Tuesday, June 21, 2016

ALGERIA - 2016

New Release 


GENERAL INFO:

Code: ALG-2016-01
Release Date: June 22, 2016
Postal Authority: Algérie Poste
Title: Marinas   -   Ports de Plaisance
Format: 3 stamp
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Lighthouse: Tigzirt South Breakwater

Thank you very much to the site www.philateliedz.com for the images.


Friday, June 17, 2016

DOUBTFUL - Togo 2016

 
 

Code: TOG-2016-01
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Title: Water Birds
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

Thanks Klaus for the info on this issue

Thursday, June 16, 2016

FRANCE - 2016 (III)

New Release 

Création d’Isabelle Simler


GENERAL INFO:

Code: FRA-2016-03
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Postal Authority: La Poste
Title: Mediterranean Fish - EUROMED Postal
Format: 1 stamp
Presentation:
Design: Isabelle Simler and Stephanie Ghinéa
Printing Process: Heliogravure
Stamp Dimensions (mm): 52 x 31,77
Currency: Euro - EUR
Facial: € 1,00
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Printed by: Phil @ poste
Quantity: 1.000.000



 
 
 
According to the press release from La Poste, the stamp depicts, in the background, the hills of Marseille, with 3 silhouettes of iconic buildings of that city...
 
Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde
 
Vielle Major
 
 
and the Tour de Saint Jean
 

Lighthouse: Fort St Jean / Tour St Jean / Tour du Fanal
 
 
Check your collection from France.  In 1949 were issued a set of 4 air mail stamps about french cities.  One of them was Marseille.   These 3 buildings share the design at that time also.
 
 
 
 
 

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

FRANCE - 2016 (II)

New Release 






Création de Corinne Salvi et Joëlle Gagliardini

 
GENERAL INFO:

Code: FRA-2016-02
Release Date: July 04, 2016
Postal Authority: La Poste
Title: Under the Sun
Format: Set of 12 stamps
Presentation: Booklet of 12 stamps (1 serie)
Design: Corinne Salvi and Joëlle Gagliardini
Printing Process: Heliogravure
Stamp Dimensions (mm): 38 x 24
Booklet Dimensions (mm): 256 x 54
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Quantity: 2.500.000 Booklets



Cover of Booklet

 


Lighthouse: Stylized
 
 
Do not miss tomorrow, more new material from France.

 

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

AZERBAIJAN - 2016

New Release 

 

 
GENERAL INFO:

Code: AZE-2016-01
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Authority: Azermarka LLC
Title: Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Europe - Bakú 2016
Format: 4 stamps + 1 Block with 1 stamp
Presentation: Sheets of 8 stamps (2 series) 
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Lighthouse: Maiden Tower, Giz Galazi, Bakú, Azerbaijan
 
 
Are you attending to the Gran Prix?  Go to the zone of the turn number 18 of the circuit.  The Grandstand Number 6.   It is located just in front of Maiden Tower. 
 
 

Saturday, June 11, 2016

JAMAICA - 2016


 
Code: JAM-2016-01
Release Date: March 14, 2016  (*)
Postal Authority: Jamaica Post
Title: Definitives - Lighthouses II
Format: 4 stamps
Dimensions (mm): 28,45 x 42,58 (portrait and landscape)
Perf: 14
Security: Paper with watermark "Pineaple"
 
Four new definitives stamps with face values of $40, $140, $180, and $300. More info about the  lighthouses and new images in the next days. 
 
(*) There is an unconfirmed information that although the release date is this year, the stamps are printed with the year "2015" at the bottom of the design.
 
 
Thank you very much for the alert to:
 
 
 

Friday, June 10, 2016

DOUBTFUL - Guinea (Rep) 2016







Code: GUI-2016-01
Release Date: June 03, 2016
Title: The Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

Thanks Klaus for the info.

Friday, June 3, 2016

DOUBTFUL - Niger 2016




Code: NIG-2016-01
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Title: The Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block of 1 stamp