Harbour Lights Lighthouse - St Simons, GA #137

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This is HL # 137,Issued in January 1993, #1373 of 5500, part of the Southeast Region. Original price $73.00. This piece was retired 1/16/1995 It is 7" x 5 ". It is in great condition, no cracks or chips. Comes with its COA and a blank registration card. Does Not have the original box. There is a sticker on the bottom of this light (see picture) "AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNER Collector Editions 1993" **As were many of our Southern lights, the original lighthouse at St Simons was destroyed during the Civil War, in an effort to keep it from the Union forces. After the war, a new 100 foot tower was erected and put into service in 1872, employing a 3rd order Fresnel lens. St Simons is best known for an emotional duel fought there in 1880, between the head keeper and his assistant. The details of the scandal will be discreetly dismissed here, as propriety demands, however, it is the sad fact that Keeper Fred Osborn lost his life in this fight....To make strange matters worse, 27 years after that duel was fought, the current keeper's wife was busily preparing dinner, when she heard her husband descending the tower stairs. She rushed to place his plate on the table, only to find, after waiting his arrival for some time, that he was still servicing the lens, up in the lantern room! Ever since that time, phantom footsteps have been heard in read more

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