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Arctic Explorers

First Day of Issue Date: May 28, 1986

First Day of Issue Location: North Pole, AK

About This Stamp

This issuance honoring explorers of the North Pole (Elisha Kent Kane, Adolphus Greely, Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson) was issued at the North Pole High School auditorium in North Pole, Alaska.

Stamp Artist

Dennis Lyall

First Day of Issue Ceremony

First Day of Issue Date: May 28, 1986
First Day of Issue Location: North Pole, AK

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