This First Day Cover commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway, a 1,523-mile joint U.S.-Canadian WWII military project connecting Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska. The cachet features a two-color illustration by artist Paul Johnson showing a pickup truck on the scenic highway with mountains and evergreen forest. Canceled in Fairbanks, AK on May 30, 1992, with the 29-cent Scott #2635 stamp depicting a vintage truck on the Alaska Highway.
Claude
The cachet features a two-color (blue and teal) illustration by artist Paul Johnson (signed lower left) depicting a pickup truck on the Alaska Highway with mountains and evergreen forest in the background. Printed text provides historical context about the Alaska Highway as a joint U.S.-Canadian WWII project stretching over 1,523 miles from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska. The 29-cent stamp (Scott #2635) depicts a vintage truck on the scenic Alaska Highway with mountains, issued for the 50th anniversary in 1942. The machine cancel reads 'FAIRBANKS, AK / MAY 30 / 1992 / 99709' with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug cancel.
Mistral
This First Day Cover celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway, featuring a two-color cachet with a blue and white pickup truck driving through a mountainous landscape with evergreen forests. The stamp depicts a vintage truck on the Alaska Highway with a scenic mountain backdrop. The postmark is a circular cancellation from Fairbanks, AK, dated May 30, 1992. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, legible text and artwork.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
