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McGreely's Express Alaska Local Stamp
rarepre-1900

McGreely's Express Alaska Local Stamp

United States · 1898 · 25c

The stamp features a dogsled team with a driver, pulling a sled across a snowy landscape. Text 'McGREELY'S EXPRESS ALASKA 25 CENTS' frames the central image.

Issued during the Klondike Gold Rush, this local stamp facilitated mail delivery by dogsled between Dyea and Skagway, Alaska, by McGreely's Express, supplementing official postal services in the remote territory.

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Image: Mc Greely's Express · License: Public domain

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