1986 22c Arctic Explorers: Elisha Kent Kane
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U.S. #2220
1986 22¢ Elisha Kent Kane
Polar Explorers
- From block of our stamps honoring explorers of the North Pole
- Includes a portrait, action scene, and route his expedition took
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Polar Explorers
Value: 22¢, first-class rate
First Day of Issue: May 28, 1986
First Day City: North Pole, Alaska
Quantity Issued: 32,500,000
Printed by: American Bank Note Company
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Panes of 50 in sheets of 200
Perforations: 11
Why the stamp was issued: Part of a block of four honoring men who played key roles in discovering and unlocking the North Pole.
About the stamp design: Elisha Kent Kane sailed his tiny ship Advance northward – perhaps close enough to see the North Pole itself. His stamp shows his ship sinking, after being damaged by ice floes.
First Day City: The First Day ceremony for this set was held at the North Pole High School auditorium in North Pole Alaska, near Fairbanks.
About Polar Explorers Set: This was the eighth US stamp issue designed by Dennis Lyall. In addition to portraits and smaller scenes of the men honored, each stamp includes a small map showing the route they took on their expeditions. The portraits and scenes were thoroughly researched to ensure accuracy, down to the correct types of ships and sleds.
History the stamp represents:
Elisha Kent Kane journeyed to the Arctic region to search for the lost Franklin Expedition. Sir John Franklin was a popular British officer who traveled to the Arctic four times for exploration. In 1945, he began a search for a “Northwest Passage” – a course from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, across the Arctic. Franklin never returned from that last expedition.
Twice Kane set out, searching for some sign of Franklin’s voyage. During his journeys, Kane discovered the ice-free Kennedy Channel and mapped Smith Sound and Kane Basin, near the north end of Greenland.
After having to abandon his ice-locked ship in 1855, Kane led his crew on an 83-day journey through the frozen wastes until reaching a west Greenland settlement. He returned home in October 1855. Kane sailed to England to report the findings to Franklin’s widow, and then sailed to Cuba to try to recover his failing health.
U.S. #2220
1986 22¢ Elisha Kent Kane
Polar Explorers
- From block of our stamps honoring explorers of the North Pole
- Includes a portrait, action scene, and route his expedition took
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Polar Explorers
Value: 22¢, first-class rate
First Day of Issue: May 28, 1986
First Day City: North Pole, Alaska
Quantity Issued: 32,500,000
Printed by: American Bank Note Company
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Panes of 50 in sheets of 200
Perforations: 11
Why the stamp was issued: Part of a block of four honoring men who played key roles in discovering and unlocking the North Pole.
About the stamp design: Elisha Kent Kane sailed his tiny ship Advance northward – perhaps close enough to see the North Pole itself. His stamp shows his ship sinking, after being damaged by ice floes.
First Day City: The First Day ceremony for this set was held at the North Pole High School auditorium in North Pole Alaska, near Fairbanks.
About Polar Explorers Set: This was the eighth US stamp issue designed by Dennis Lyall. In addition to portraits and smaller scenes of the men honored, each stamp includes a small map showing the route they took on their expeditions. The portraits and scenes were thoroughly researched to ensure accuracy, down to the correct types of ships and sleds.
History the stamp represents:
Elisha Kent Kane journeyed to the Arctic region to search for the lost Franklin Expedition. Sir John Franklin was a popular British officer who traveled to the Arctic four times for exploration. In 1945, he began a search for a “Northwest Passage” – a course from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, across the Arctic. Franklin never returned from that last expedition.
Twice Kane set out, searching for some sign of Franklin’s voyage. During his journeys, Kane discovered the ice-free Kennedy Channel and mapped Smith Sound and Kane Basin, near the north end of Greenland.
After having to abandon his ice-locked ship in 1855, Kane led his crew on an 83-day journey through the frozen wastes until reaching a west Greenland settlement. He returned home in October 1855. Kane sailed to England to report the findings to Franklin’s widow, and then sailed to Cuba to try to recover his failing health.