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Posted 01/09/2023   8:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add GregAlex to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Over the course of two decades, the American Topical Association and its chapters issued a number of souvenir cards. The majority of these were released at TOPEX shows, but sometimes other shows, as well.

The Souvenir Cards Collector Society has been cataloging the cards issued by national hobby organizations, such as the APS and ASDA - http://www.souvenircards.org/html/g...y_ASDA.html. We would like to include the ATA and have begun compiling images of known cards, as shown below. Are there others you know about that are not on our list? I'd be grateful for any additional scans.

NOTE: We are only looking for cards issued by the ATA or an ATA chapter.



























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Yes, it would! Thanks a bunch for pointing that out. For the benefit of later viewers of this topic, I'll post it here directly.

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Posted 01/10/2023   6:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add GregAlex to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
And I've managed to locate two more on ebay. One I posted earlier, but discovered an example with show dates included from 1978.





It's looking very much like the ATA issued one card each year, going back to at least 1972. These are most often tied to the TOPEX show, but often they have more than one event listed on the cards, so some must have been used throughout the year.

The latest date I've found is 1993, but there are some holes in the list. It seems likely that cards exist for 1984, 85, 87, 89, 1990 and 91. Any help in locating these is much appreciated.
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I am guessing that so far cards for the years listed above by Greg have not been found. There are a number of TOPEX event covers for those years. Is it possible that the covers were the only souvenirs produced?
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Is it possible that the covers were the only souvenirs produced?

Yes, that's certainly possible, though it seems odd that they would stop and restart the cards. I'm hoping these are holes that can be filled, but unless someone from the ATA can tell us yes or no for sure then we can't be certain.
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