Lighthouses
The set of booklet stamps on the second row show lighthouses along the U.S. coast, along the Pacific and the Atlantic coastlines.
The Admiralty Head Light is a lighthouse located on Whidbey Island in Washington along an inlet leading to Puget Sound. It was restored in recent years, although it was deactivated in 1922. Thereìs another lighthouse, the Point Wilson Light about four miles away. That one is still active.
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is located on the North Carolina coast on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks, which are barrier islands that separate the inlets from the Atlantic Ocean. It has a black and white swirl pattern, similar to a classicc barber pole. It’s the tallest lighthouse in the U.S. at two-hundred ten feet.
The West Quoddy Head Light is located in Lubec, Maine at the most eastern part of mainland U.S., across from the border of Canada along the Atlantic. As you can see in the stamp, it’s painted with red and white strips. I like when they use colors other than white or black.
The American Shoal Light is located near the Saddlebunch Keys, one of the Keys at the southern tip of Florida. It’s a wrought iron structure on pilons to mark where low waters, shoals are located – where there’s a coral reef. It was deactivated in 2015 – perhaps because we have GPS now.
Sandy Hook Light is located at the tip of Sandy Hook in New Jersey. Built in 1764, it’s the oldest active lighthouse in the U.S. Because littoral drift, the accumulation of sediment on a coast, the lighthouse is now over a mile inland. Maybe one day they’re move it closer to the coast.
Note
I’ve said it elsewhere on this site, but I’ll say it again: I like lighthouses. I’m not sure why. There’s something fascinating and eerie about them. I certainly wouldn’t want to live in one, although spending a few days in one might be interesting. Some lighthouses accept volunteers. There’s one by Monterey in California that has marine biology interns and others that help run and maintain the place. I wish I had done an internship when I was in my twenties. That would be neat and make for good memories and stories.
There’s another set of stamps showing lighthouses on the Great Lakes. See the Great Lake Lighthouses page.
Contains 13 spots: own 13 – 13 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed Jul 24, 2025
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 |
Sea Life
✓ |
2508 |
25c (oct 1990) |
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✓ |
2509 |
25c (oct 1990) |
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✓ |
2510 |
25c (oct 1990) |
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✓ |
2511 |
25c (oct 1990) |
Lighthouses
✓ |
2470 |
Admiralty Head |
25c (apr 1990) |
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✓ |
2471 |
Cape Hatteras |
25c (apr 1990) |
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✓ |
2472 |
West Quoddy Head |
25c (apr 1990) |
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✓ |
2473 |
American Shoals |
25c (apr 1990) |
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✓ |
2474 |
Sandy Hook |
25c (apr 1990) |
Movies & Movie Stars
✓ |
2445 |
The Wizard of Oz |
25c (mar 1990) |
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✓ |
2446 |
Gone with the Wind |
25c (mar 1990) |
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✓ |
2447 |
Beau Geste |
25c (mar 1990) |
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✓ |
2448 |
Stagecoach |
25c (mar 1990) |
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.
