US Stamp #3235 - 1998 32¢ Klondike Gold Rush, EzGrade™ VG/F, MNH, OG

Description: US Stamp #3206 - 1998 32¢ Wisconsin Statehood, EzGrade™ VG/F (Very Good/Fine), MNH (Mint Never Hinged) OG (Original Gum) EzGrade™ VG/F (Very Good/Fine) New Condition. MNH (Mint Never Hinged). This comes with a Certificate of Measurement & Grading from EzGrade.™ View Photo for details on stamps. I have listed photos of the exact stamps you should receive, both Front and Back. Series: Gold Rush Face value: 32 ¢ - United States centIssue Date: August 21, 1998City Issued: Nome, AKEmission: CommemorativePrint run: 28,000,000Printed by: Sterling Sommer for Ashton-Potter (USA) LtdMethod: LithographedPerforation: 11Color: Multi-Color Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the peak of the Klondike (Alaska) Gold Rush. 1998 marked the 100th anniversary of the peak of the Klondike Gold Rush. Although gold was discovered in this region two years earlier, more than 60,000 people rushed to Alaska and Canada in search of their fortune in 1898. Klondike Gold Rush On August 16, 1896, gold was discovered in the Klondike region of the Yukon in northwestern Canada. The indigenous people in the area had long known of the existence of gold in the region, but they didn’t use it and didn’t search for it. When Russians and members of the Hudson’s Bay Company came to the area, they heard the rumors of gold but opted to focus on fur trading instead, because it provided quicker profits. It wasn’t until the mid-to-late 1800s that American prospectors began to explore the area in search of gold. They established the Chilkoot and White Pass routes and reached the Yukon valley in 1870. Gold was found along the Yukon River in 1883 and in the Fortymile River in 1886. Also in 1886, small amounts of gold were unearthed in the Klondike River, but no claims were made. By the late 1880s, there were several hundred miners combing the Yukon valley in search of gold. With them came the establishment of mining camps and small towns, though some were large enough to include saloons, opera houses, schools, and libraries. Between July and November 1898, the US mints in Seattle and San Francisco received $10 million in Klondike gold; in 1899, $16 million; and in 1900, $22 million. Over the next 50 years, the region produced $500 million dollars worth of gold. By 1900, the frenzied gold rush had ended. The construction of a railroad allowed large mining companies to take over, and most prospectors moved on to gold rushes in other states.

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