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| FAROIS - BLOCK A |
- Eddystone (England)
- Bell Rock (Scotland) and the image of his builder, Robert Stevenson.
- "Lighthouse by V.G.Shukov, Ukraine 1910" See below (*)
- Cockspur Island (USA)
- Kopu (Estonia)
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| FAROIS - BLOCK B |
-Pigeon Point (USA)
-Cape Palliser (New Zealand) outside the stamp.
(*) About "Lighthouse by V.G.Shukov, Ukraine 1910"
The tower depicted in this stamp was builded by Shukov, but it´s not a lighthouse and never was. This construction was the world first hyperboloid structure and was builded for the All-Russia Industrial and Art Exhibition of 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod. After that, the tower was moved to Polibino, where it is currently.
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| Shukov Tower in Polibino (Russia) Photo by Arssenev |
One lighthouse builded by Shukov located in Ukraine is the Stanislav-Adzhigolsky range, rear. And in 1911 it looked like this:
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