www.AlaskaPhilatelic.org Volume 44, No. 4 • Whole No. 228 4th Quarter, 2008 • Pages 60–84 AK 50th Anniversary Cancels ..................................................................................page 61 Want Ads ................................................................................................................page 62 President’s Message ..................................................................................................page 63 Secretary/Treasurer’s Report .....................................................................................page 63 Sustaining Member Cover .......................................................................................page 64 Unreported Cancels ......................................................................................... pages 65, 68 The Journal of the Alaska Collectors Club • American Philatelic Society Affiliate No. 218 Affiliate No. American Philatelic Society Alaska Collectors Club • of the The Journal King Salmon AFB ...................................................................................................page 66 Member Request .....................................................................................................page 67 50th Anniversary Stamp Artwork Revealed .............................................................page 68 Klondike EKU or Something More Mysterious? .....................................................page 69 Gold Nuggets .................................................................................................. pages 69, 71 Gold Rush Station Info ...........................................................................................page 70 Ft. Greeley, AK Post-World War II ..........................................................................page 71 Bob McKain’s ALCAN Library ................................................................................page 74 ACC Auction ..........................................................................................................page 75 Bid Sheet .................................................................................................................page 84 The Journal of the Alaska Collectors Club ISSN #1096‑5963 OFFICERS SUStaINING MEMbers—2008 President .......................................Jim Zuelow, Arizona Anchorage Philatelic Society ...............Norman Anderson Vice-President ......................Angela Watson, California Dr. Steven J. Berlin......................................Caye Carufel Secretary/Treasurer ..........................Eric Knapp, Alaska Ronald Chaikin ....................................... Alice Fitzgerald Past President ............................... Caye Carufel, Alaska Steven Fogland .............................................Harold Ford Director ......................................Michael Senta, Alaska Gastineau Philatelic Society .....................Fern Grumbine Director ....................... Dirk van Geldren, Netherlands P. Nelson Gnirke ............................................Jack Guyer Director .....................................Richard Wood, Alaska Duane Heverling .....................................Thomas Kinzer Eric Knapp ....................................Warner T. “Bud” May All Alaska Collectors Club business, including editorial David McCord ............................................Gary Phillips matters for this journal, should be directed to the Sec- John D. Roberts .................................Julius Rockwell, Jr. retary/Treasurer and Editor: David Schwantes .......................................Wayne Selmer Michael Senta, M.D. ..................................... Terry Shaw Eric Knapp Robert Spaugy ................................................Fred Smith 4201 Folker St., Unit C102 Peter Tompkins ..................................... Thomas Tonozzi Anchorage, AK 99508 Dirk van Gelderen ....................................Angela Watson E-Mail Addresses: Jim Zuelow [email protected] or [email protected] Membership information and sample issues of this jour- AWARDS nal are available from the Secretary/Treasurer. Price of a Colopex 2000—Silver-Bronze sample issue is $2.00 (stamps OK). Membership levels Colopex 2002—Silver-Bronze are as follows: STaMpsHOW 03—Silver-Bronze Regular Membership ......................................... $15.00 Canada’s 7th National Philatelic Literature Contributing Membership ................................ $20.00 Exhibition 2005—Silver Medal Sustaining Membership ..................... $30.00 (or more) NAPEX 2007—Silver Medal Overseas Membership .........................