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:

20140212 - ALDERNEY

** Images and New Material Added**

Set of stamps

Set of stamps in Minisheet

Code: ALD-2014-01
Release Date: February 12, 2014
Postal Authority: Guernsey Post - Philatelic Burear
Title: Alderney Ladybirds
Format: Serie of 6 stamps AND Block with the same 6 stamps
Sheets of: 10 stamps
Stamp Dimensions (mm): 38 x 30.56
Minisheet Dimensions (mm): 140 x 100
Perf: 13 3/4
Currency: Pound
Design: Petula Stone
Paper: 100gsm unwatermarked  PVA adhesive
Printing Process: Offset Lithography
Printed by: BDT International

Stamp N.1

40  (0.40 Pound)
Service: Algerney/Guernsey Standard Letter up to 100g

Lighthouse: Alderney

 

 

RELATED MATERIAL

Cover of Presentation Pack and border of sheet  with extra views of the lighthouse.

Presentation Pack

 

 

 

Border of Sheet (0.40 Stamp)

This is the sixth issue of the serie Alderney Invertebrates (2009/2014), and it is the last one too. The serie ends this year.
It was possible to see Alderney lighthouse in 4 of the previous 5 issues.

From left to right:
-2009 Bees
-2010 Dragonflies
-2012 Tiger Moths and Ermines
-2013 Beetles

Complete list of Stamps with Lighthouses from ALDERNEY: Click Here

2013 PDF File Available

 

Hello Friends.

It is available now the 2013 PDF File with the issues of that year.

It contains also a surprise issue that wasn´t listed here.

 

The file is free and you can download it from here:

 

http://www.mediafire.com/view/la06dyft7nt9tdh/NSWL2013-V100.pdf

 

It´s a free hosting service. If you have any problem to download the file from there, you can send me a mail and I will send you a copy. Just put in the subjet "2013 File". No need to write something else.

 

I hope that this will be useful to you.

We keep in touch.

Carlos.

 

 

20140106 - FRANCE

Code: FRA-2014-01
Release Date: January 06, 2014
Postal Authority: La Poste
Title: Dynamiques
Format: 12 stamps in booklet
Dimensions (booklet): 254 x 56
Dimensions (stamps): 38 x 24
Facial: Permanent Value for local letters prioritaire up to 20g
Design: Sylvie Patte & Tanguy Besset
Printing Process: Heliogravure - 4 colours
Printed by: Phil @ poste
Quantity: 3.000.000

Stamp N. 11

 Interior view of  Pointe de la Coubre
 ALL  D-1290

Thanks to Kruegermeyer for the alert on this stamp 

20131108 - MACAU

NEW IMAGES AND NEW STAMP ADDED

Code: MAU-2013-02
Release Date: November 08, 2013
Postal Authority: Correios de Macau
Title: 60th Macau Grand Prix
Format: Set of 6 stamps and Block with 1 stamp
Sheets of: 12 stamps (2 series)
Block Dimensions (mm): 138 x 90
Stamps Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30
Block Stamp Dimensions (mm): Oval 55 x 38
Perf: 14 x 13 1/4
Currency: Patacas - MOP
Design:  Mr. Stephen Chung Kui Sing and Mr. Gordon Chung Wing Kan
Printing Process: Offset Litho and Hot Foil Stamping with Silver (Block)
Paper: With Security Fibres
Printing by: Joh. Enschedé Security Print (Netherlands)
Quantity: 200.000 series and 200.000 Blocks

Lighthouse: Guia

Inside the Oval Stamp of the Block...



** Updated on January 28, 2014 **

A closer look at the 2nd stamp of the serie reveal another view of Guia

2.00 ptcs  (MOP)
Guia Lighthouse



More material about GUIA?  Follow the next link to a fantastic post from Daniel, the Pharotéliste:  Click Here 

 

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.

 

 

Institute de L´elevage

 

 

 

 

DOUBTFUL - Guinea Bissau 2013

Code: GBI-2013-03
Title: Farois - Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet with 4 stamps

20140101 NEW ZEALAND

Code: NZL-2014-01

Release Date: January 2014

Postal Authority: New Zealand Post

Title: Best of 2013

Format: Souvenir Sheets with the best stamps of 2013. 

 

The Cape Campbell stamp of the serie New Zealand Coastlines was chose for this special issue. Here,  a scan of that stamp and a zoom over the lighthouse, because it is very difficult to see.   

 

 

 

 

Horizontal strips White and Black of
the Lighthouse

 

 

 

You can get this material using Kiwi Collector points. You earn these points in every purchase you make through your customer account in New Zealand Post. $1 = 1 point,  or...

 

... Wait a few month and will appear in Delcampe or Ebay, but be prepare to pay numbers near to 3 digits for it, or...

... just, let it go.


Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue.

