United States of America 2009 Gulf Coast Lighthouses

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue date: 23rd July 2009
  • five values, and postal stationery postcards and envelopes
  • Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd (stamps)
  • Print process: lithography
  • stamp format height 40mm x width 25mm
  • Perforations: 10.75 x 10.75
  • Format : self adhesive sheet of 20 of 5 designs

Lighthouses of the Gulf Coast


44c ~ Matagorda Island, off Port O'Connor, Texas (first lit 1873) with birds and flowers
44c ~ Sabine Pass, Louisiana (first lit 1856), with western great egret, Ardea alba
44c ~ Biloxi, Mississippi (first lit 1848), with sailing ships
44c ~ Sand Island, Alabama (first lit 1873)
44c ~ Fort Jefferson, Florida (constructed atop a fort in the Florida Keys, first lit 1876). Now within Dry Tortugas National Park

sheet stamps

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Sheetlet of 20 stamps

  • four rows of five designs, staggered arrangement
lighthouses full sheet of 20

Postal Stationery Postcards

  • each with imprinted stamp at 28c. Sold in glue-bound booklet of 20 cards, at premium price of $14.95
postcards 28c (details)
letter sheet 44c (sample design)

Lettersheets

  • illustrated sheets with imprinted 44c stamp. Cut to shape of illustration at top. Sold in a pack of 10 sheets (five each design) at premium price of $15.95
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