20150812 - ITALY

 

Code: ITA-2015-02

Release Date: August 12, 2015

Postal Authority: Poste Italiane

Title: Natural and Landscape Heritage - Parks, Gardens and Botanical Gardens

Format: Serie of 4 stamps

Sheets of: 28 stamps same design

Paper: 90g/m2 - White - Neutro - No Fluorescent

Gum: Self Adhesive

Design: Giustina Milite

Printing Process: Rotogravure 6 colours

Printed by: IPZS SpA (Rome)

Quantity: 800.000 series

 

 

Stamp 4 of 4

Currency: EUR - Euros

Facial: 0,95

Dimensions (mm): 48 x 40

Perf: 11

Service: Prioritaire Letter up to 20g to Europe and countries bordering the Mediterranean

Lighthouse: Asinara  (alternatives names: Porta della Scorno, Cape Caprara)

ALL: E-1130

Country: Italy

 

 

 

First Day Cancellation
Same design that the stamp

 

 



DOUBTFUL - Niger 2015

 

 

Code: NIG-2015-03

Release Date: July 20, 2015

Title: Dolphins

Format: Minisheet of 3 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

 

 

Thanks Klaus (http://www.leuchtturm-welt.net/) and Jaap for the alert

20150602 - JAPAN

UPDATED with new IMAGE

 

The serie from Japan "60 Anniversary of Enforcement of Autonomy Law" gave us thru the last years a lot of material to work with. This year can´t be the exception, although it is particularly difficult to identify.

 



 

 

Code:  JAP-2015-01

Release Date:  June 02, 2015

 

Coming from:  Japan Post

Title:  60 Anniversary of Enforcement of the Autonomy Law - TOKUSHIMA

Format: Set of 5 stamps in Minisheet
Minisheet Dimensions (mm): 93.5 x 175
Design:  Tomohiro Maruyama

Printing Method:  Rotogravure 6 colours

Paper:

Gum:

Security:

Printed by:

Quantity:  800.000 minisheets

 

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Stamp 5 of 5 
Currency:  Yen - JPY

Facial:  82 (JPY)

Service:  Local Std Letter up to 25g

Dimensions (mm):  28 x 33,5

Perf:

Lighthouse:  Hiwasa Kō North Breakwater

All:  M-5578.8

Country: Japan

Hiwasa ko North Breakwater painted in red.
The South Breakwater is not visible in the stamp

 



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Next,  an image from Google Earth of Ohama Beach and the lights at the back.  Click over for a better view.

 

 

 

 

 

 

20150722 - GUERNSEY

NEW POST

 

Code:  GUE-2015-01

Release Date: July 22, 2015 

Coming from:  Guernsey Post

Title:  Sark 450 Years as a Fief to the Crown

Format:  Serie of 5 stamps and Block with 2 stamps

Sheets of: 10 stamps

Design:  Nick Shewring

Printing Method:  Offset Litho

Paper: 110gsm unwatermarked PVA

Gum:

Security:

Printed by: Lowe Martin

Quantity: 

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Sheet of 10

Stamp 2 of 5 
Currency:  Pound

Facial:  57p  (0.57 Pound)

Service:  Bailiwick Large Letter up to 100g

Dimensions (mm):  40 x 28
Perf: 13.3
Lighthouse: 

This stamp depicts a dark period of Sark Island. Around the XV century the island was populated by pirates and outlaws mostly.

A common practice in stormy nights of these pirates was lure lost ships direct to the surrounding rocks using lighting beacons or bonfires.   A leading light to a wreck.

 

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A stamp that describes a similar procedure came from Norfolk Island in 2010.

Issue listed in the PDF File from 2010

But in that case the purpose was exactly the opposite. Women and children lighting bonfires to show the men  and their whaler ships the safe way home at night.
 

20150722 - ALDERNEY

NEW POST

 

Code: ALD-2015-02
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Postal Authority: Guernsey Post
Title: Alderney Forts
Format: Serie of 6 stamps
Sheets of: 10 stamps
Design: Mark Totty
Photos: Martin Batt
Printing Process: Offset Lithography
Paper: 120gsm unwatermarked PVA adhesive
Printed by: BDT International

Where is the Lighthouse?

