Since there is a lot of excitement about low numbers and the chance of winning one of Bills single digits. I thought this would be interesting to see what the collectors got. We have talked about the low number two digit autoshipments. But I don't think this question has been asked before.

What are your three lowest numbers and what lighthouses (Anchorbay or Fresnel Lense) are they?

My autoship on LE's is flag #23. My Anchor Bay autoship is #15. I don't own any numbers lower than those.

Bob

Pleasure Cruiser "Kim" #9 Signed
HL604 New Point Loma, CA #11 Signed
Tied for third: 99 - #14 Lighthouses and Anchor Bays all signed

#42 Charlotte Genesee
#59 Fourth Order Fresnel
#65 Morris Island Then & Now

Many others below 100 and most of my 235+ collection is below 500

My lowest number that's in my collection is #A0033 and that is on the five pieces that make up the Great Lakes Stamp Set. After that it is Boca Grande at #0050, Seven Foot Knoll at #0054 and Sea Girt at #0081. The majority of my other pieces are in the #00497-#00681 range from my autoship.

I'm not really emphatic about low numbers as long as the pieces are in good shape. I figure if I ever sell my collection, having the whole collection is much more important then having bits and pieces in the low number range. I have had several chances to change dealers with double digit autoship numbers but my dealer takes real good care of me and why should I change just to get a lower number. On top of that as more and more HL dealers drop out I'm automatically coming down in the serial number range. I dropped 100 numbers down to 0497 the 1st of this year. By the time I retire I will probably be down to the 200 range.

Lady Liberty #35
East Brother #129
Chatham #220

I am hoping for Race Point if I win the single digit!

Sea Girt #13
Sevenfoot Knoll #17
Boca Grande #18
Coney Island #32
NPL, NPL mini, Rose Island (reunion), Rose Island (society), Rose Island (mini), Cold Spring Harbor #33

Sankaty #56
Boca Grande #83

Bert

Because I won it from a raffle ticket I bought at the LI Regional event last September...

I am the proud owner of #14 St. Joseph Point, FL HL#289 from the collection of Paul Brady.

My next lowest numbers are:
#27 Hooper Strait (Society Exclusive HL#642)
#62 Hooper Strait (2001 Reunion Exclusive HL#640 and the mini)
#79 Port Isabel,TX HL#147

St. Simons, GA #11 (signed by Tori-Dawn, 1993 (Bill Younger's youngest daughter)
La Jument, France #12
Longships, UK #12

Hooper Strait (640) & Hooper Strait Mini (641) - 29 & 30
Port Isabel (147) - 36
Coney Island (534) - 52 & 56

No double digits, but I have

130 Boon Island
142 Clarks Point
277 Fenwick

Roanoke River - #15
Portland Observatory - #15 (Not really an HL but an HB)

Point Fermin Mini (Not charter member) - #29

Seven Foot Knoll - #36

I have an assortment of double digits I guess. A quick count from my spreadsheet shows me:
#15 - Pensacola
#33 and # 61 - Fort Washington HB
#35 & #36 - Hooper Strait REXA and Mini
#54 - 1
#57 - 3
#58 - 1
#59 - 1
#60 - 1
#61 - 86
#A61 - 13
#62 - 1

My three lowest are:

#51 HL123 Michigan City E. Pier
#61 HL270 Pt. Iroquois, MI.
#67 HL294 Alki Pt. , WA.

I have several of the newer releases from HL 280 on up in the 74 - 79 range, with a few #92's.

I only have one double digit:
Coney Island #83

The next lowest are:
Roanoke River #247
East Brother #252

# 91 HL199 Pigeon Point
# 91 HL236 Old Mission Point
# 91 HL261 New Dungeness

I bought these from someone on the MarketPlace. Maybe they were all from the same person.

I believe somewhere in this mountain of HL's exists:
Pt. Pinos #27
Sharps Island #33
Burrows #47
Castle Hill #59
My autoship is #68

Gold Golden Gate Bridge #15
Rose Island, RI Reunion pair #28

The following 4 are all #58:

Ft. Jefferson, FL
Cape Disappointment, WA
Tillamook Rock, OR
Eldred Rock, AK

My double-digits and double-digit near misses are:

Roanoke River #82
Coney Island #99 (just barely...but it counts)
Rose Island #102
Bald Head #183

If you discount AP's my double digits are:

#16 Michigan City
#28 Coquille Island
#31 Round Island
#43 Yaquina Head
#70 Port Isabel
#73 Sandy Point Shoals & Grand Traverse
#76 West Quoddy & Great Capt.
#78 Cape Hatteras
#93 Marblehead

Old Minots Ledge, MA #13
Sequin, ME #24
Portland Observatory, ME #13
Brant Point, MA #66
Gay Head, MA #69
Colchester Reef, VT #75

Several #80's
Numerous #A13 GLOWS

(I did pass up on a #5 Portland Observatory -Dumb me!) :rolleyes:

Toledo Harbor #45
Cape "Ape" Hatteras Beacon #52

Tom

#12 Cedar Key, FL
#59 Concord Point, MD
#497 Indian River LSS, DE

My three lowest are:

10 Michigan City
11 Seven Foot Knoll
12 Ponce De Leon

#20 Fort Washsington HB
#84 Rigid Hull Inflatable AB

#44 Cape Neddick ME LE
#74 Portland Observatory
#188 Yaquina Head OR (Made in CA)

Ken

My three lowest #'s are:
#12 Bolivar,Tx
#29 Jeffrey's Hook
#42 Cape Florida

Walt

Those are great #'s, Walt, especially the #12.

Bob

Replace my #497 Indian River with #347 Mispillion, DE

This was an interesting topic that hasn't been updated in 6 years.

My lowest are:
#4 Georgetown
#6 Mayport
#7 Drum Point
#9 First Boston Harbor

My lowest is a #1 Coast Guard Rubber Patrol Raft.

Does a negative number count? Just kidding....

I think this topic hasn't been updated for so long as collectors have had multiple opportunities to secure "practically unlimited" numbers of single digit pieces through HL and LHD over the past 3-4 years that the lure of a single digit piece isn't the same as it use to be back when Bill keep them for his own discretion.....

I have a #10 Dry Tortungas, FL.

I think I have only one CA piece. I took it to San Diego with me to have Bill sign and as soon as he saw it and before I could even finish saying "is this a CA piece", he said I know it is. I might have one other, it has a gray bottom but no sticker on the bottom. The best I can do as I really didn't start collection until 2005.

I have several single digit pieces. I think the lowest is #3. The most important one I have is Southeast Light, Block Island, which is #9. Southeast Light was the very first HL I purchased in the Summer of 1994. Purchasing the #9 piece 15 years later made my day.

Bob

I have a #3 Ponce de Leon,and a #3 Hospital Point.

On the OTHER end of the spectrum, my Baltimore light is #26,431 out of 26,748 AND my Cold Spring Harbor is #19,931 out of 20,000. Anybody got one higher?

I have a Harbor Light that has no number.
It's an AP that was never marked.