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Auction 192, Lot 219

"Territory of Alaska"

Subject: Alaska

Period: 1936 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
30.2 x 20.2 inches
76.7 x 51.3 cm
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This colorful map of the then-Territory of Alaska was created by Frank McCaffrey and published by the Alaska Steamship Company. It displays the company's steamship routes in orange overprinting along with railroad lines, highways, and proposed highway routes. Includes inset maps of southern Alaska and the United States, and is surrounded by a very distinctive totem pole border.

References: Rumsey #5300.

Condition: A

Clean and colorful with a couple of tiny splits at the fold junctions. Issued folding.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $50

Closed on 4/26/2023

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