Sunday, November 22, 2015

20150914 – CYPRUS



Code: CYP-2015-01
Release Date:  September 14, 2015
Coming from: Cyprus Post
Title: Cyprus Castles
Format: Serie of 4 stamps
Sheets of: 10 stamps
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Stamp 4 of 4 
Currency: Euro - EUR
Facial: 0.75 (EUR)
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Lighthouse: Ancient Lighthouse of Kyrenia (1886). Northwest Tower of the Fortress
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Country:  Cyprus (Turkish)
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The pane of 10 stamps also depicts on the  border,  the bottom half of the Kyrenia East Mole.  And on the left, we have a view of the NW tower of the fortress.
We saw these two ancient lighthouses in the Europa issue of 2012 from Cyprus North.
 
 
 
 

Saturday, November 21, 2015

DOUBTFUL - Niger 2015


Code: NIG-2015-04
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Title: The Lighthouses
Format:  A big sheet divisible in a Minisheet of 4 stamps and a Block with 1 stamp.





Don´t miss tomorrow the post with a "Half" lighthouse in the border of a sheet.

Friday, November 20, 2015

General Info: Cancels from Australia

Date: September 27, 2015
City: Wynnum (Brisbane, Queensland)
Lighthouse: North Reef (K-3014)
 
 
 

Date: Permanent Postmark
Location: Apollo Bay (Victoria)
Lighthouse: Cape Otway (K-2172)
 
 
Thanks Jaap for the information

Thursday, November 19, 2015

DOUBTFUL - Tuvalu 2014

A new addition from the year 2014

Faux Lighthouse in Minisheet

Code: TUV-2014-01
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Title: Surfing
Format: Set of 4 stamps in minisheet

What you see at the right of the minisheet is a Lifeguard tower dressed like a lighthouse.   It is located in Miami Beach in the USA.


The new version of the 2014PDF file with this addition will appear in january together with the 2015 file.

Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue




Wednesday, November 18, 2015

20151130 - ARUBA

Ending the year, Aruba surprise us with two issues. The more known lighthouses of the island are depicted, one each, in both releases.
 
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Code:  ARU-2015-02
Release Date: November 13, 2015 
 
Coming from:  Post Aruba
Title:  Tourism - Aruban Touristic Spot
Format:  Serie of 6 stamps
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Currency:  Aruban Florin - AWG
Facial:  250c (2.5 AWG)
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Lighthouse:  California  / Noordwestpunt
All:  J-6330
Country:  ARUBA
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 RELATED MATERIAL

More California in the FDC and the First Day Cancel

 

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

20151016 - ARUBA


 

 
Code:  ARU-2015-01
Release Date:  October 16, 2015
 
Coming from:  Post Aruba
Title:  Aruban Monuments
Format:  Serie of 8 stamps
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Stamp 5 of 8 
Currency:  Aruban Florin - AWG
Facial:  175c   (1.75 AWG)
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Lighthouse:  Willem III Tower, Oranjestad
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Country:  ARUBA
 
 
 

Monday, November 16, 2015

General Info: Cancel from Spain

City: Chiclana de la Frontera
Lighthouse:  Sancti Petri (the litle dot over the square tower from the right is the lantern)

Thanks Jaap for the info