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Stamps honor explorer Cook with dual 13-cent issues
The U S Postal Service will issue two 13 cent commemorative stamps to honor Captain James Cook with simultaneous First Day events in Honolulu and Anchorage on January 20 1978. One stamp features Cook in a vertical portrait and Alaska 1778 while the other shows his ships the Resolution and Discovery off Hawaii.
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