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lot # 3002 - united states postal history Paper Americana - Autographs

Tuesday Jun 22, 2021 10:00 to Thursday Jun 24, 2021 18:30 America/New_York

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1879-1962, Canadian-born American explorer and ethnologist), signature "V. Steffansson" on TLS on Canadian Pacific Railway stationery datelined Nov 15, 1918 at "Between Medicine Hat and Calgary, Alberta", to a Mrs. Heard in Boston recalling a meeting with her son at the Harvard Club in NY City and promising to visit on his next visit to Boston, Very Fine; Stefansson was noted for spending five consecutive record-making years exploring vast areas of the Canadian Arctic after adapting himself to the Inuit (Eskimo) way of life. He found the last undiscovered land in Canada - the previously unknown islands in the Arctic ArchipelagoSale 3043: United States Postal History and Flight Covers - Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 2 p.m. Eastern

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