Description: Here's an Interesting souvenir folder produced by the Baltimore Philatelic Society for the BALPEX '76 stamp show's reception and dinner at the Hunt Valley Inn. The show was held September 4-6, 1976, while the reception and dinner was held on September 5th..

The front cover of the folder has a special BICENTENNIAL 1776-1976 cancellation.

The folder includes:
»» Menu for the reception and dinner.
»» Special Event Cover for the 100th Anniversary of the Preakness, with a May 17,1975, Pimlico Preakness Station cancel.
»» A commemorative folder from the Canadian Post Office produced for the 1976 Germaine Guevremont / Robert Service stamp issue. The folder includes a mint block of the 4 stamps.in a protective mount.
»» A packet from the Swedish Postal Administration containing 3 postcards and a First Day Cover. The postcards feature an enlargement of a stamp issued in 1976 for the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath, a commemoration of the Bishop Hill Colony (an 1846 Swedish settlement in Illinois), and another with enlargements of two stamps, one from Sweden and one from the United States, honoring John Ericsson. The last two cards were issued by the Swedish Postal Administration for Interphil76, to honor the U.S. Bicentennial. The First Day Cover features Sweden's 1974 Universal Postal Union set of 3 stamps. It includes a stuffer leaflet explaining the stamps in 4 languages.
»» An advertising leaflet for the SAFE stamp and coin albums, printed in what appears to be 3 languages (German, French and English).

Condition: Very good, I'd say. The folder is only lightly soiled, while the menu has slightly bent upper corners. The other contents are in excellent shape.

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