20140808 - ISLE of MAN

Code: IOM-2014-01

Release Date: August 08, 2014

Postal Authority: Isle of Man Post Office

Title: 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal

Format: Miniature Sheet with 1 stamp

Dimensions (mm): 110 x 70

Stamp Dimensions (mm): 28 x 42

Perf: 14

Facial / Currency: 3.50 Pound

Design: Isle of Man Advertising / Allison Crellin

Printing Process: Offset Litho 4 colours

Paper: 110 gms

Printed by: BDT

 

Lighthouse: the miniature sheet depicts the passage of Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth through the Panama Canal just in front of one of many lights of this waterway. The design is a collage of images. I can not identified with a 100% of certainty wich one is. Next, I show a posible candidate,  the J-6132 (Leading Light). Or maybe it´s another, but with the same design.

 

J-6132 (Panama Canal Main West Entrance - Bahia Limon-
Leading Light Front N.4)  (*)

 

 

Also, on the cover of the Presentation Pack we have another lighthouse.  In this case is a more familiar.   The view is from the Atlantic entrance to the Canal, and the lighthouse (I draw a circle on it) is the Gatún Northbound Rear.

 

 

 

 

 

(*) Photo from Online List of Lights: http://listoflights.org/leuchtfeuer/detail?id=22411. Thanks Alex.