Alaska Highway Commemorative Stamps
These stamps were issued in 1992 by the United States Post Office to honor the 50th anniversary of the construction of the "Alcan."

Alaska Postal History
The Philatelic Bibliopole lists 6 very unique books on Alaskan philately (as well as other states).

Alaska Statehood Postmarks
Dirk van Gelderen has compiled a comprehensive catalog of all Alaska post offices and postmarks known from 1959 until now. No illustrations.

Alaska's First Free Mail Delivery in 1900
This lengthy article by Fred Lockley describes a unique postal service in Nome.

Alaska's Winter Mails, 1898-1963
This site about sled dog mail, by Gary Lee Phillips, is both very informative and well illustrated

The American Air Mail Society
While there is no Northern information on the site, they do offer books that cover airmail flights in both Alaska and the Yukon.

Arctic Explorers
A 1986 issue honouring Peary, Henson, Stefansson, Greely and Kane.

Christmas at North Pole
In 1996, the U.S. issued their Christmas stamps at North Pole, Alaska, and a local artist created a special poster for the occasion.

John Philip Clum
A very good biography of Clum, who arrived in Alaska in 1898 as a Special Commissioner for the Post Office, and was very influential until his departure in 1909.

The Mail Steamer Elsie
In 1891, the North American Commercial Company was awarded an important Alaska mail service contract, and chose the 77-foot 'Elsie' to service it.

Save the Whales
A series of covers from October, 1988, when people were working to save 3 California Gray Whales trapped in the ice just off of Point Barrow.

United States Postal Service
A huge site, with lots of features, but poorly designed and slow-loading. The text-only access is recommended. Alaska is almost never mentioned.

Wiley Post & Will Rogers crash
A pair of envelopes which were flown from Barrow following the dedication of a memorial to Post and Rogers, who were killed while attempting to take off from a tidal lagoon near Barrow on August 15, 1935.

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