{"product_id":"1967-alaska-purchase-8-sitka-ak-first-day-cover-1","title":"1967 Alaska Purchase 8¢ Sitka, AK First Day Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Art Craft cacheted First Day Cover features the 1967 8¢ Alaska Purchase commemorative stamp, postmarked on its first day of issue, March 30, 1967, in Sitka, Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stamp marks the centennial of the 1867 treaty in which the United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Negotiated by Secretary of State William H. Seward, the acquisition doubled the size of the nation and secured valuable natural resources and strategic Pacific territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cachet illustrates the historic meeting between Seward and Russian Minister Baron Edouard de Stoeckl, with an inset portrait of Seward and a map highlighting the vast Alaska Territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressed to G. F. Bigelow in Alden, Iowa, the cover remains in clean, collectible condition with a clear Sitka postmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strong addition for collectors of U.S. territorial history, Art Craft cachets, or Alaskan postal history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Springs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51388351348900,"sku":null,"price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/4713\/5908\/files\/20260623094812.jpg?v=1782236191","url":"https:\/\/maplespringsllc.com\/products\/1967-alaska-purchase-8-sitka-ak-first-day-cover-1","provider":"Maple Springs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}