There are approximately 1800 Harbour Lights dealers. Some are very small - like the gift shop in the basement of the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse.

Some dealers sign up for an "autoship" of each Harbour Lights issue. I don't know how many dealers take autoship, but the total number of pieces they take is about 2,200 pieces.

Early Harbour Lights dealers (those who signed up in 1991, for example) AND which have signed up for autoship receive the lowest numbered pieces. They are pretty well assured of getting the same numbers every time. Dealers farther down on the autoship list may not always get the exact same numbers. Perhaps another dealer above them on the autoship list has closed its doors or decided not to receive every item by autoship. That effect cascades down the list.