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41c St. George Reef Lighthouse single

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Description
On June 21, 2007, in Westport, Washington, the Postal Service issued the 41-cent Pacific Lighthouses commemorative stamps in five designs. Howard E. Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, designed the stamps.
The 2007 issuance of the Pacific Lighthouses stamps features artwork by Howard Koslow of Toms River, New Jersey, of the following five Pacific lighthouses: Diamond Head, Hawaii; Five Finger, Alaska; Grays Harbor, Washington; Umpqua River, Oregon; and St. George Reef, California. Each stamp features an original acrylic painting by Koslow based on recent photographs of the lighthouses.
Avery Dennison produced 175 million gravure stamps.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (May 24, 2007).
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Date
June 21, 2007
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
Type
Postage Stamps
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