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RARE 2000 NORMAN D. VAUGHAN SIGNED SERUM 25 RUN COMMEMORATIVE COVER WITH ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGSOffered is an interesting piece of Alaska and dog-mushing history from the 2000 Serum 25 Run reenactment.This original commemorative cover features:* February 27, 2000 Nenana, Alaska USPS postmark
* “Serum 25 Run Station” cachet
* Hand-signed by Norman D. Vaughan
* Personalized inscription “To Beth Adam”
* “Celebrating 75 Years — Serum 25 Run, Nenana to Nome, Alaska — Millennium Expedition”
* Original Snowy Owl 33¢ U.S. postage stamp
* Includes several original newspaper clippings from February 2000 documenting Norman Vaughan and the Serum 25 Run reenactmentThe newspaper articles provide wonderful contemporary documentation of the event, including coverage of 94-year-old Norman Vaughan beginning the approximately 800-mile reenactment of the historic 1925 diphtheria serum run from Nenana to Nome.The clippings have been kept with the signed cover and are included with the sale. This would make an interesting addition to a collection of Alaska history, Iditarod/dog-mushing memorabilia, polar exploration, Norman Vaughan memorabilia, philately, or historical ephemera.
