20140730 - United States of America

Code: USA-2014-01
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Postal Authority: USPS
Title: 150 Anniversary of Civil War - 2014 issue
Format: 2 se-tenant stamps
Souvenir Sheet of: 12 stamps (6 sets)
Design: Phil Jordan
Mobile Bay Stamp: Painting by Julian Oliver Davidson (1886)
Facial:  Permanent Value "FOREVER" (First Class Mail 1 ounce)

Battle of Mobile Bay stamp

 

Mobile Point Lighthouse in Fort Morgan
(1822 - 1864)

 

 

The available image of the stamp is not clear enough, so until the stamps be released, we can take a look at the original painting.

Sector of the Painting by J.O.Davidson with
a clear view of the lighthouse

 

Next, two images of the remains of the lighthouse after this battle

from the US National Park Service website

Photo: US National Archives

Photo: US National Archives

 

 

I recommend to read about the lighthouses of this area.  It´s a history of construction and destruction (by human and nature).

 

 

Mobile Point: http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=597 

Sand Island: http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=649 

 

 



DOUBTFUL - Togo 2014

Code: TOG-2014-01
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Title: 100 Anniv Panama Channel
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

20140618 - TURKEY

 

 

Code: TUR-2014-02

Release Date: June 18, 2014

Postal Authority: PTT

Title: Official Stamps

Theme: Cultural Assets

Format: 4 stamps

Currency: Turkish Lira - TRY

Lighthouse: Kiz Kulesi

 

25 Kurus  (0.25 TRY)

 

1.25 (TRY)

 

 

20140531 - CUBA

Code: CUB-2014-01
Release Date: May 31, 2014
Postal Authority: ECC - Empresa de Correos de Cuba
Title: III International CUBA Cup of Philately and 50 Anniv of the FFC (Cuban Philatelic Federation)
Format: Block with 1 stamp -  Imperforated
Design: Ernesto Gamboa
Lighthouse: Castillo del Morro - La Habana

Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue.

*** More news from CUBA ***

 

There are no official plan of issues.  All the news are unofficial.  But apparently we will have a new Lighthouses issue in 2014.  
4 stamps with a release date of October 5.

You can check the tentative plan of issue  HERE  (in Spanish)

Thanks to the blog Filatelia desde Cuba for the additional images and info.

DOUBTFUL - Mali 2014

Code: MAI-2014-01
Release: 2014
Title: Whales and Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet with 2 stamps

DOUBTFUL - Guinea Ecuatorial 2014

Code: GUT-2014-01
Release: 2014
Title: Lighthouses of the world
Format: 6 blocks with 1 stamp each

Very, very doubtful.

Thanks Jaap for the alert and the images of this.

20140703 - GERMANY



Code: GER-2014-01

Release Date: July 03, 2014

Postal Authority: Deutsche Post

Title: Lighthouses

Format: Serie of 2 stamps

Sheets of: 10 stamps
Dimensions (mm): 35 x 35
Sheet Dimensions (mm): 210 x 105  (5 x 2)

Currency: Euro - EUR
Design: Prof. Johannes Graf, Dortmund
Photo: Reinhard Scheiblich, Norderstedt
Paper: Coated, white and fluorescent Postwertzeichen paper DP II
Printing Process: Offset Multicolor
Printed by: Bagel Security-Print GmbH & Co. KG, Mönchengladbach

 

 



45 (0.45 EUR)
Service: Postcard
Lighthouse: Buk

 

 

 

60 (0.60 EUR)
Service: Local Standar Letter 20 grs
Lighthouse: Pellworm

 



**Thanks Klaus for the alert**