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 (USPS) The five lighthouses featured on the stamps are some of the few that remain standing on the Gulf Coast.
New Stamps Celebrate Lighthouses and American Treasures
JANUARY 03, 2009USPS The popular lighthouse stamps series continues to shine with the issuance of Gulf Coast Lighthouses next summer. Featuring paintings by artist Howard Koslow of Toms River, NJ, the five stamps depict the lighthouses of Matagorda Island, near Port O’Connor, TX; Sabine Pass, near Sabine Pass, LA; Biloxi, in Biloxi, MS; Sand Island, near the entrance to Mobile Bay in Mobile, AL; and, Fort Jefferson (also known as Garden Key Lighthouse), nearly 70 miles west of Key West, FL, in Dry Tortugas Park.
Known as “hurricane alley,” the Gulf Coast weathers many powerful storms each year, including Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the region in 2005. In addition, the land along the coast is swampy and marshy in many places and given to erosion, making it doubly difficult for lighthouses to withstand heavy rains and winds. The five lighthouses featured on the stamps are some of the few that remain standing. American Treasures: Edward Hopper
A sunlit painting by Edward Hopper is showcased in this ninth entry in the American Treasures series. The Long Leg, painted in oil on canvas around 1930, depicts a boat sailing against the wind near Provincetown, MA. The Long Leg is in the collection of the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, CA. Art director Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, cropped the painting for use in the stamp art.
The American Treasures series was inaugurated in 2001. It is intended to exhibit beautiful works of American fine art and crafts. The stamp will be dedicated Aug. 6 at the American Philatelic Society Stamp Show in Pittsburgh, PA.More stories about stamps:
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