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The E-Sylum: Volume 16, Number 33, August 10, 2013, Article 23

A FAIRBANKS, ALASKA POSTAL SAVINGS NOTE

In the August 2013 issue of The Alaskan Token Collector and Polar Numismatist, editor Dick Hanscom illustrates a rare Fairbanks Alaska Postal Savings Note. -Editor

Fairbanks Alaska Postal Savings Note front

$5 Postal Savings System note issued at Fairbanks, Alaska. A small hoard of these Series of 1939 notes from the Fairbanks appear to be the only ones from Alaska to have survived. Primarily black and green, with a pink underprint. “Not Negotiable, Not Transferable,” Fairbanks and serial number in red, date stamps sort of purple. Size not reported. Offered on eBay as a buy it now for $6,000.

The issue also includes a nice account of Dick's journey to the Miners Picnic in Central, Alaska on August 3rd. -Editor


Wayne Homren, Editor

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