$5.00 additional APS Stampshow 2008—Silver Medal The Alaskan Philatelist is published four times a year by the Alaska Collectors Club, a society dedicated to de- veloping a wider interest in the study and preservation of Proposed Cancels for 50th Alaska’s Postal History. Submissions for publication are always welcome. Anniversary of Statehood Stamp Permission for reproduction in whole or in part is granted to other philatelic organizations for internal non- profit use provided that credit is given to The Alaskan Philatelist and the authors of the reproduced material. A copy of the publication in which material is reprinted is requested. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent those of the ACC, its’ officers or members. © 2008 The Alaska Collector's Club 4th Quarter 2008 • The Alaskan Philatelist • Page 61 HELP WANTED: Enjoy working with computers and web- sites? The ACC NEEDS YOU to help keep our website current and appealing! Check our site at www.alaskaphilatelic.org/ and Alaska Philatelic contact VP Angela Watson for more information. Cover Catalog FOR SALE: “Grandfather’s Collection” Beautiful Alaskan covers, mostly older, 7 hand colored/ drawn cachet with each Volume 1 & 2 order. Nice Alaskan covers. 35 covers $110.00 Guaranteed. Victor Schwez, 10519 Casanes Ave., Downey CA 90241 Volume 2 of the Alaska Phila- telic Cover Catalog, covering INFO: ACC member Bob Beeman would like to the Alaska Collectors Club, the hear from any member who could inform him about Gastineau Philatelic Society and past ACC member Paul E. Smith, ACC Member the Northern Lights Stamp Club 165, who previously lived at 305 Waldman Drive, is now available. Park Forest, Illinois 60466. Smith had, in 1966, been active in promoting the issuance of a stamp commemorating the 100th Anniversary of The catalog features illustrations the Purchase of Alaska with then Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois. of all major and minor covers issued by the three clubs. HELP WANTED: I am looking for information about the Anchorage Contract Station 11. I never found anything about it and I do have the numbers 10 and 12 and the existence of Number 11 is then logical. Dirk van Gelderen, Voorkade 74, 2771 ZB Boskoop, Netherlands. The catalog is 8 ½ x 11 loose- Email: [email protected] leaf format punched for a three ring binder. WANTED: Any old postal cards or covers from the Chitna, McCarthy, Kennecott area, 1890 - 1950. Please send list to: Thomas Kinzer, P.O. Box 107, Chitna, AK 99566-0107 Prices: Volume 2: HELP WANTED: I am looking for mint and used postcards depicting ALASKA $25.00 LIGHTHOUSES. Russell Bartlett, 5 Saint Clare Street, Braintree, MA 02184-8239 Volume 1, Revised Edition: WANTED: Any era postal cards (government preprinted stamps, not picture) used in Alaska. $25.00 No philatelic, please. Don Glickstein, 1300 University St. #9G, Seattle WA 98101. Email: Original Volume 1 Update: [email protected] $3.00 (All prices are postpaid) WANTED: Censored civilian mail from Alaska and Western Canada from World War II. Eric Knapp, 4201 Folker Street, Unit C102, Anchorage, AK 99508. Email: [email protected] For orders or more information, contact: WANTED: Mail from the gold rush era Alaska forts. Eric Knapp, 4201 Folker Street, Unit C102, Anchorage, AK 99508. Email: [email protected] Eric Knapp LOOKING FOR JFK FDCs: I notice that my interest in the 5-cent JFK commemorative 4201 Folker St., Unit C102 stamp issued nationally appears on your web-site. So I ask: Do you have or do you know anybody Anchorage, AK 99508 who might have any 5-cent JFK FDCs from Alaska (i.e. covers postmarked May 29, 1964 with the 5-cent Kennedy stamp? By the way, two more cities can be added to this list: Moose Pass and Seward. Contact Henry B. Scheuer at 800-444-1155. TAP DEADLINES ISSUE DEADLINE 1st Quarter ............................................February 1 2nd Quarter .................................................May 1 3rd Quarter ..............................................August 1 4th Quarter .........................................November 1 4th Quarter 2008 • The Alaskan Philatelist • Page 62 President’s Message Secretary by Jim Zuelow ([email protected]) Thanks to Angela Watson, Eric Knapp, & David Treasurer’s Report Schwantes for their great work designing and producing Eric Knapp ([email protected]) the 20th ACC Sustaining Member Cover! I don’t know if As I am writing this a storm that has dumped about a there is an active GOP Postal History group, but I do know there are many collectors of various kinds of political covers. foot of snow on Anchorage is just ending. There was no Besides being an item for Alaska collectors, our cover honor- wind in the storm but a good layer of snow. Makes the ing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s selection as the 2008 GOP city look all wintery and ready for the Christmas season. Vice Presidential Candidate will certainly be one of the