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New Stamp Features Texas Lighthouse
A new stamp that’s one of a series that went on sale Thursday features a Texas Gulf Coast lighthouse.
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BILOXI, Miss. (July 23, 2009)--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., and Sand Island, Ala., battered by Hurricane Katrina; 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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