5621 - 2021 First-Class Forever Stamp - Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses: Montauk Point Lighthouse, New York - Mystic Stamp Company
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5621 - 2021 First-Class Forever Stamp - Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses: Montauk Point Lighthouse, New York - Mystic Stamp Company
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