Sea Shells
The set of stamps from a booklet on this page shows sea shells from the U.S. coast, from the Atlantic and the Pacific.
The first one is of the Frilled Dogwinkle. Their shells are found on the Pacific coast from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, all the way to the coast of central California.
The second one, the Reticulated Helmet shell belongs to a type of sea snail. Their shells are found along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to the southern end of Florida and on the Brazilian coast. They’re also found in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
The New England Neptune is a large sea snail found all along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. And it can be found oddly on the Alaska coast in the Pacific. Incidentally, it’s the official sea shell of Massachusetts. I’m not sure, though, why a state needs to designate a shell as their favorite.
The Atlantic Calico Scallop is a mollusk that’s found along the U.S. Atlantic coast, from Delaware to the end of Florid – and also on Brazil’s east coast.
The Lightning Whelk is a predatory snail that eats clams, mussels, oysters, and other mollusks. Their shells can be found along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the U.S. Besides earing the snail, the shells were used be indigenous people as pick ax on the pointed end, and as a hammer on the blunt end. They also used the empty shell as a cup for drinking, much like Vikings used animal horns.
Note
Recently, I managed to get the last two stamps on this page, the express mail stamps. For years, I had the Scott 2122 used. About ten months ago I bought an unused replacement for it. Then I felt taunted by the one missing stamp, Scott 2122b. No one on-line seem to have it.
Five months ago I found a copy of the missing stamp for sale in the U.S. and bought it. The vendor took a few weeks to mail it to me because he was on vacation and there was the Thanksgiving holiday in the middle of that period. A couple of weeks after he mailed it, though, the envelop was returned as undeliverable – he sent me a scanned image of it. He had the right address, including the country (i.e., Italy), but there was no indication it had ever left the U.S. I asked him to try again. About eight weeks later I recived it.
It’s somewhat satisfying to be done with this less than pleasing looking page – it’s arranged seemingly haphazrdly – I no longer have to keep revisiting it now that it’s complete.
Contains 11 spots: own 11 – 11 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Mar 21, 2026
Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
2111 |
D (feb 1985) |
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✓ |
2113 |
D (feb 1985) |
Flag Series
✓ |
2116 |
22c (mar 1985) |
Sea Shells, Coral & Coral Reefs
✓ |
2117 |
22c (apr 1985) |
|||
✓ |
2118 |
22c (apr 1985) |
|||
✓ |
2119 |
22c (apr 1985) |
|||
✓ |
2120 |
22c (apr 1985) |
|||
✓ |
2121 |
22c (apr 1985) |
Express Mail
✓ |
2122 |
$10.75 (apr 1985) |
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✓ |
2122b |
$10.75 (jun 1989) |
Love & Greetings
✓ |
2143 |
22c (apr 1985) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.
