Maine

Maine was first settled by Algonquian tribes about twelve thousand years ago. About one thousand years ago, Norse people from Greenland settled in the area (see Leif Erikson). In the early 1600s, the area was settled by English. It was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and later part of the state of Massachusetts.

In March 1820, as part of the Missouri Compromise, Maine seceded from Massachusetts and was granted statehood along with Missouri. At that time, the balance of states with slavery could not exceed states without slavery. To admit Missouri, which had slaves, would have given slaveholding states more power in government. As a compromise, Maine was admitted as a state at the same time since it had no slaves, thus maintaining the balance in the U.S. legislature: each state gets two senators in the Senate, and at least one representative in the House. But that’s all history. What’s more interesting is how Maine is now.

Maine is a beautiful state with plenty of forests, wildlife, fresh air and nice people. It’s located on the Atlantic coast by the St. Lawrence Seaway, bordering with Canada by Newfoundland. It has about two-hundred thirty miles of coastline, along with many beaches and rocky waterfronts – and lighthouses. Maine has thousands of islands and it’s known for lobsters and other seafood, as well as blueberries and other crops. I’ve been to Maine a few times. It’s wonderful and the people are among the best in the U.S.

Note

The stamp at the top was issued to commemorate the one-hundred fiftieth anniversary of Maine’s statehood. It shows a lighthouse on the coast. I love lighthouses. I wouldn’t want to live in one, but there’s something neat about them. There’s a line in the Raymond Chandler novel, The Little Sister, in which the main character, Philip Marlowe says he’s Lonely as lighthouses. That resonates with me at times.

Contains 12 spots: own 12 – 12 unused, 0 used.
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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
1.1	✓	1391	Maine Statehood	6c (jul 1970) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	1392	Wildlife Conservation Buffalo	6c (jul 1970) comm., black
2.2	✓	1406	Suffragettes	6c (aug 1970) comm., blue
2.3	✓	1407	South Carolina Statehood	6c (sep 1970) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	1408	Stone Mountain Memorial	6c (sep 1970) comm., grey black
3.2	✓	1419	United Nations	6c (nov 1970) comm., multicolor
3.3	✓	1409	Great Northwest Fort Snelling	6c (oct 1970) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	1405	Edgar Lee Masters	6c (aug 1970) comm., black & olive bistre
4.2	✓	1421	Disabled Veterans	6c (nov 1970) comm., multicolor
4.3	✓	1422	Honor U.S. Servicemen	6c (nov 1970) comm., multicolor
4.4	✓	1420	Mayflower & Pilgrims	6c (nov 1970) comm., multicolor
5.1	✓	1414	Nativity Lorenzo Lotto	6c (nov 1970) comm., multicolor

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.
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