#410 Spectacle Reef Michigan Lighthouse

#410 Spectacle Reef Michigan Commemorative Stamp Series Lighthouse. Released in 1995, it is an open edition but has an individual number of A3234 on the placard in front of the figurine.

It measures approximately 6.5" wide, 4.5" deep and 7' high. It is in excellent condition and comes in the original box and styrofoam packing. Note: the outer sheath is a little shelf worn from storage.

History:

Spectacle Reef Light is a lighthouse 11 miles east of the Straits of Mackinac and is located at the northern end of Lake Huron, Michigan. It was designed and built by Colonel Orlando Metcalfe Poe and Major Godfrey Weitzel,[ and was the most expensive lighthouse ever built on the Great Lakes.

Because of the challenges of building on a shoal, including laying an underwater crib, it is said to be the "most spectacular engineering achievement" in lighthouse construction on Lake Huron. It took four years to build because weather limited work to mostly the summer season. Workers lived in a structure at the site; one of the limiting conditions. It ranks high as an engineering achievement among all the lighthouses built on the Great lakes.

0624160500 3-4 lbs 12x12x9 box