A catalog of all known Alaska (Semi)official cachets of the 20th Century

This is a list of all known official and semi-official post office cachets used in Alaska during Statehood (Jan. 3, 1959) through the end of the 20th century (Dec. 31, 1999). Please send any updates you might have to Dirk van Gelderen, Voorkade 74, 2771 ZB Boskoop, Netherlands or e-mail them to me. All help is greatly appreciated!

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This catalog is dedicated to the memory of Raymond A. Fay, a great friend who brought me into collecting this specialty. He passed away in 1997 and is greatly missed!

ARCTIC VILLAGE

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X C01 ARCTIC VILLAGE, ALASKA / 115'32w, 68'7n (stars)


BARANOF

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X C01 C23T115B95 BARANOF / ALASKA, SLOGAN : Used in 1989 as unofficial cancel by the then 100 year old Fred Bahovec, former Postmaster


CHICKEN

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X C01 Picture of a chicken
X C02 Picture of a rooster


NORTH POLE

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X C01 NORTH POLE / ALASKA / SANTA'S / OFFICIAL / MAIL
X C02 A Message / Mailed From / SANTA CLAUS / HOUSE / SA / NTA LAND / North Pole, Alaska / 99705
X C03 As C01 but much smaller
X C04 MERRY CHRISTMAS / FROM / SANTA'S MAILBAG
X C05 Mailed from / SANTA CLAUS / HOUSE / NORTh POLE, / / ALASKA
C06 MAIL / FROM / Santa / Claus / NORTH POLE, ALASKA


RED DEVIL

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X C01 A red devil pictured