Wednesday, December 29, 2010

20101201 - United States


Release Date: December 01 - 2010
Postal Authority: United States Postal Service
Title: Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag (Forever)
Format: Serie of 2 stamps
Coils of: 100 stamps (50 each)
Facial: Permanent Value for Domestic First-Class Mail 1-ounce rate. Actual value: 0.44 USD 
Designer: Terrence McCaffrey.
Photo of Lady Liberty: Raimund Linke

Lighthouse: Statue of Liberty.

The intention of this post is remember that, in the origins,  the Statue was a lighthouse too. It worked until the begining of the XX century.
The Statue of Liberty is a topic by itself. It has numerous stamps from countries of all over the world. That is why I´ll only show the Lady Liberty stamps released by USA.

More info: http://www.hudsonlights.com/liberty.htm 

Saturday, December 25, 2010

DOBTFUL - St. Thomas & Prince 2010


FAROIS - BLOCK  A
Lighthouses:       
- Eddystone (England)
- Bell Rock (Scotland) and the image of his builder, Robert Stevenson.
- "Lighthouse by V.G.Shukov, Ukraine  1910" See below (*)
- Cockspur Island (USA)
- Kopu (Estonia)



FAROIS - BLOCK  B
Lighthouses:

-Pigeon Point (USA)
-Cape Palliser (New Zealand) outside the stamp.


(*) About "Lighthouse by V.G.Shukov, Ukraine 1910"


The tower depicted in this stamp was builded by Shukov, but it´s not a lighthouse and never was. This construction was the world first hyperboloid structure and was builded for the All-Russia Industrial and Art Exhibition of 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod. After that, the tower was moved to Polibino, where it is currently.


Shukov Tower in Polibino (Russia)
Photo by Arssenev


One lighthouse builded by Shukov located in Ukraine is the Stanislav-Adzhigolsky range, rear. And in 1911 it looked like this:


Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas!


Do not look for lighthouses in this stamp. This is the 2010 Christmas issue from my country, Argentina.

This post is only to give my best wishes in this holidays to all of you that visit this blog.

Once again my thanks to all that contributed with it.

Merry Christmas!

Carlos.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

20100722 - Egypt


Release Date: July 22, 2010
Postal Authority: Egypt Post
Title: Alexandria, Capital of Arab Tourism
Format: 1 Stamp
Dimensions (mm): 50 x 30
Perf: 13
Facial: 150 pt (150 piastre=1.50 Egyptian Pound  -  EGP)
Lighthouse: Alexandria  (*)


(*) This representation is very similar to that which appears on the flag of the governorate of Alexandria ...

Flag of the Governorate of Alexandria


...but both differ the archaeological description of the lighthouse. A more accurate representation of the Alexandria Lighthouse is shown in these stamps...

Hungary - 1980
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Sc 2636    Yv 2714



Bhutan - 1991
Walt Disney Characters and Wonders of the World
Sc 955    Yv 967



Saint Thomas and Prince - 2007
Indicadores de Caminho
Yv 2316

Thanks to Klaus for the alert.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

20100000 - Bahamas


Release Date:  2010
Authority: Bahamas Philatelic Bureau
Title: Christmas 2010
Format: Serie of 4 stamps



Facial: 70c (Cents of Bahamian Dollar - BSD)
Lighthouse: Fort Fincastle and his water tower.

Thanks Jaap for the alert. No much technical information available about this release. Any kind of data is welcome. Thanks.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

20100612 - Colombia


Release Date: June 12, 2010
Postal Authority: 4-72
Title: 500 years since the discovery of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
Format: Block with 9 valued stamps and 3 complements.
Paper: Sopal
Gum: Tropicalizada
Colour: Polychrome
Designer: Milena María Monguí Estupiñan
Photos: ARC - DIMAR
Printing Method: Offset
Printed by: Thomas Greg & Sons de Colombia S.A.
Quantity: 10000 blocks

Seven of the nine stamps have images of cays. This seven cays have lighthouses, but in 6 of them are visibles.

And they are...

Facial: $ 5900 (Colombian Peso - COP)
Dimensions (mm): 30 x 40
Lighthouses (2): Quitasueño North and Quitasueño South.

