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Boston Harbor Lighthouse - Massachusetts

New England Coastal Lighthouses

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue July 13, 2013
Year 2013
Quantity 16,200,000
Denomination
First-Class Forever Commemorative
Denomination Value $0.46
Perforation or Dimension .98 x 1.56 in./24.89 x 39.62 mm
Series New England Coastal Lighthouses
Series Time Span 2013
Issue Location Portland, ME 04101; New Castle, NH 03854; Narragansett, RI 02883; New London, CT 06320; & Boston, MA 02205
Postal Administration United States

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Pane of 20 (5 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 4,050,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.20
SKU: 471200
Dimension: 5.92 x 7.5 in./150.37 x 190.5 mm
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged, Overall
Layout Number: “S” followed by four (4) single digits
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Press Sheet With Die Cuts

Quantity Produced - 2,500
Original Purchase Price: $55.20
SKU: 471206
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Press Sheet Without Die Cuts

Quantity Produced - 2,500
Original Purchase Price: $55.20
SKU: 471208
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First-day Cover Set of 5

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $4.50
SKU: 471216
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Digital Color Postmark Set of 5

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Original Purchase Price: $8.05
SKU: 471221
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Ceremony Program (random Stamp, Portland, Me Cancel)

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Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 471230
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Keepsake (pane and Digital Color Postmark Set of 5)

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Original Purchase Price: $17.95
SKU: 471210
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Notecards

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Original Purchase Price: $15.95
SKU: 471223
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Original Purchase Price: $0.95
SKU: 471231
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Stamp Deck Card With Digital Color Postmark (random Stamp, Portland, Me Cancel)

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Original Purchase Price: $1.96
SKU: 471232
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About Stamp

Commonly called the Boston Harbor Light, North America’s first true light station, was built in 1716 at the urging of the city's business community. Three years later a cannon — America’s first fog signal — was added to the light station. During the Revolutionary War, as British forces abandoned the area in 1776, they demolished the lighthouse by blowing it up. Boston Harbor Light is also commonly called Boston Light.

A new rubblestone tower, 75-feet tall, replaced the destroyed lighthouse in 1783; it was raised an additional 14 feet in 1859, when its current second-order Fresnel lens was also installed. After large cracks appeared in the east wall in 1809, iron hoops were installed for support; aluminum bands replaced the corroded iron in 1973–74.

The lighthouse was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. Standing on Little Brewster Island within the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreational Area, it was the last lighthouse in the United States to be automated in 1998 and is the only remaining American lighthouse to have a resident keeper employed by the federal government.

About Stamp Series

On July 13, 2013, in Portland, Maine; New Castle, New Hampshire; Narragansett, Rhode Island; New London, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts, the Postal Service™ will issue the New England Coastal Lighthouses (Forever® priced at 46 cents) commemorative First-Class Mail® stamps in five designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide July 13, 2013.

There’s something about lighthouses. They fascinate us; they enchant us; they draw us in. Utilitarian yet majestic, these structures achieve a beauty and romance that reach far beyond their practical natures. Recognizing our love affair with these lonely sentinels, the U.S. Postal Service has released a series of stamps celebrating our nation’s lighthouses.

New England Coastal Lighthouses features five lighthouses: Portland Head, Cape Elizabeth, Maine; Portsmouth Harbor, New Castle, New Hampshire; Point Judith, Narragansett, Rhode Island; New London Harbor, New London, Connecticut; and Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts. Each stamp shows a close-up view of one of the five lighthouses that captures not only the down-to-earth aspect of the tower but also the mysterious qualities that compel us to come closer.

These five lighthouses are among the oldest in the U.S., and each is on the National Register of Historic Places. Boston Harbor Light is also a National Historic Landmark.

Howard Koslow created original paintings for New England Coastal Lighthouses stamp art—and for the entire lighthouse series. Howard E. Paine and Greg Breeding served as art directors.

The New England Coastal Lighthouses stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps.

Colors

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

Creators

Designer: Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA.
Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA.
Typographer: Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA.
Artist: Howard Koslow, Toms River, NJ.
Modeler: Donald Woo.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22365. Copyright: USPS.

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