20120416 - CUBA

Release Date: April 16, 2012
Postal Authority: ECC - Empresa de Correos de Cuba
Title: 20 Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Cuba and Azerbaiyán
Format: 1 stamps
Sheets of: 24 stamps
Currency: Cuban Peso (code CUP)
Facial: 75  (0.75 cuban peso)
Lighthouse: Qiz Qalasi (Maiden Tower). Azerbaiján.



Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue.

20120531 - CROATIA

Release Date: May 31, 2012
Postal Authority: Hrvatska pošta
Title: Lighthouses 2012
Format: Serie of 3 stamps
Sheets of: 10 stamps
Design: O. Franković (Zagreb)
Photos: Andrew Carli (Split)
Paper: white, 102 g., gummed (selfadhesive: white, wood-free, 181 g)
Printing Method: Offset Multicolor
Printed by: "Zrinski" - Čakovec
Quantity: 100000 series


Stamps:
Currency: Kuna (code HRK)
Dimensions (mm): 48,28 x 29,82
Perforation: 14

 Sveti Petar
Facial: 3.10

Sveti Nikola
Facial: 7.10

Pokonji dol
Facial: 7.10

RELATED MATERIAL:

Complete Sheets

 First Day Cover



Thanks Jaap for the images.

20111028 - SRI LANKA

A new discovery from last year...

Release Date: October 28, 2011
Postal Authority: Sri Lanka Post
Title: Vintage & Classis Cars of Sri Lanka - National Stamp Exhibition
Format: Block with 4 stamps
Value of the block: Rs. 40,00 (Sri Lanka Rupee - LKR)
Printed by: Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka


Lighthouse:

Colombo Clock Tower

Extra Material: This block can be found also with the logo of LANKA PHILEX 2011. Bottom left of the block.

Thank you very much Ravi, from Sri Lanka for the alert on this issue.

20120713 - JAPAN

Release Date: July 13, 2012
Postal Authority: JP Post
Title: 60th Anniversary of Enforcement of the Local Autonomy Law -  Kanagawa
Format: Block with 5 stamps
Dimensions (mm): 93,5 x 175
Designer: Maruyama Satoshi
Printing Process: Rotogravure in 6 colours
Quantity printed: 2.000.000

Stamp

Facial: 80 (Yen - JPY)
Dimensions (mm): 30 x 36
Photo: Miura-Shi
Lighthouse: Joga-shima

Bonus Lighthouse

The photo used for the background of the block is fantastic. It shows the coast of Shonan,  the Fujiyama, and the Enoshima island.  At the center of the island is visible the figure of Eno-shima Lighthouse.

http://www.enoden.co.jp/flangu/e7.htm

http://www.post.japanpost.jp/kitte_hagaki/stamp/furusato/2012/h240713_f.html 

20100504 - CUBA

2 new issues from CUBA, but from the year 2010.  Sooner or later always appear some new stamp, and of course they are very welcome.

Release Date: May 04, 2010

Postal Authority: ECC - Empresa de Correos de Cuba

Title: FIT Cuba 2010 - International Tourism Fair 2010

Format: 6 stamps + 1 block

Currency: Cuban Peso (CUP)

Lighthouse: The logo of the fair is a stylized lighthouse, inspirated in Castillo del Morro.  This logo is present in the six stamps of the set and in the block.

Originally this logo looked different. And the image of the lighthouse was more accurate. 

But in 1995, when the fair changed his name from Cubatur to FITCuba, the logo also changed.  The graphic designer Hubert Delestre was in charge of the redesign.  The new and modern logo shows now an stylized version of the lighthouse.

http://www.fitcuba.com/fitcubanuevo/

Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue

20100629 - CUBA

Release Date: June 29, 2010

Postal Authority: ECC - Empresa de Correos de Cuba

Title: Popular Dances

Format: 6 stamps + 1 block

Stamp with Lighthouse

Facial: 45 (0.45 Pesos - CUP)

Dance: SON

Lighthouse: Castillo del Morro

How to dance the SON?  Watch this, it´s easy...

Thanks to Jorge (from Argentina, now in Canada),  for this discovery.

20120424 - CHILE

Release Date: April 24, 2012
Postal Authority: Correos Chile
Title: Carabineros de Chile - 85 years
Format: 2 stamps se-tenant
Sheets of: 40 stamps (20 series)
Design: Roberto Sepúlveda Bustos
Paper:  Semi-brilliant - 90g/m2
Printing Process: Offset with 4 colours
Printed by: Casa de Moneda de Chile SA
Quantity: 60000 (30000 series)

Stamp

Facial: $ 310 (Peso - CLP)

Dimensions (mm): 48 x 30

Perforation: 13 1/2

Lighthouse: Monumental La Serena

Chile Correos:

http://www.correos.cl/SitePages/filatelia/home.aspx 

20120417 - PORTUGAL

Release Date: April 17, 2012
Postal Authority: Ctt
Title: Erasmus - 25 years
Format: 1 stamp and 1 block with 1 stamp
Design: Folk Design
Paper: FSC 110g/m2
Printing process: Offset 
Printed by: INCM

Stamp

Facial: € 0,68 (Euro - EUR)
Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30,6
Perforation: 13 with Cross of Christ
Sheets of: 50 stamps
Quantity printed: 185000

Block

Facial: € 3.00 (Euro - EUR)

Dimensions (mm): 125 x 95

Perforation: 13 with Cross of Christ

Quantity printed: 50000

Lighthouse: in both items (stamp and block), at the left, the Torre de Belém.

 RELATED MATERIAL

Collector´s Pack

 

CTT brochure:

https://www.ctt.pt/fectt/wcmservlet/system/galleries/download/particulares/filatelia/Erasmus_-_25_Anos.pdf 

Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue.

20120523 - NEW ZEALAND

Release Date: May 23, 2012
Postal Authority: New Zealand Post
Title: 2012 Scenic Definitives 
Format: 3 values
   $ 1.40 in self-adhesive and gummed
   $ 2.10 in self-adhesive and gummed
   $ 3.50 gummed
Sheets of: 50 stamps
Booklets of: 10 stamps (self adhesives values)
Designer: Stamps Business, New Zealand Post, Wellington
Printed by: Southern Colour Print, New Zealand

Stamp with Lighthouse

Facial: $ 1.40 (New Zealand Dollar - NZD)
Dimensions (mm):  30 x 25
Perforation:
    Gummed: 13,33 x 13,60
    Self-adhesive: die cut
Lighthouse: Cape Reinga


RELATED MATERIAL

First Day Cover

Booklet of 10 stamps

New Zealand Post:
http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/2012/scenic-definitives