20131211 - URUGUAY

Code: URU-2013-03
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Postal Authority: Correo Uruguayo
Title: 100 years of Rampla Juniors Football Club
Format: 1 stamp
Sheets of: 8 stamps + center complement
Design: Gabriel Casas / Gabriel Zuluaga
Printed by: Sanfer SRL
Quantity: 15.000 stamps
Currency: Uruguayan Peso - UYU
Facial: $ 15
Service: Ordinary (Simple) Local Letter up to 20 grs.
Lighthouse: Cerro de Montevideo Fortress in coat of arms

Sorry, but after 2 weeks of search, this was the best image that I could find.  Below this words there is an image of how the coat of arms of Rampla Juniors looks.  When I can access to the stamp, I will update this post with better images.

This is the second stamp from  Uruguay this year related to Football Clubs and their centenaries.  Coincidence. This one, like the first ( Club Atletico Defensor ) have a lighthouse in his coat of arms.

Rampla Juniors is located in "Villa del Cerro", an urbanization surrounding the Cerro of Montevideo, and the distance between the football field and the lighthouse is about 1.5 / 2 kilometers.

RELATED MATERIAL

Full Sheet
Center complement with the coat of arms

 

http://ramplajuniors.com/

Merry Christmas

Hello:

Congratulations and Merry Christmas to Glynne from Jedburgh (Scotland), winner of the contest between the voters of the Best Issue of 2013.  A Souvenir Sheet like this is yours.

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And of course, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the friends, readers and followers of this blog.
We keep in touch with more news soon.

Carlos

New Stamps with Lighthouses - AWARDS 2013

 

BEST ISSUE 2013   NEW ZEALAND New Zealand Coastlines September 04       Set of 5 stamps issued in single stamps and Souvenir Sheet Click here to visit the post

2nd   Place   POLAND Lighthouses III June 14   Set of 4 stamps issued in Minisheets Click here to visit the post

3rd   Place   AZERBAIJAN Lighthouses of Azerbaijan Absheron Archipelago April 11   Set of 5 stamps issued in Minisheets Click here to visit the post

Countries that complete the Top 10

4	Yemen	Click to visit
5	Vietnam	Click to visit
6	Malaysia	Click to visit
7	Germany	Click to visit
8	Barbados	Click to visit
9	Algeria	Click to visit
10	Tunisia	Click to visit

This was a very good year of issues.  And your participation in this poll was great. 

Unlike last year, there is less of me and more of you in this list.  It was a surprise to me that Poland reached the 2nd place.

I received 37 opinions that helped me to build this list. As a rewards for taking time to vote, I have an extra souvenir sheet of the winner (New Zealand Coastlines) to share with you. 

I will choose (at random) a winner among voters and for Christmas day I will post the name.

We keep in touch
Carlos

2014 Preview

Hello:

This is a table with dates of confirmed issues of lighthouse stamps for 2014.  We have the regular countries present (Germany, Estonia, Croatia, Iceland). Other country that resumed the issue of lighthouse stamps (Latvia),  and a new and interesting presence in the table (Faroe Islands).

Faroe Islands	April 28	3 stamps
Croatia	May 30	3 stamps
Germany	July 03	2 stamps
Iceland	September 11	2 stamps
Latvia	September 12	1 stamp
Estonia	October 17	2 stamps

This list is only the begining.  More issues will be added for sure.  Please, keep me updated about any info that you find about new issues of this great topic of philately.  Thanks in advance.

Next week and like a Christmas present... the annual award of Best Issue of 2013. Stay tuned.

Saludos!
Carlos

20131202 - GREECE

Code: GRE-2013-01
Release Date: December 02, 2013
Postal Authority: Helenic Post
Title: National Historical Events - 100th Anniversary of the Union of Crete with Greece
Format: Serie of 2 stamps
Sheets of: 25 stamps
Currency: Euro - EUR

0.72 (EUR)
Service: Local Letter 1st Class up to 20g

LIGHTHOUSE:   Chania  (E-4781)

RELATED MATERIAL:

Maxi Card

Conmemorative Envelope with the Stamp and
Medal with the lighthouse too

CHANIA Lighthouse was also present in the very nice issue of 2009.  Check it out HERE

DOUBTFUL - Mozambique 2013

Code: MOZ-2013-01
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Title: Lighthouses and Sea Birds
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

 

 

 

20131002 – St. MAARTEN

 

 

Code: STM-2013-01
Release Date: October 02, 2013

Postal Authority: St Maarten Postal Services

Title: Lighthouses 2013
Format: Serie of 6 stamps
Sheets of: 2 series
Currency: Netherlands Antillean Guilder - ANG

150c  (1.5 ANG) Cape Hatteras - USA ALL   J-2396	200c  ( 2 ANG) Portland Breakwater - USA ALL J-0193.8
250c ( 2.5 ANG) Cape St.George - USA	300c ( 3 ANG) Moloka`i - USA ALL G-7292
400c (4 ANG) Pensacola - USA ALL J-3394	450c ( 4.5 ANG) Rock of Ages  - USA

Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue