Alaska Postage Stamps Calendar
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There are people in Alaska who want it to be an independent country. There are people in Alaska who believe it already is an independent country. So, here are a selection of postage stamps for an independent nation of Alaska. On the cover, a 3-nugget (the nugget being the name of Alaskan currency) postage stamp featuring a Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) cancelled at the Main Post Office in Anchorage. For January, an 8-Nugget stamp depicting a Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) carved from Woolly Mammoth ivory. For February, a 3-Nugget stamp depicting a Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) resting on the ice pack during the long polar night. The Northern Lights glow in the distance. For March, a 7-Nugget stamp depicting Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) resting on an ice floe. For April, a 10-Nugget stamp depicting an Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) on the ice pack on a very bright and cold day. For May, a 3-Nugget stamp depicting a Polar Bear Cub seeking reassurance from its mother. For June, a 10-Nugget stamp depicting a bull Caribou (Rangifer tarandus), aka Reindeer, superimposed on a Caribou fur background. For July, a 5-Nugget stamp depicting an Inuit hunter paddling his kayak on a dreary, gray day. For August, a 4-Nugget stamp depicting a pod of Orca, or Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) heading out to sea off the coast of Alaska. For September, a 5-Nugget stamp depicting a de Havilland DH3-C Otter float plane somewhere over Alaska. The aircraft has the colors and log of mythical Flying Moose Aviation based in Talkeetna. For October, an 8-Nugget stamp depicting a Kodiak Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi). For November, a 3-Nugget stamp depicting a slightly stylized image of a moose silhouetted against the Northern Lights. For December, a 3-Nugget stamp with brown-toned fractal image suggesting a highly-stylized Inuit hunter, wearing traditional fur clothing, holding a harpoon with an ivory head. The image is superimposed on a background depicting the dark polar winter. On the back, a 3-Nugget stamp depicting an Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) carved in soapstone.