETS FOR SALE.

THE BOOKLETS ARE NEAR PRISTINE BUT FOR THEIR AGE THEY ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. THE CARDS CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOOKLETS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. WE MAKE SPECIAL NOTES ON CONDITION WHERE WARRANTED.

SCCS NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF BOOKLETS ESTIMATED RETAIL OUR UNIT PRICE CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE
F1955B THE 63rd IPPDS&EU CONVENTION WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON D.C., FROM MAY 8-14, 1955. THE BOOKLET CONTAINS 9 CARDS MEASURING 9 X 10.5 INCHES.

A) TITLE PAGE: WOMAN FIGURE HOLDING WREATHS OVER HEADS OF TWO MEN. SAME AS F1946A BUT DIFFERENT DATE. BEP BLACK INTAGLIO.

B) DOME OF CAPITOL IN GREEN WITH OVERPRINTED BLACK TEXT. SAME AS F1946Ab BUT DIFFERENT DATE. BEP BLACK INTAGLIO.

C) MENU IN GREEN. BEP INTAGLIO.

D) LARGE VIGNETTE OF PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. BEP BLACK INTAGLIO.

E) BEP BUILDING: VIGNETTES OF THE TREASURY BUILDING AND THE THREE BEP BUILDINGS IN BLACK (BEP) INTAGLIO.

F) "CITY OF WASHINGTON" FACT CARD WITH INFORMATIVE TEXT ON F1955Bg. ALSO HAS AN EMBOSSING ON THE IWO JIMA FLAG RAISING IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE (BEP)

G) "CITY OF WASHINGTON STATUES", LINCOLN MEMORIAL STATUE IN BLUE AND ORANGE, PUCK STATUE IN ORANGE AND GREEN, ETERNAL VIGILANCE IN BLUE AND LILAC ROSE, AND GRIEF STATUE IN ORANGE AND GREEN. iNSCRIPTION IN LILAC ROSE: SOUVENIR SHEET DESIGNED, ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY MEMBERS, BEP AT WASHINGTON, D.C. (BEP) INTAGLIO.

$400.00

SOLD

$300.00
F1959A

 

67th IPPDS CONVENTION WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON D.C. FROM MAY 18-23, 1959. THE BOOKLET CONTAINS SEVEN CARDS PLUS ADS. THE CARDS MEASURE 7.5 X 10.25 INCHES. THE BOOKLET IS BOUND WITH GOLD AND BLUE TASSELS.

A) THE FRONT COVER WITH LITHOGRAPHED U.S. SEAL AND BLACK INTAGLIO TEXT (BEP).

B) DOME OF CAPITOL IN GREEN WITH BLACK TEXT (BEP) INTAGLIO.

C) THE CONVENTION COMMITTEE CARD CONTAINING TEXT CONCERNING THE BOOKLET. BLACK OFFSET (BEP).

D) LARGE VIGNETTE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN IN BROWN INTAGLIO (BEP).

E) CARDS BEARING VIGNETTES OF LINCOLN'S BIRTHPLACE AND LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN BLACK (BEP) INTAGLIO.

F) SMALL VIGNETTE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN WITH THREE OF THE FOUR STAMPS OF THE LINCOLN SESQUICENTENNIAL SET PLACED AROUND IT, (BEP) INTAGLIO.

G) BACK COVER, ORANGE EMBOSSING, OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL (BEP).

$300.00

SOLD

$250.00
F1965B

 

THE 71st IPPDS&EU CONVENTION WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON D.C. FROM MAY 10-15, 1965. THE BOOKLET CONTAINS EIGHT CARDS MEASURING 8 1/8 X 10 1/8 INCHES WITH THREE RING BINDING HOLES AT LEFT.

A) TITLE PAGE: MULTI-COLORED U.S. GREAT SEAL WITH TEXT IN BLACK (BEP) INTAGLIO.

B) DOME OF CAPITOL IN GREEN WITH TEXT IN BLACK (BEP) INTAGLIO.

C) PRESIDENT JOHNSON LARGE INTAGLIO PORTRAIT IN BLACK (BEP).

D) PRESIDENT KENNEDY LARGE INTAGLIO PORTRAIT IN BLACK (BEP). TWO COPIES.

E) WASHINGTON SCENES: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, CAPITOL AND WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL IN MULTICOLOR- NO TEXT (BEP) INTAGLIO.

