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Alaska Purchase Airmail Stamp
common1945-1980

Alaska Purchase Airmail Stamp

United States · 1967 ·

A brown 8-cent airmail stamp featuring a stylized eagle flying over a map of Alaska, commemorating the Alaska Purchase.

Issued in 1967, this stamp marks the centennial of the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867, a pivotal moment in American expansion.

Catalog Numbers

scottC70

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