V1001

Great Americans

Jack London Novelist

Autum 2019 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 12 V1001 — Jack London — Wolf Pack Cachet — 1/11/86

In this writer's thrilling adventure "Call of the Wild," the story opens in the Santa Clara Valley of California. This fact motivated me to pursue and obtain a Collins exclusive first day of issue postmark. It is a large and beautiful bullseye from San Francisco with a most unusual (rare) aspect. The city is designated with just the initials SF, and the zip 94101 is followed by the plus 4 (9991). On the bottom, it reads "Main Office." The story moves to Alaska during the 1890's Gold Rush. My hand painted cachet depicts a wolfpack rumfing across the snow-covered Alaskan wilderness. A beautiful wildlife cover with an amazing first day of issue postmark.