NOTE: THE PAPER OF F1965BE HAS FAINT VERTICAL BLUE LINES AT ONE EDGE OF THE CARD OR THE OTHER. THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF INADEQUATE WIPING OF THE PLATE DURING PRINTING.

F) "WINDING STREAM" SAME AS F1948Aw AND F1951Az.

G) "SENTINEL OF THE NORTH" IN GREEN PHOTOGRAVURE (PRINTER UNKNOWN)

H) "THE WHITE HOUSE AT WASHINGTON" EMBOSSED IN LIGHT GREEN BY E.A. LIGI (BEP).

$250.00

SOLD

$200.00
F1973A

BEAUTIFUL

THE 75th IPPDS & EU CONVENTION WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON D.C. FROM MAY 21-26, 1973. THE BOOKLET CONTAINS 11 CARDS MEASURING 8.5 X 11 INCHES. BETWEEN 500-550 WERE PRINTED. ONE OF THE FINEST BOOKLETS EVER PRINTED.

A) TITLE PAGE: LARGE EMBOSSED EAGLE IN SILVER WITH TEST IN BLUE INTAGLIO.

B) DOME OF CAPITOL: SAME AS F1946Ab AND F1965Bb BUT IN PINK WITH TEXT IN BLUE (BEP) INTAGLIO.

C) PRESIDENT NIXON LARGE INTAGLIO PORTRAIT IN BLACK (BEP)

D) PRESIDENT JOHNSON LARGE INTAGLIO PORTRAIT IN BLACK (BEP).

E) PRESIDENT TRUMAN LARGE INTAGLIO PORTRAIT IN BLACK (BEP).

F) A"BEST WISHES" TREASURY DEPT. SEAL IN BLUE WITH TEXT IN BLACK (BEP) PHOTO-OFFSET.

G) CITY OF WASHINGTON STATUES: SAME AS F1955Bg BUT HAS DIFFERENT COLORS: GRIEF IN RED AND BROWN, LINCOLN IN BROWN, YELLOW AND BLUE, PUCK IN BLUE AND RED AND ETERNAL VIGILANCE IN ORANGE AND GREEN. ALSO WAS INSCRIBED "DESIGNED, ENGRAVED, AND PRINTED BY MEMBERS, INTL' PLATE PRINTERS, DIE STAMPERS AND ENGRAVERS UNION OF NORTH AMERICA". PREPARED BY BEP DESIGNERS AND ENGRAVERS, BUT WAS PRINTED OUTSIDE BEP.

H) JEFFERSON MEMORIAL EMBOSSED IN BLUE ON WHITE STOCK. TEST "JEFFERSON MEMORIAL" IN BLUE INTAGLIO (BEP).

I) CHINESE SCENES: "CHINESE COUNTRY VIEW" IN BROWN, "VILLAGE OF LOOCHOW" IN GREEN, (ABNC) INTAGLIO.

J) "THE NEW DEPOT" IN BLACK (ABNC) INTAGLIO.

K) "BEST WISHES" CARD CONTAINING VIGNETTES OF 1918 PRINTERS UNION BALL TICKETS AND THE "PROGRESS" VIGNETTES IN BLACK INTAGLIO ON BUFF (ABNC).

NOTE: A SMALL NUMBER OF F1973Ah (JEFFERSON MEMORIAL CARD) ALSO EXIST FDC ON SCOTT # 1510.

$250.00 $200.00
F1975D THE 76tH IPPDS & EU CONVENTION WAS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY IN MAY. TH BANQUET WAS ON 24 MAY, 1975. A FOLDER WITH TASSELS WAS ISSUED WHICH CONTAINS FIVE INTAGLIO CARDS PLUS EIGHT LITHO CARDS. THE FOLDER MEASURES 8.5 X 11 INCHES AND THE FIVE CARDS MEASURE 8 X 10 INCHES.

A) FOLDER COVER WITH TEXT AND VIGNETTE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN BLACK INTAGLIO (ABNC).

B) BEP BUILDING VIGNETTE IN BLUE; REVOLUTIONARY WAR FLAG, CANNON, SOLDIERS AND TEXT IN MAROON. TEXT CONTAINS MESSAGE FROM J.A. CANLON, BEP DIRECTOR, INTAGLIO AND OFFSET.

C) "BEST WISHES" CARD CONTAINING VIGNETTES OF THREE ALLEGORICAL FIGURES IN BLUE, (ABNC) INTAGLIO.

