There are twelve levels of accomplishment in the U.S. Lighthouse Society Passport Program, with a special honor for submitting a book with only lighthouse stamps (All Stamp Flag). Each level is reached by completing 60 entries in a passport book and then emailing scanned pages or photos of each page to the USLHS for verification at passportclub@uslhs.org. Do not mail your passport or scanned/photos to the Society office. Patches are available for the first eleven levels. The twelfth level, Pharos of Alexandria, is a special designation for those who have completed more than eleven passports. See program Goals and Guidelines for more details about acceptable entries (i.e. stamps or photos) and guidelines for submitting completed passports.
Patches are free to Passport Level Members and once your passport is verified, they are mailed to you along with a certificate of completion. If you are not a member, the cost is $5 for each patch and you will receive instructions as to where you can purchase the patch.
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Achievement Levels
60 Entries (1 Passport) Upon completing your 1st Passport, you will be awarded the
I Have Seen the Light patch
In addition you will receive your choice of bumper/luggage sticker - Choose from "I Love Lighthouses" or "I Brake for Lighthouses."
120 Entries (2 Passports): Upon completing your 2nd Passport, you will be awarded the
Silver Star patch
180 Entries (3 Passports): Upon completing your 3rd Passport, you will be awarded the
Gold Star patch
240 Entries (4 Passports): Upon completing your 4th Passport, you will be awarded the
Platinum Circle patch
300 Entries (5 Passports): Upon completing your 5th Passport, you will be awarded a gray wing patch to be placed around your Platinum Circle badge.
1st wing
360 Entries (6 Passports): Upon completing your 6th Passport, you will be awarded a red wing patch to be placed around your Platinum Circle badge.
2nd Wing
420 Entries (7 Passports): Upon completing your 7th Passport, you will be awarded a blue wing patch to be placed around your Platinum Circle badge.
3rd Wing
480 Entries (8 Passports): Upon completing your 8th Passport, you will be awarded the Diamond Circle patch.
Diamond Circle patch
540 Entries (9 Passports): Upon completing your 9th Passport, you will be awarded a purple wing patch to be placed around your Diamond Circle badge.
4th Wing
600 Entries (10 Passports): Upon completing your 10th Passport, you will be awarded a teal wing patch to be placed around your Diamond Circle badge.
5th Wing
660 Entries (11 Passports): Upon completing your 11th Passport, you will be awarded a green wing patch to be placed around your Diamond Circle badge.
6th Wing
More than 660 Passport entries - Pharos of Alexandria
Anyone who completes more than 11 passports and 660 entries receives the "Pharos of Alexandria" designation on our Hall of Fame webpage. If all of the passports contain only stamps, the collector receives a Stamp Only Flag for each one in excess of 11. This goal might appear challenging, but there are currently over 900 locations with at least one stamp. In addition, many stamps have been redesigned, USLHS tours provide hundreds more stamps, and a lot of locations have multiple stamps for the same lighthouse.
Stamp Only Passport Books
The highest level of achievement for the Lighthouse Passport Program is to fill your book with only official stamps. When this type of passport is verified, the Passport Program member will not only receive their appropriate badge, but also a commemorative custom patch resembling the Lighthouse Service flag.
Sample pages from "Stamp Only" Passport Book
