Item #: HL405 Introduced: 1997 Material: Cold Cast Dimensions: 6'' x 6.5'' Description: The item number is the same as the original Open Edition issue of Cape Lookout, converted to Limited Edition HL175 on 2/27/96.Winner of the 1997 Collectors Information Bureau "Best of Show" honors as "Best New Lighthouse."
Item # HL217 Iron framework surrounds rounded column of the light tower. Large double keeper's dwelling is white clapboard with a red roof.
Item # HL218 White tower just rises above the ridge of the mansard roof of the two-story keeper's dwelling.
Item # HL413 This piece is part of the HL400-the Stamp Series- which was limited to the first 5,000 of each lighthouse and includes the 1st day cancellation stamp card. After the Stamp Set retired on 6/1/97, Marblehead continued as an Open Edition.
Item # HL414 Stock number is the same as the original Open Edition issue of Thirty Mile Point which was converted to HL184 on 2/27/96.
Item # HL415 Although not yet considered a historic lighthouse, Hilton Head is an important beacon in that it is seen and remembered by hundreds of thousands of people that visit the lovely area known as Hilton Head, South Carolina. Sailors from all over the world look for its light marking the tranquil waters of Harbortown. It's unusual tower shape, distinguished by wide bands of red and white makes a distinctive day mark for sailors and lubbers alike.
Item # HL416 As were many of the Southern lights, the original lighthouse at St. Simons was destroyed during the Civil War, in an effort to keep it from the Union forces. After the war, a new 100 foot tower was erected and put into service in 1872, employing a 3rd order Fresnel lens.
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