Tuesday 15 February 2011

USA: 1-3

This card was a private trade with Choke and shows some of the 149 lighthouses in Michigan. The stamp shows the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming and was released on the 28th June 2009.

Cheboygan Crib Light: This is called a light instead of a lighthouse because it was never occupied by a keeper. It was built in 1884 on the lake Huron.
New Presque Isle Light: This was built in 1870 and replaced the Old Presque Isle Light which is also shown on this card.
Fort Gratiot Light: This was the very first lighthouse that was built in Michgan, in 1829.
Old Presque Isle Light: This was built in 1840 and is now a museum.
Sturgeon Point Light: This was built in 1869.
Tawas Point Light: This was built in 1875.


This card is US-640760 and shows a map of Kansas; it shows that the State Bird is a Western Meadowlark, the State Tree is Cottonwood and the State Flower is the Native Sunflower. Kansas is known officially as The Sunflower State but also as The Wheat State. The stamp is the same as above.



This card is US-622229 and shows an old aerial view of the athletic facilities in Auburn University, Alabama but apparently a lot of the parking shown has new buildings on it. The University was established in 1856 and originally it was called the East Alabama Male College and the first building was destroyed by a fire in 1887. It gained university status in 1960 and changed to its current name. Currently it has over 25,000 students. A famous alunmi is Toni Tennille from the band The Captain and Tennille. The stamp is the same as above.


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