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Lighthouses along the Gulf Coast are subject to a unique set of conditions which make their survival difficult. The ground along much of the coast is quite moist, even swampy which makes finding a solid foundation difficult.
'Some of my topical interests are horses, dogs, ducks (including Federal duck stamps), lighthouses, carousels, teddy bears (including Winnie-The-Pooh), love stamps, and anything dealing with West Point, Pennsylvania or Hawaii.
37¢ Southeastern Lighthouses, five stamps in pane of 20
06/13/03
3787 Old Cape Henry, VA
3788 Cape Lookout, NC
3788a Cape Lookout, w/dropped "37USA"
3789 Morris Island, SC
3790 Tybee Island, GA
3791 Hillsboro Inlet, FL
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Cameron, Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario from 1888-1896, recommended an international pigeon service for marine search and rescue and military service. A pigeon post between look-out stations at lighthouses on ...
In New Zealand, life insurance was provided by a government-owned company. The life insurance stamps were for use in franking the life insurance company's mail. The company's symbol was a lighthouse, and lighthouses figure in the design of all life ...
Before long these stamps were issued to raise funds for the Red Cross, invalided soldiers, poor children, war orphans, restoration of cathedrals, the building of national monuments and lighthouses and even to help eradicate a grasshopper plague.
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