Showing posts with label 2014-03. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014-03. Show all posts

Thursday, February 13, 2014

20140306 - TAIWAN




Code: TWN-2014-01
Release Date: March 06, 2014
Postal Authority: Chunghwa Post
Title: Lighthouses (Issue of 2014) (*)
Format: Serie of 4 stamps
Sheets of: 20 stamps (5 x 4)
Stamps Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30
Perforation: 12 1/2
Currency: New Taiwan Dollar - TWD
Printing Process: Offset
Paper: Phosphorescent stamp paper
Colour: Colorful
Printed by: China Color Printing Co, Ltd
Quantity:
5 (Fangyuan): 950.000
5, 10, 25: 900.000 each


5  (TWD)
Service: Ordinary Domestic Letter up to 20g

Lighthouse: Fangyuan  (F-4659.5)



5 (TWD)
Service: Ordinary Domestic Letter up to 20g

Lighthouse: Chamu yu  (F-4650)



10  (TWD)
Service: Postcard to Asia or Oceania -
Ordinary Domestic Letter up to 50g

Lighthouse: Lanyu (F-4725)



25 (TWD)
Service: Ordinary Domestic Letter up to 250g

Lighthouse: Sandiaojiao  (F-4694)


(*)  Click to see the first issue of this serie:    LIGHTHOUSES 2010


Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue:

Sunday, January 26, 2014

20140303 - FRANCE

 
 EXTRA MATERIAL ADDED
 
 
Last year were the horses,   this year are cows...
 
 
Code: FRA-2014-02
Release Date: March 03, 2014  (*)
Postal Authority: La Poste
Title: Cows of our Regions  // Les Vaches de nos Regions
Format: Serie of 12 stamps issued in booklets
Design: Mathilde Laurent
Printed by: Phil @ poste
Lighthouse: Pointe du Petit Minou.  Cows depicted on the cover of the booklet are from "Froment du Léon" race. This breed is native to the region of Bretagne.  And Petit Minou is one of the wonderful lighthouses of this region.
 
 
Pointe du Petit Minou
ALL    D-0790


EXTRA MATERIAL
(Added January 26)


Beside the booklet with the stamps of Cows,  La poste will release a set of 4 "prêt-à-poster".  4 envelopes and 4 printed cards related to this issue...




... and like the cover of the booklet, the designer put more lighthouses in 2 of the cards.


Too difficult to identify... Help is needed here...


This one is more easy.
It appears to be Pierres Noires



 
(*) The presentation date of this issue will be February 22 at the "Salon de l’Agriculture" in Paris.