Text of Letter
from Paul C. Mills,
Postmaster of Polar Bear Local Post
“The
25th Anniversary of Alaska Statehood stamps will also close the
activities of the Polar Bear Local Post as I am no longer employed on the
I
came to Alaska ten years ago at age 55, after thirty years in the Restaurant
business in San Francisco and became a head cook in the major camps of the Trans
Alaska Pipeline, and since its completion in 1977 have worked in the same
capacity in the major camps at Prudhoe Bay where my hand painted covers have
become my camp hobby and the Polar Bear Local Post and have mailed over six
thousand letters around the world to Stamp and cover Friends.
I have
used the new Alaska Statehood Stamp and many other Alaska related issues to
make combo covers of all my remaining hand made covers #10 size for First Day
of Issue cancellation along with a number of the PBLP #10 covers with combo stamps and cancels,
also the #6 size PBLP printed cover with one stamp, all covers have a PBLP
stamp and cancel on the back.”
[A Pricelist followed to the end of the page, with
an example of the “polar bear leaning on an oil derrick” cancellation device.]
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[1] From
personal correspondence received from Paul C. Mills, then at 808 “O” Place,