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JACK LONDON
First Day of Issue: May 3, 1988
First Issue Location: San Francisco, California
Author Jack London brought adventure into ordinary
lives. Where men and animals faced the fiercest compe-
titions nature could provide, London set stories of noble
spirit and basic emotional drives. Born in San Francisco in
1876, London drew from his own experiences. Most no-
ticeably, his trip to the Yukon Territory in 1897 provided
inspiration for his greatest work, The Call of the Wild. But,
London also incorporated his experience as a seaman into
his stories. In The Sea-Wolf, he wrote about a sea captain
named Wolf Larsen, so primitive he could have been
born, “before the development of moral nature." And, in
Martin Eden, London's hero is also a seaman, driven by a
thirst for knowledge and power. In portraying instincts
which surface outside of societal structures, London
found success as a writer. Today, he is remembered as one
of the greatest adventure writers of his time. The stamp on
this Maximum Card was issued in sheet form in 1986, then
was reissued in booklet form in 1988. This stamp was part
of a booklet pane of six.
No. 88-20
©1988 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Tom Lydon
