Local Lighthouses Featured On New Stamps

Two new postage stamps feature the Biloxi Lighthouse and the Sand Island Lighthouse (off the coast of Dauphin Island) which were both battered by Hurricane Katrina.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: July 23, 2009

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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service started selling
first-class stamps Thursday with five Gulf of Mexico lighthouses
that withstood hurricanes in 2005.

The 44-cent stamps depict lighthouses in Biloxi, Miss.

Biloxi Lighthouse

and Sand Island, off the coast of Dauphin Island, Alabama, battered by Hurricane Katrina;

Sand Island Lighthouse

Matagorda Island, Texas, and Sabine Pass, La., which withstood Rita; and Fort
Jefferson, Fla., slammed by Wilma.

U.S. Postal Service Governor Katherine C. Tobin spoke at a
ceremony Thursday at the Biloxi lighthouse, which is undergoing
restoration. The 64-foot structure was built in 1848 and damaged by
a 26-foot storm surge in Katrina.

Tobin said in a news release that the Gulf Coast lighthouses
"have been eyewitnesses to the ravages of the Civil War and
withstood devastating storms."

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