U.S. COMMEMORATIVES FROM 1976

Original colorful folder issued by the U.S. Postal Service to showcase the mint set of 21 commemorative stamps issued for 1976 together with a description of the subject and the time and place of issue: Spirit of 76, 3 stamp treatment of Archibald M. Willard's painting "The Spirit of 76" issued January 1, Pasadena, CA; Interphil 76 celebrating the International Philatelic Exhibition, issued January 17, Philadelphia, PA;
state flags of which Arkansas Bicentennial is featured, issued February 23, Washington, D.C.; telephone Centennial and Alexander Graham Bell, issued March 10, Boston, MA; commercial aviation, 50th Anniversary of first mail aircraft, 1926, issued March 19, Chicago, IL; chemistry, Centennial of American Chemical Society, issued April 6, New York, NY; Benjamin Franklin and Bicentennial 1776-1976, issued June 1, Philadelphia, PA; the Declaration of Independence, 4 stamp treatment of the John Turnbull painting, issued July 4, Philadelphia, PA; Olympic Games, depicting events at Innsbruck and Montreal, issued July 16, Lake Placid, NY ( to be site of 1980 Winter Games); Clara Maas, the army nurse who proved yellow fever was transmitted by mosquito, Centennial of birth, died Cuba, 24 August 1901, issued August 18, Belleville, NJ; Adolph S. Ochs, owner New York Times, 125th Anniversary of its founding, issued September 18, New York, NY; "Winter Pastime" celebrating lithographer Nathaniel Currier, of Currier and Ives, issued October 27, Boston, MA; "Nativity", Bicentennial of Boston artist John Singleton Copley painting, issued October 27, Boston, MA; presented in 3-leaf folder in pristine condition and original envelope from the U.S. Postal Service, "1976 MINT SET, ITEM NO. 934"