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370-E4

370-E4 Fourth Design (A) Vignette background retouched with black wash. Unique (ex-Brazer). A strongly adverse reaction from the Exhibition's backers to a stamp which would emphasize the more frigid aspects of Northern life sent Huston back to his drawing board to prepare a pair of essays which replaced the seal with William H. Seward, the Secretary of State who bought Alaska from the Russians.