Showing posts with label 2015-04. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2015-04. Show all posts

Monday, May 25, 2015

20150415 - NEVIS

UPDATE
New info
Original Post May 24, 2015

*** Not all the lighthouses are from England ***



 
 
Code:  NEV-2015-01
Release Date: April 15, 2015
 
Coming from:  Nevis Philatelic Bureau
Title:  Europhilex London 2015 - Lighthouses of England  (and Scotland)(*)
Format:  Minisheet of 6 stamps and Block with 1 stamp
Dimensions (mm):
Currency:  East Caribbean Dollar  (XCD)
Design: 
Printing Method: 
Paper:
Gum:
Security:
Printed by:
Quantity: 
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3.15 (XCD)
Roker Pier - ENGLAND
A-2681

3.15 (XCD)
Beachy Head - ENGLAND
A-0840

3.15 (XCD)
New Dungeness - ENGLAND
A-0876
 
3.15 (XCD)
Smeaton`s Tower / Eddystone ENGLAND

3.15 (XCD)
St.Catherine`s - ENGLAND
A-0774

3.15 (XCD)
Flamborough Head Chalk Tower ENGLAND

 

10 (XCD)
The Needles - ENGLAND
A-0528
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 (*)
Eckhard alerts me about this.  Not all the lighthouses depicted in this issue are from England (Although the title says so).  The one at the left of the minisheet (outside the stamps) is from Scotland, located at the most northerly point of mainland Britain.
 

Dunnet Head - A-3574
 
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Thanks to:
Jaap  
Eckhard  

 
 

Sunday, May 3, 2015

20150421 - MOROCCO

UPDATE
Original Post: April 21, 2015  

 
Code: MOR-2015-01
Release Date: April 21, 2015
 
Coming from: Kingdom of Morocco
Title: 150 Anniversary of Cap Spartel Lighthouse
Format: 1 stamp
Sheets of:
Design: M. Waguaf
Printing Method: Heliogravure
Paper:
Gum:
Security:
Printed by:Phil @ poste
Quantity: 100.000
 
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Stamp 1 of 1  MOR-2015-01a
Currency: Morocco Dirham - MAD
Facial: 9,00  (MAD)
Service: Letter up to 20g to Europe
Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30
Perf:
Lighthouse: Cap Spartel
All: D-2510
Country: Morocco
 
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 RELATED MATERIAL
 

First Day Cover

First Day Cancellation


 
Thanks to:
Philateliedz  http://www.philateliedz.com/
Klaus  http://www.leuchtturm-welt.net/

 
 

Saturday, April 25, 2015

20150421 - URUGUAY




Code: URU-2015-02
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Postal Aut hority:Correo Uruguayo
Title: Cardinal Daniel Sturla sdb
Format: 1 stamp.   Single and in Philatelic Souvenir.
Sheets of: 5 stamps
Design: Eduardo Salgado
Printed by: Sanfer SRL
Quantity:
15.000 stamps
5.000 Philatelic Souvenirs
 
 
Border of Sheet and Philatelic Souvenir
 
Fortress Cerro de Montevideo in the
Seal of the Archdiocese of Montevideo´s  
 
 
 
Same at the First Day Cancellation
 
 
 
Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue
 
 

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

20150427 - ARGENTINA


 
Code: ARG-2015-01
Release Date: April 27, 2015
Postal Authority: Correo Argentino
Title: Popular Festivities 8
Format: Serie of 4 stamps
Currency: ARS - Argentinian Peso
Facial: 6 (ARS)
Service: Local Std Letter up to 20g
 
 
Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse G-1320
 at bottom right margin
 
 
One of the four stamps celebrates "The Longest Night".  This popular festivity take place in Ushuaia on June around the time of the winter solstice.
 
 

Saturday, April 18, 2015

20150414 - ISRAEL



Code: ISR-2015-01
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Postal Authority: Israel Post
Title: Ashdod Port 50th Anniversary
Format: 1 stamp
Sheets of: 15 stamps + 5 tabs
Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30
Perf: 13
Design: Plni Hamou
Ilustrations: Ola Opoykov
Printing Process: Offset
Currency: NIS - Israeli New Shekel  (ILS)
Face Value: 4,30 NIS
Lighthouse:  Ashdod -  N5967


 
 
 
 
Ashdod Lighthouse from the Israel issue
of 2009

Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue