O2404

Great Lakes Lighthouses

Marblehead, Lake Erie

Collins Cover Announcement 

GREAT LAKES LIGHTHOUSES

MARBLEHEAD LIGHT - LAKE ERIE

It is a bright sunny Sunday in earlier times and in my "entire" hand-painted cachet it is a day for a family outing. Near the base of the lighthouse, a proud father in tophat surveys his family. Mother holds her bonneted daughter's hand and in the other grasps her pointed parasol. Son is busy flying a four colored kite in the brisk and steady lake wind. The family dog has joined the group and is enjoying the ongoing activity. Off shore, two sailboats seem to be racing along the coast. Nearby looms the picturesque white lighthouse with red trim.

Marblehead is the oldest light still standing on the Great Lakes and it is still in use. Item #02404. $10.75.

Autumn 2022 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 21 O2401 to O2405 — Great Lakes Lighthouses (6/17/95)

This set of five lighthouses sold out quite quickly after I first offered them in 1995. The "entire" hand painted cachets all express a feeling of exhilaration in the great outdoors. For Lake Superior, I did a family of three in a canoe hugging the shoreline. Note the large rising sun, the trio of loons, and the squirrel in the white birch cluster. Split Rock Light is the stamp. For Lake Michigan, a small sailboat navigates the breaking waves. A gull has just caught a minnow, and two more hover overhead. Saint Joseph's is the Light for Lake Huron. I show a freighter passing under the bridge as two white-tailed deer look on. The sky is aglow! Spectacle Reef is the Light for Lake Erie. A family in period dress enjoys kite flying on the windy shore. Two sailboats pass in the distance. Marblehead Light stands nearby. For Lake Ontario I show a raccoon at twilight scavenging the shoreline. The setting sun frames a Great Lakes freighter. If you look closely, you'll see the raccoon's mate peering out of a hollow stump. Thirty Mile Point is the Light stamp.