AZERBAIJAN - 2018

NEW ISSUE

Code: AZE-2018-01
Release Date: June 05, 2018
Postal Authority: Azermarka LLC
Title: BMX Bicycle World Championships, Baku 2018
Format: 1 stamp
Presentation:
Design:
Printing Process: Offset
Paper:
Gum:
Printed by:
Quantity: 

Currency: Manat - AZN
Facial: 0.6 (AZN)
Dimensions (mm): 52 x 30
Perf: 13 x 13 1/2

Top Right corner of the stamp

Lighthouse: Qiz Qalasi in the logo of the championship

RUSSIA - 2018

UPDATED with an OVERPRINT Version

*** See the final of the post for the update ***

Code: RUS-2018-01

Release Date: June 14, 2018

Postal Authority: Russian Post / Marka

Title: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia 

Format: Block with 1 stamp

Presentation: Block with and without perforation

Design: Savina O.

Dimensions (mm): 115 x 115

Perf: 12 x 12,5

Currency: Ruble - RUB

Facial: 100 (RUB)

Printing Process: Offset + Bronze Paste + Partial Varnishing

Paper: Coated

Gum:

Printed by: 

Quantity: 530.000

Lighthouse: Kaliningrad Fishing Village Faux Lighthouse

Location: Oblast of Kaliningrad, between Poland and Lithuania

*** Updated August 07 ***

An overprinted version of this block is available.  It contains data of the World Cup final and it looks like this...

The Overprints

Date of the Final

Teams that played the final and the score

MACAU - 2018

NEW ISSUE

Code: MAU-2018-01
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Postal Authority: Macao Post
Title: Joy
Format: Serie of 2 stamps
Presentation: Sheets of 20 stamps (10 series)
Design: Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau
Printing Process: Offset + Microprinting
Paper: With Security Fibres
Gum:
Printed by: Joh. Enschedé Security Print (Netherlands)
Quantity: 125.000 series

BORDER of SHEET

Lighthouse: Guia

ALL: F-3416

Location: Fortress of Guia, Macau

CHINA - 2018

NEW ISSUE

Code: CHN-2018-01

Release Date: June 09, 2018

Postal Authority: China Post

Title: SCO (Shangai Conference Organization) Qingdao Summit 2018

Format: 1 stamp

Presentation: 

Sheets of 16 stamps

Souvenir sheets of 8 stamps with border

Design: Yu Qiuyan Xing Wenwei

Printing Process:
Paper:

Gum:

Printed by: Beijing Stamp Factory

Currency: Yuan - CNY

Facial: 1.20 (CNY)

Service: 

Dimensions (mm): 50 x 30

Perf: 13

Lighthouse: Stylized at the bottom of the design.  

ESTONIA - 2018

Code: EST-2018-01
Release Date: June 07, 2018
Title: Lighthouses 2018 - Manilaiu
Format: 1 stamp
Presentation: Sheets of 10 stamps
Design: Robert Matkiewicz
Printing Process: Offset
Paper:
Gum:
Printed by: AS Vaba Maa
Quantity: 35.000 stamps

Currency: Euro - EUR
Facial: 0.65 (EUR)
Service: Local Std Letter up to 20g
Dimensions (mm): 33 x 27.5
Perf: 13 3/4 x 14


Lighthouse: Manilaiu / Manilaid
Location: Manilaid Island - South West Estonia
ALL: C3603

GERMANY - 2018

UPDATED with INFO and IMAGES

Code: GER-2018-01
Release Day: June 07, 2018
Postal Authority: Deutsche Post
Title: Lighthouses 2018 
Format: 2 stamps
Presentation: 
-Sheets of 10 stamps same design (5x2)
-Box of 100 self adhesive stamps  (Wangerooge design)
Dimensions (mm):
-Sheets: 210 x 105
-Box: 60 x 45 x 61
Design: Professor Johannes Graf, Dortmund 
Photos: Reinhard Scheiblich, Norderstedt
Printing Process: Offset Multicolor
Paper: DP II, Coated and Fluorescent
Gum:
Printed By: 
-Bagel Security-Print Gmbh and Co. KG, Mönchengladbach
-Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Berlin (Self adhesive stamps)
Quantity: 

Stamp 1 of 2

Currency: Euro - EUR

Facial: 45 (0.45 EUR)
Service: Local Postcard

Dimensions (mm): 35 x 35

Perf: 

Lighthouse: Darsser Ort

ALL: C-1440

Location: 6 km north-west of Prerow town.  North east of Germany

Stamp 2 of 2

Currency: EURO - EUR

Facial: 70 (0.70 EUR)
Service: Local STD Letter up to 20g

Dimensions (mm): 35 x 35
Perf: 

Lighthouse: Wangerooge (New)
ALL: B-1112
Location: Frisian Island of Wangerooge. North-west of Germany



Thanks Klaus for the alert and thanks Ulf for the help 

NEW CALEDONIA - 2018

NEW ISSUE

Code: NCA-2018-01
Release Date: June 08, 2018
Postal Authority: OPT Nouvelle-Calédonie
Title: The Legendary "Paquebots" - Le Dupleix I
Format: 1 stamp
Presentation: Sheets of 10 stamps plus borders
Currency: CFP Franc - XPF
Facial: 110 (XPF)
Dimensions (mm): 52 x 31
Design: Roberto LUNARDO
Printing Method: Offset
Paper:
Gum:
Security:
Printed by: Phil @ poste
Quantity: 18.000

Lighthouse: Amédée

ALL: K4802.01

Location: Amédée islet, 25km south of Noumea

FRANCE - 2018

NEW ISSUE

And here it is the image.  An absolutely fantastic stamp !

Code: FRA-2018-01

Release Date: June 25, 2018

Postal Authority: La Poste

Title: Ploumanac´h Perros-Guirec Côtes-D´Armor

Format: 1 stamp

Design:  Noëlle Le Guillouzic

Printing Process: 

Paper:

Gum:

Printed by: Phil @ poste

Quantity: 900.000

Currency: Euro - EUR

Facial: 0.80 (EUR)

Service: 

Dimensions (mm): 30 x 40.85

Perf:

Lighthouse: Mean-Ruz (Ploumanac´h) sharing scenography with the Chapel Notre-Dame de la Clarté.

ALL: A-1784

And...

Looking the perspective of the stamp, I dare to affirm that this is another one. 

Lighthouse: Sept Îles - Île aux Moines
ALL: A-1786