US POSTAL SERVICE: Arctic animals released in Alaska!

0 Comments | M2 Presswire, January, 1999

M2 PRESSWIRE-29 March 1999-US POSTAL SERVICE: Arctic animals released in Alaska! (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:240399 * Five new postage stamps issued in Barrow Five animals, each uniquely adapted to survive and thrive in one of the harshest environments on earth, were commemorated here today when the US Postal Service issued the Arctic Animals stamps.

The stamps pay tribute to the Arctic Fox, Arctic Hare, Gray Wolf, Polar Bear and Snowy Owl. US Senator Ted Stevens, Barrow Mayor Jim Vorderstrasse, and Mayor of North Slope Borough Benjamin Nageak, joined Ernesta Ballard, member of the Postal Service's Board of Governors, and Postmaster General William Henderson in officially dedicating the stamps at a 10:30 a.m. (local time) ceremony at the...

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