20140429 - BRAZIL

And this is the first stamp issue of the World Cup Brazil 2014 with lighthouses

Code: BRA-2014-01
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Postal Authority: Brasil Correios
Title: The art of Brazilian Football
Format: Serie of 12 stamps
Sheets of: 24 stamps (2 series)
Currency: Permanent Value
Facial: 1er Porte Carta Comercial  (Standard Local Letter up to 20g)

Lighthouse:  Santo Antonio da Barra  in one of the stamps and on border of sheet too.

 

 

 

 

This fortress is located in the city of Salvador da Bahía.  6 matches of the World Cup will be played in this city and the stadium is about 5 kilometers of this lighthouse. These are the matches:

June 13: Spain - Netherlands
June 16: Germany - Portugal
June 20: Switzerland - France
June 25: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Iran
2 other matches in 8th and 4th.

Are any of you attending to these games?  Please send a postcard.

20140428 - FAROE ISLANDS

*** Images and Information Added***

 

Cover of the Booklet with a fantastic view of Stóra Dimun
 

 

 

Code: FAR-2014-01
Release Date: April 28, 2014

Postal Authority: Posta Faroe Islands

Title: Faroese Lighthouses
Format: Serie of 3 stamps
Booklet: Sheet of 2 series
Photos: Erik Christensen, Ólavur Fredriksen, and Finleif Mortensen
Stamp Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30
Printing Process: Offset
Printed by: OeSd, Austria
Currency: Danmark Krona - DKK

14.50 KR (DKK)
Service: Europa and Nordic Countries Small A-Letters up to 50g
Lighthouse: Akraberg - ALL L4342

15.50 KR (DKK)
Service: Europa and Nordic Countries Medium A-Letters up to 50g
Lighthouse: Stóra Dimun - ALL L4368

17 KR (DKK)
Service: Europa and Nordic Countries Large A-Letters up to 50g
Lighthouse: Toftir - ALL  L4406

Thanks Klaus for the stamps images

20140421 - MEXICO

 

Code: MEX-2014-02

Release Date: April 21, 2014

Postal Authority: Correos de Mexico

Title: Centenary of the Heroics Deeds in Veracruz 1914

Format: Serie of 6 stamps issued in Block

Design: Sergio Barranca Rábago

Paper: Coated  110 gms/m2

Currency: Mexican Peso (MXN)

 

Lighthouse: Veracruz (Venustiano Carranza. ex J-4298)

 

Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue.

20140401 - MEXICO

 

Code: MEX-2014-01

Release Date: April 01, 2014

Postal Authority: Correos de Mexico

Title: 40 Anniversary of FONATUR (National Fund for Tourism Development)

Format: 1 stamp

Design: Luis H. Quezada Villalpando

Paper: Coated - 110g/m2

Printing Process: Offset 4 colours

Printed by: Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores

Quantity: 200.000 stamps

Currency: Mexican Peso - MXN
Facial: $ 7.oo
Service: Local Standard Letter up to 20g

Lighthouse: Punta Cancún  (J-4436.5)

 

 

 

 

 

20140417 - Japan

More Material from Japan.

In this case, It´s new...

 

 

 

 

Code: JAP-2014-01

Release Date: April 17, 2014

Postal Authority: Japan Post

Title:  60th Anniversary of Enforcement of the Local Autonomy Law - EHIME Prefecture

Format: Minisheet with 5 stamps

Dimensions (mm): 93.5 x 175

Stamp Dimensions (mm): 33,5 x 28

Designer: Satoshi Maruyama (stamp designer)

Lighthouse Photo: Ikata

Printing Process: Gravure 6 colours

Quantity: 1.000.000 Minisheets

Currency: Yen (JPY)

 

 Stamp N. 5

 

82 (JPY)
Service: Local Standard Letter up to 25g

Lighthouse: Sada Misaki   ALL M-5424