 

 

 

Border of the 6 full sheets of the serie

 

 

Also on the cover of the Presentation Pack

 

 

DOUBTFUL - Maldives 2015

Code: MDV-2015-02
Release Date: May 25, 2015
Title: Ocean Shapes - Shells
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Jaap for the alert.

General Info: Coins from Australia

Two differents designs of coins will be issue together with the lighthouse stamps.  One design coming from the Perth Mint, and the other from the Royal Australian Mint.

 

Perth Mint

Royal Australian Mint

These 2 coins have their respective PNC (Philatelic and Numismatic Cover), a first day cover + coin.

Cover of the Perth Mint PNC

 

Inside the Perth PNC

 

 

 

Cover of the Royal Australian Mint PNC
 

Inside the Royal Australian Mint PNC

 

 

Australia Lighthouse Stamps

General Info: Update on German Cancels - July 2015

Date: July 04
City: Büsum
Lighthouse: Büsum - B1606

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Date: July 05

City: Balje

Lighthouse: Balje in his 111 Anniversary (born in 1904, but inactive since 1979)



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Date: July 17

Shipmail during the Heiligenhafen Port Festival

Lighthouses: Lightship FS Fehmarnbelt and Heiligenhafen (C 1328)

 

 

Thanks Jaap and Klaus for the images

DOUBTFUL - Togo 2015

Code: TOG-2015-01
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Title: The Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Klaus for the alert

20150707 - AUSTRALIA

UPDATED NOVEMBER 2018 with NEW INFO

See the botom of the post



Block of 4 gummed stamps

Code:  AUS-2015-01

Release Date: July 07, 2015 

Coming from:  Auspost

Title:  100 years of Commonwealth Management of Lighthouses

Format:  Serie of 4 stamps
Gummed Version: printed in Se-tenant block of 4
Self Adhesive Version: printed in Horizontal strip of 4

Sheets of:

Design:  Stacey Zass, Page 12 design

Printing Method:  Lithography

Paper: Tullis Russell (C100/SC85/WG85)

Gum:

Security:

Printed by: McKellar Renown (Pemora)

Quantity: 

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Stamps

Currency:  AUD - Australian Dollar

Facial:  70c  (0.70 AUD)

Service: Domestic Postcards and Small Letters up to  250g

Dimensions (mm):  26 x 37.5
Perf: 13.86 x 14.60

Cape Byron K-2838 AUSTRALIA	Cape Leeuwin K-1794 AUSTRALIA
North Reef K-3014 AUSTRALIA	Tasman Island K-3614 Tasmania /AUSTRALIA

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Self Adhesive Version

5 series in strips of 4

Booklet

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	First Day Cover
	Philatelic and Numismatic Cover (PNC)  I Coin from the Royal Australian Mint
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	Prestige Booklet Panes with gummed Stamps
	Self Adhesive Booklet 20 stamps (5 series)
	Stamp Pack
	Maximun Cards

Thanks to:

Jaap

****  Updated November 2018 ****

Closing the year of the bicentenary of the building of Macquarie Lighthouse, Australia Post is launching  an exclusive collector pack of only 200 copies. 

CONTAINS

Minisheet with the 4 stamps of this release of 2015

1968 Macquarie stamp.
In my personal opinion this is by far, the best item of this collector pack

Minisheet with 4 of the 5 stamps of 2006 release
Point Lonsdale is the missing one.

Minisheet with the 4 stamps of 2002 release

The Lighthouses of Sydney Minisheet of 2018 

Again the 2018 Lighthouses of Sydney in a new minisheet

There are only 200 copies availables.  The cost is around 65 u$s.  There is something that I do not understand. You build a very exclusive and expensive compilation, but incomplete. Where is the  "Point Lonsdale" stamp?
And this is something very interesting to follow.  Will this item sold out soon?  Wich will be the value at internet auction sites? The launch was in november 5.  I write this on november 10 and still there are copies availables.
Are we,  the lighthouse stamp collectors,  more than 200?
Just jocking...

Thank you very much Klaus for the alert