DOUBTFUL - Guinea Bissau 2018 (III)

Code: GBI-2018-03
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Title: Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 5 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

DOUBTFUL - Maldives (IV)

Code: MDV-2018-04

Release Date: October 08, 2018

Title: Lighthouses

Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

LATVIA - 2018

NEW ISSUE

Code: LAT-2018-01

Release Date: October 19, 2018

Title: Lighthouses 2018 - Ragaciems

Format: 1 stamp
Presentation: Sheets of 10 stamps
Design: Arta Ozola-Jaunaräja
Printing Process:
Paper:
Gum:
Printed by:
Quantity: 150.000 stamps


Currency: Euro - EUR
Facial: 0.64 (EUR)
Service: Postcard A-Class to Europe
Dimensions (mm):
Perf:


Lighthouse: Ragaciems
ALL: C-3502
Location: Ragaciems, Engure Region, Gulf of Riga

Extra Material

Fisrt Day Cover and Cancel

DOUBTFUL - Guinea (Rep) 2018 (III)

The printer at Stamperija working at full steam...

Code: GUI-2018-03

Release Date: August 28, 2018

Title: Lighthouses and Shells

Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp`

DOUBTFUL - Niger 2018 (III)

Code: NIG-2018-03

Release Date: August 24, 2018

Title: The Lighthouses

Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

DOUBTFUL - Mozambique 2018 (II)

Code: MOZ-2018-02
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Title: Lighthouses:
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

ISLE of MAN - 2018 (II)

NEW ISSUE

Release Date: October 18, 2018

Postal Authority: Oik Postagh Ellan Vannin 

Title: Isle of Man Lighthouses 200

Format: Serie of 4 stamps
Presentation: Sheets of 20 stamps same design
Design: Isle of Man Advertising
Images: Duke Aerial Productions
Printing Process: Offset Lithography 4 colours
Paper: 110 gm/s
Gum: PVA
Printed by: Cartor
Quantity: 

Stamps 1 and 2

Point of Ayre group of Lighthouses

Currency: Pound
Facial and Service:
-52p (0.52 pounds) Std Letter to IOM and UK up to 100g
-1.53 (pounds) Std Letter to Europe up to 60g
Dimensions (mm): 60 x 30
Perf: 14

ALL: A-4720
Location: North of Isle of Man

Stamps 3 and 4

Calf of Man old group of Lighthouses

Currency: Pound
Facial and Service:
-2.60 (pounds) Large Letters to IOM, UK and Channel Islands up to 750g
-3.10 (pounds) Packets to IOM, UK and Channel Islands up to 500g
Dimensions (mm): 60 x 30
Perf: 14

Location: Calf of Man island, South of Isle of Man

A little disappointed with this release.  The images of Point of Ayre lighthouses are OK, but the pictures chosen for Calf of Man do not make justice to the beauty of the group of lighthouses. 

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

SAINT PIERRE ET MIQUELON - 2018 (II)

UPDATED with INFO and IMAGES

Final Look

Code: SPM-2018-02

Release Date: October 13, 2018

Postal Authority: La Poste SPM

Title: Lighthouse of L'Ile-aux-Marins

Format: 1 stamp
Presentation: Sheets of 25 stamps
Design: Klervia DESBOIS
Gravure: André LAVERGNE
Printing Process: Taille-Douce
Paper:
Gum:
Printed by: Phil @ poste
Quantity: 40.000

Currency: Euro - EUR
Facial: 0.95 (EUR)
Service: Prioritaire Letter to France, Monaco and Andorra up to 20g
Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30
Perf:

Lighthouses:
-Ile-aux-Marins (front) (Ile-aux-Marins Island)
-Pointe aux Canons (back) H0342 (Saint Pierre, Saint-Pierre Island)

FRANCE - 2018 (II)

NEW ISSUE

In 2014, France started a serie of reprints of their most beautiful historic stamps. "Trésors de la Philatélie"

Finally, this year is the time of this stamp...

This was the first stamp with a lighthouse from France. It´s from the year 1946, and now we have a modern version in 5 colours and in Euros with the possibility of use them to postage.

Code: FRA-2018-02

Release Date: September 18, 2018

Postal Authority: La poste

Title: Treasures of Philately - Pointe du Raz

Format: Set of 5 stamps

Presentation: Souvenir Sheet of 5 stamps - 1 serie

Design and Original Gravure: Henry Cheffer

Gravure: Elsa Catelin

Sheet dimensions (mm): 200 x 143

Printed by: Phil @ poste

Quantity: 10.000 sheets

Currency: Euros - EUR

Facials:

Violet: 1.60 (EUR)

Black: 2.60 (EUR)

Blue: 1.60 (EUR)

Green: 1.60 (EUR)

Red: 1.60 (EUR)

Stamps Dimensions (mm):

Perf:

Lighthouse: La Vieille 

ALL: D-0870

Location: Finistére - France

DOUBTFUL - Central African Republic 2018 (II)

Code: CAF-2018-02
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Title: Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

DOUBTFUL - Maldives 2018 (III)

