As it seemed to the organisers of the Alack-Yukon exposition, every previous expositions of note had seen a series of stamps to promote them. Thus they lobbied the Post Office Department and Congress to have a series of stamps dedicated to the Exposition. Their pleas fell on deaf ears and at the last moment the Post Office Department relented, however it would not be a series such as the Columbian Expo The post office would issue just one stamp, a 2¢ stamp

"U.S. Automatic Vending Company stamp pocket Type 2-3,with 1¢ Green (#343) with U.S. Automatic Vending Ty. I separations and two 2¢ Alaska-Yukon imperforates, enclosed within a stamp pocket with ""Patent Applied For"" hand-stamped. The vending machines dispensing stamp pockets were very well received by the public and the novelty was such that orders for the pockets had to be filled quickly. In order to satisfy this demand one roll of the 1¢ Green with U.S.A.V. Co. Ty. I separations was broken-up and put into the pockets. The Type 2 pockets filled with these stamps are among the scarcest of the stamp pocket varieties."

The design vignette is from an engraving by Richie Alexander, based on a contemporary photograph of William H Seward whilst Secretary of State

The Chicago Roulette

C.H. Mekeel private perforation

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