Boat #239, American Shoals Florida and West Quoddy Head Maine

Another lighthouse (with a bonus Coast Guard boat) from the same set as yesterday's close up of the Hatteras lighthouse.

And also, this classic candy stripe lighthouse from West Quoddy Head, Maine.

Boat #240, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina - Lighthouse Week

A nice little scene from Cape Hatteras National Seashore. There are actually two more stamps in this block that I'm missing. Luckily, the Lighthouse Stamp Society (yes, that is a real thing) has every lighthouse stamp ever printed up on their website. Here is the link to the complete stamp block:

http://www.lighthousestampsociety.org/webstamps/uns1448.jpg

As I was lighthouse hunting this week I came across this view of the Hatteras lighthouse too:
There'll be more from this stamp set tomorrow.

Boat #241, Jersey - Announcing the Commencement of Lighthouse Week

All this week, in addition to the usual boats, we'll be visiting lighthouses of the world. Enjoy!

Boat #242, Norway

Boat #243, Romania

Boat #244, Cuba

Cuba. Or, as Erin says, The Repooblica of Coobica.

Boat #245, St. Pierre and Miquelon

St. Pierre and Miquelon is a group of small islands off the coast of Newfoundland. The territory is the last remnant of the former colonial empire of New France that is still under French control.

Boat #246, Brazil

Boat #247, Denmark

Boat #248, The Republic of Guinea (With Bonus Lighthouse)

Perhaps we'll have a week soon where each boat comes with a bonus lighthouse stamp. That sounds fun, eh?

Boat #249, Greece

Boat #250, Another Day in Iceland

Maybe because of all the heat and humidity we've had to endure in Michigan this summer, a second day in Iceland just feels right.

Boat #251, Iceland

Boat #252, Penrhyn - Northern Cook Islands

The Cook Islands are made up of 15 small islands, 9 in a southern group and 6 in a northern group. This stamp comes from a nice 15 part set in which each stamp is dedicated to a different island—in this case, Penrhyn.

Boat #253, Nauru

Don't know anything about Nauru? Check out this excellent episode from the This American Life archive at:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/253/The-Middle-of-Nowhere

This is from their teaser:

Nauru is a tiny island, population 12,000, a third of the size of Manhattan and far from anywhere: yet at the center of several of the decade's biggest global events. Contributing editor Jack Hitt tells the untold story of this dot in the middle of the Pacific and its involvement in the bankrupting of the Russian economy, global terrorism, North Korean defectors, the end of the world, and the late 1980s theatrical flop of a London musical based on the life of Leonardo da Vinci called Leonardo, A Portrait of Love. (30 minutes)

Boat #254, Sculling Will Make You Hungary

Boat #255, South Korea

Boat #256, Uruguay

It amazes me sometimes how a little stamp like this, issued over 100 years ago, can survive in such great shape.

Boat #257, Nevis

Nice hat Nelson.

Boat #258, Japan

A little boat carrying a lot of stuff.

Boat #259, The USS Missouri Takes a Victory Lap, Passes Through Turkey

Boat #260, Pitcairn Islands

Boat #261, Papua New Guinea (and coffee!)

Not only does Papua New Guinea make great boat stamps, they also produce some great coffees. The best of the best is roasted right here in Ann Arbor by coffee guru Allen Leibowitz of Zingerman's Coffee Company. Feeling impulsive? Buy some great beans at: http://www.zingermanscoffee.com/our-coffees/zingermans-papua-new-guinea/

Boat #262, New Caledonia

Boat #263, Nigeria

Boat #264, France

Boat #265, Shipwrecked off the coast of Belize (our 100th Boat!)

Boat #266, Sierra Leone

Boat #267, China

Not only does this stamp come with a handsome cancellation, it also features a bonus train, plane, and truck. What a deal!

Boat #268, Senegal

Boat #269, Mozambique

A simple stamp, but one of my all time favorite nonetheless...

Boat #270, Romania

Boat #271, Venezuela

Boat #272, Dubai

Boat #273, Togo

Boat #274, South Africa

Boat #275, San Marino

Today is my birthday. Happy birthday me!

Boat #276, Canada

The Nonsuch sailed the first trading voyage for what would become the Hudson's Bay Company—North America's first corporation.

Boat #277, Colombia

Boat #278, Japan

Boat #279, Cyprus

Boat #280, Christmas (in July) Island

Boat #281, Argentina

Boat #282, São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe is a Portuguese speaking island nation off the coast of equatorial West Africa. I'm not sure if Leif had a chance to visit, but if he did he may have found the beard to be a bit much for the climate.

Philip

Boat #283, Grenada

Boat #284, George Washington crossing the Delaware in Equatorial Guinea

You know what George? A real man would probably help paddle.

Boat #285, Iraq

Boat #286, New Zealand

Boat #287, Comoro Islands

There are certain stamps that I don't pay much attention to until I happen to scan them and see them enlarged on the computer screen. This is one of those stamps. I love the patchwork sails especially.

Philip