Code: MDV-2018-03

Release Date: August 08, 2018

Title: Lighthouses

Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue

TURKEY - 2018 (III)

NEW ISSUE

Code: TUR-2018-03
Release Date: August 16, 2018
Postal Authority: PTT
Title: Our Local Dishes - Marmara Region
Format: Serie of 4 stamps
Presentation: Minisheets of 4 stamps (1 serie)
Design:
Printing Process:
Paper:
Gum:
Printed by: PTT Matbaasi
Quantity: 100.000 stamps (50.000 Minisheets)

Stamps 2 and 3 

Currency: Turkish Lira - TRY

Facial: 2 (TRY)

Lighthouse: Kiz Kulesi (the actual light is visible in the 3rd stamp)

ALL: 4903.8

Location: Istambul, Marmara Region, Turkey

WINTER BREAK

Hello Friends:

10 days with no activity in this blog. I will cross the Ecuador line to the summer of the north hemisphere,  to visit a city with old lighthouses.  If I can I will updload some photos.  See you again at the end of august.

Carlos

********************

Hello again.  When you read this, I will be flying back to Argentina. This past week,  I was in Mexico collecting material for my tourism blog.  More precisely in the city of Veracruz.  Some photos...

Navigation to Sacrifice Island

Old building of Benito Juarez Lighthouse

The spectacular Fortress of San Juan de Ulúa and the old tower of the first
lighthouse of the Gulf of Mexico

And the most famous in Mexico. Venustiano Carranza. Sight
from my hotel room. A really privilege location.
 Emporio Hotel Veracruz.

And equally important.  The food. The Mexican Food,  my favourite of the world. 

Next sunday or monday, I will update all the news of this past week.  Several alerts of releases with no image yet,  but very very important.

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

DOUBTFUL - Niger 2018 (II)

Code: NIG-2018-02

Release Date: April 24, 2018

Title: Lighthouses

Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and block with 1 stamp

Thanks Jaap for the alert

MEXICO - 2018

NEW ISSUE

Code: MEX-2018-01
Release Date: August 03, 2018
Postal Authority: Correos de Mexico
Title: XI Ordinary Meeting of the Inter-American Port Commission
Format: Serie of 2 se-tenant stamps
Presentation: Sheets of 50 stamps (25 series)
Design: Nancy Torres Lopez
Printing Process: Offset 4 colours + Security Ink
Paper: 110 gm/2 - Couché - White
Printed by: Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores (TIEV)
Quantity: 150.000 series

Stamp 2 of 2

Currency: Mexican Peso - MXN

Facial: $ 13.50 (MXN)

Dimensions (mm): 24 x 40

Perf: 13

Lighthouse: Celaraín Point

ALL: J-4446

Location: Cozumel Island. South of Cancún. Mexican Caribe

GIBRALTAR - 2018

NEW ISSUE

Code: GIB-2018-01

Release Date: July 31, 2018

Postal Authority: Royal Gibraltar Post Office

Title: 2018 Views of the Rock

Format: Serie of 6 stamps

Presentation:
-Sheets of 6 or 3 stamps same denomination
-Minisheet of 6 stamps - 1 serie

Design: Stephen Perera

Paintings: Benjamin Hassan

Printing Process: Offset Lithography

Paper:

Gum:

Printed by: Cartor Security Printers

Stamp 6 of 6 

Facial: 2 Pounds

Dimensions (mm): 80 x 30

Perf: 

Lighthouse: Europa Point

ALL: D2438

What a fantastic week!!!  First Curacao and now this great piece of art by Benjamin Hassan

CURACAO - 2018

NEW ISSUE

I copy here the philatelic notice about the Lighthouse issue from CURACAO.  The long awaited issue.  The technical data informs that the issue date was in july, not in june. That is the reason, (I believe) for the delay of info and images of this release.
Click over the image to see in more detail the stamps.
A strong candidate to Lighthouse stamp of the year.

Code: CUR-2018-01
Release Date: July 18, 2018
Postal Authority: CPOST International
Title: Lighthouses 2018
Format: Set of 6 stamps
Presentation: 
Design: Papy Adriana
Printing Process: Offset 4 colours
Paper: Synthetic
Gum: 
Printed by: Joh. Enschedé Security Print, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Currency: Netherlands Antillean Guilder - ANG
Stamp Dimensions (mm): 30 x 40
Perf: 14 x 13 1/4

Stamp 1 of 6

66 (0.66 ANG)
Marigot - ALL J-5658
Saint Martin

Stamp 2 of 6

122   (1.22 ANG)

Klein Curacao

Stamp 3 of 6

180   (1.80 ANG)

Noordpunt - ALL  J-6372
Curacao

Stamp 4 of 6

310   (3.10 ANG)

Fort Orange - ALL J-6408.3
Bonaire

Stamp 5 of 6

443   (4.43 ANG)

California - ALL J-6330
Aruba

Stamp 6 of 6

690 (6.90 ANG)

Seru Bentana - ALL J-6416
Bonaire