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JACK LONDON
First Day of Issue: May 3, 1988
First Issue Location: San Francisco, California
Survival, and basic instincts for freedom and power drove
Jack London to success as a writer. In 1897, London was
just 21 years old when he heard of a Gold Rush in the
Klondike region of the Yukon Territory in Canada. There,
in the frozen isolation, he found the challenges of survival
and the basic driving forces of men and animals. Out of
that experience, London drew portraits of men locked in
deadly struggles and domestic dogs forced back to the
brutality of nature. His most famous work, The Call of the
Wild, was written in 1903. The classic story shows the
effects of circumstance and environment. Vividly portray-
ing the need for freedom and power, in situations re-
moved from societal control, London made statements
about society and the nature of man. Jack London is cele-
brated as one of America's greatest adventure writers, and
is honored on the stamp on this Maximum Card. The
was reissued during the rate change of 1988. This stamp
comes from the booklet pane of ten.
No. 88-21
©1988 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Tom Lydon
