St. Augustine’s historic Castillo de San Marcos has become a priority at the U.S. Postal Service, literally.
Beginning Jan. 24, a Priority Mail stamp bearing a stylized image of the 349-year-old fort on the Matanzas River will go on sale at post offices across the country.
Part of a trio of new stamps to announce the Post Office’s 2021 price changes, the image of the Spanish fort at 1 S. Castillo Drive is also joined by a set of 36-cent postcard stamps called “Barns,” as well as a 20-cent stamp used for each added ounce of weight called “Brush Rabbit.”
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The Castillo was built by the Spanish to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route, and is the oldest masonry fortress in the United States, according to the National Park Service. It is also one of only two fortifications in the world built out of coquina, a limestone naturally formed as ancient seashells bond together underwater. The other is Fort Matanzas National Monument just 14 miles away.
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