Hobbies And Interests
Lighthouses
The premiere release of the 1990 Lighthouses was apart of a series of stamp commemorating the U.S. Coast Guard bicentennial and the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The 24-cent 1990 Lighthouses represented one lighthouse from each of the main coastal regions in the United States. In addition, the 1990 Lighthouse is smaller than the proceeding lighthouse series. It featured the Admiralty Head lighthouse in Washington, the Cape Hatteras lighthouse in North Carolina, the West Quoddy Head lighthouse in Maine, the American Shoals lighthouse in Florida and the Sandy Hook lighthouse in New Jersey.
Great Lakes Lighthouses Series
The Postal Service issued the Great Lakes lighthouses in 1995. It is a series of five different 32-cent lighthouses including the Split Rock lighthouse near Lake Superior, the Spectacle Reef near Lake Huron, the St. Joseph lighthouse near Lake Michigan, the Thirty Mile Point near Lake Ontario and the Marblehead lighthouse near Lake Erie. The Great Lakes Lighthouse Series focused on a particular region and depicted one lighthouse for each of the five Great Lakes, Additionally, the stamps provided the traditional water-activated adhesive.
Southeastern Lighthouses
The U.S. Postal Service issued the 37-cent Southeastern Lighthouse Series in 2003. The series featured the Old Cape Henry lighthouse in Virginia, the Cape Lookout lighthouse in North Carolina, the Morris Island lighthouse in South Carolina, the Tybee Island lighthouse in Georgia and the Hillsboro Inlet lighthouse in Florida. It was the first lighthouse series with pressure-sensitive adhesive. The U.S. Postal Service printed the stamps as a pane of 20. Additionally, retouching an incorrect placed door on a lighthouse caused a small type misalignment on the Cape Lookout stamp.
Pacific Lighthouses
In 2007, theUSPS issued the 41-cent Pacific Lighthouses as a 20-stamp pane. The series displays the Diamond Head lighthouse in Hawaii, the Five Fingers lighthouse in, Alaska, the Gray's Harbor lighthouse in Washington, the St. George lighthouse in California and the Washington lighthouse along the Umpqua River. Additionally, the series traces the curve of lighthouses situated near Hawaii to Alaska and along the West Coast.
Gulf Coast Lighthouses
The Gulf Coast Lighthouses depicts an area damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Postal Service issued the 44-cent Gulf Coast Lighthouse Series as a 20-stamp pane in 2009. The lighthouses illustrated include the Matagorda Island lighthouse in Texas, the Sabine Pass lighthouse in Louisiana, the Biloxi lighthouse in Mississippi, the Sand Island lighthouse in Alabama and the Fort Jefferson lighthouse in Florida.