>> Click to enlarge << Montauk Point Lighthouse. Photo by: Ron Foster

Long Island, New York’s Montauk Point Lighthouse celebrated its 225th Anniversary with a special Postal Service stamp cancellation that was used in conjunction with the release of the new postage stamp that honors the 1796 lighthouse.

>> Click to enlarge << The envelope with the Montauk Point Lighthouse ... Photo by: Mia Certic

As well as Montauk Point Lighthouse, the set of five new Mid-Atlantic lighthouse postage stamps are: Maryland’s Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, Pennsylvania’s Erie Harbor Pierhead Lighthouse, New Jersey’s Twin Lights of Navesink, and Delaware’s Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse.

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Montauk Point Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in New York State, and the fourth oldest active lighthouse in the United States. The Montauk Historical Society operates a first-class museum at the site that is packed with a great collection of maritime and lighthouse items.

>> Click to enlarge << U.S. Postal Service exhibit sales tent at Montauk ... Photo by: Mia Certic

The postage stamps, which are sold as a pane of 20 stamps with four rows of the five lighthouses, were officially released on Saturday, August 7, which is National Lighthouse Day.

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