D) STATUE OF LIBERTY IN BLUE INTAGLIO SURROUNDED BY BOATS (ABNC). SAME AS FSO1975Ae BUT HAS NO DIE IMPRESSION AND IS SMALLER IN SIZE.

E) PAUL REVERE VIGNETTE IN BLUE INTAGLIO (ABNC).

F) CARD WITH TWO VIGNETTES: "STORMING STONY POINT' AND "CONTINENTAL". (ABNC) BLUE INTAGLIO.

$400.00

SOLD

$300.00
F1981A

 

THE 79tH IPPDS & EU CONVENTION WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON 17 MAY, 1981. THE BOUND BOOKLET CONTAINS 11 CARDS MEASURING 8.75 X 11 INCHES. BOUND IN THREE POSTED IMITATION RED LEATHER WITH GOLD LETTERING. REPORTEDLY 400 COPIES WERE ASSEMBLED FROM THE ROUGHLY 500 CARDS PRINTED.

A) TITLE PAGE: FEMALE FIGURE HOLDING WREATHS OVER HEADS OF TWO MEN WITH TEXT (BEP) BLACK INTAGLIO.

B) "SINCERE WISHES"CARD WITH VIGNETTE OF THE TREASURY BUILDING AND MESSAGE FROM BEP DIRECTOR HARRY CLEMENTS. VIGNETTE IN BLACK MESSAGE IN BROWN (BEP) INTAGLIO.

C) BEP BUILDINGS CARD IN BLACK. VIGNETTE OF THE TREASURY AS WELL AS THE THREE BEP BUILDINGS (BEP) INTAGLIO.

D) THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT CARD. BLACK VIGNETTE OF THE MONUMENT WITH BROWN COVER PIECE. AN OVAL WINDOW IN THE COVER PIECE ALLOWS THE VIGNETTE TO SHOW THROUGH, (BEP) INTAGLIO.

E) PRESIDENT FORD LARGE PORTRAIT VIGNETTE, (BEP) BLACK INTAGLIO.

F) PRESIDENT CARTER LARGE PORTRAIT VIGNETTE, (BEP) BLACK INTAGLIO.

G) "MERCURY CARD DEPICTING A STATUE OF MERCURY (BEP) BLUE AND GOLD INTAGLIO. OUTSTANDING.

H) STATUE OF FREEDOM CARD AND LARGE VIGNETTE OF THIS FAMOUS STATUE THAT ADORNS THE U.S. CAPITOL. VIGNETTE IN GREEN WITH BLACK TEXT. "COMPLIMENTS" OF HARRY R. BEECH, PLATE PRINTING FOREMAN, (BEP) INTAGLIO WITH EMBOSSING OF THE PLATE PRINTER IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER.

I) ABNC "COMPLIMENT" CARD VIGNETTE OF MAN HOLDING WHEAT; WOMAN HOLDING SICKLE; AND TRAIN (ABNC) BLUE INTAGLIO.

J) YORKSHIRE ENGRAVING CO. "COMPLIMENTS" CARD. VIGNETTE OF LIBERTY BELL, CARPENTER'S HALL AND CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA; (USBNC) BLACK INTAGLIO

$400.00

SOLD

$300.00
F1983A

MINOR COVER WEAR

A) ABNC CARD CONTAINING FIVE VIGNETTES OF SHIPS AND SAILORS FROM THE ARCHIVES, CIRCA 1850: BLUE INTAGLIO

B) ABNC CARD CONTAINING FOURTEEN VIGNETTES THE CENTER PIECE BEING A VIGNETTE OF SHIPS, A SAILOR AND NATIVE AMERICAN: DARK BLUE INTAGLIO

C) ABNC CARD CONTAING TEN VIGNETTES, TWO OF WHICH DEPICT THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION AND EIGHT VIGNETTES OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION WITH THEIR SIGNATURES; INTAGLIO BLACK

D) "BEST WISHES" FROM THE FINISHERS, LOCAL 29 TO THE DELEGATES AT THEIR CONVENTION; INTAGLIO BLACK.

E) NEW YORK PLATE PRINTERS UNION, LOCAL NO. 58 OFFICERS, INTAGLIO BLACK.

D) BANK NOTE ENGRAVERS' GUILD, NEW YORK, LOCAL 28 MEMBERSHIP; INTAGLIO BLACK.

250.00 225.00

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