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Stamp and close up of the lighthouse
Facial: $ 5900 (Colombian Peso - COP)
Dimensions (mm): 30 x 40
Lighthouse: Cayos del Este-Sureste

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Stamp and close up of the lighthouse
Facial: $ 5900 (Colombian Peso - COP)
Dimensions (mm): 30 x 40
Lighthouse: Banco Roncador

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Facial: $ 5900 (Colombian Peso - COP)
Dimensions (mm): 30 x 40
Lighthouse: Bajo Nuevo

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Stamp and close up of the lighthouse
Facial: $ 5900 (Colombian Peso - COP)
Dimensions (mm): 30 x 40
Lighthouse: Cayos de Albuquerque 

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Stamp and close up of the lighthouse
Facial: $ 5900 (Colombian Peso - COP)
Dimensions (mm): 30 x 40
Lighthouse: Banco Serranilla

In the close up we can see the colours of the Colombia´s flag. Red, blue and Yellow. The concrete base of this lighthouse is painted with this colours


http://www.dimar.mil.co/vbeContent/newsdetailmore.asp?id=5614&idcompany=43&comments=comm&constraste=N
DIMAR / Lighthouse section

Bonus!
Label with this lighthouse
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THE LOST ONE


Somewhere in this cay there is the Banco Serrana Lighthouse, but it is not visible from this height
 


Until now, this was the most entertaining issue of the year 2010. It was very fun try to locate the lighthouses and info about them. Thanks to 4-72 and thanks to Klaus for the alert.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

20101115 - Japan

Release Date: November 15, 2010
Postal Authority: JP Post
Title: 60th Anniversary of Enforcement of the Local Autonomy Law - Aomori
Format: Block with 5 stamps
Dimensions (mm): 93 x 175
Designer: Maruyama Satoru
Printing Process: Rotogravure - 6 Colours
Quantity: 1400000 Blocks




Stamp of our interest (Bottom right)


Facial: 80 (Yen - JPY)
Dimensions (mm): 30 x 36
Lighthouse Photo: Saito Takeshi
Lighthouse: Shiriya Saki (Japan)




Thanks Jaap for the alert.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Old but New - Sweden 1969


November 17 of 1969.
This serie of 2 stamps were released to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Swedish lighthouses. And this might be the bigger concentration of lighthouses in one stamp.
From left to right, starting with the lever light (primitive form of lighthouse); following with the Falsterbo rev light vessel;  then Landsort lighthouse and finishing with the Svenska Björn lighthouse.

Catalogue: S 835/6    Y 641/2

Follow this link to pharotélist to find out more about this stamps:

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Happy Birthday! - Argentina 1992


A day like today (December 5th) but in the year 1992, Correo Argentino released this minisheet with 4 stamps.  It was the first of the serie "Faros Argentinos", and the stamps shows the lighthouses of Punta Mogotes, Río Negro, San Antonio and Cabo Blanco.

Catalogue: Sc 1785 a/d    Yv B54



Here is a scan of the other 2 minisheets of the serie.  Faros Argentinos II (May 1997) and Faros Argentinos III (March 2006). No news about the number IV.

Friday, December 3, 2010

20110317 - Iceland

Release Date: March 17, 2011
Postal Authority: Iceland Post - Íslandspóstur hf
Title: Lighthouses I
Format: 2 stamps
Sheet of: 10 stamps
Designer: Örn Smári Gíslason
Paper: 196 gsm selv-adhesive stamp stock
Printing Process: Offset Litho
Printed by: Joh. Enschedé Security Print
Catalogue Number: 
-Iceland Post: 550



Value: Permanent for Local letters up to 50 gr (Actual Value: 75 Icelandic crowns - ISK)
Dimensions (mm): 42x30
Quantity Issued: 250.000.-
Lighthouse: Langanes (Iceland)
Catalogue Number:
- Iceland Post: 550A


Value: Permanent for Europa letters up to 50 grs (Actual value: 165 Icelandic crowns-ISK) 
Dimensions (mm): 30x42
Quantity issued: 250.000.-
Lighthouse: Stokksnes (Iceland)
Catalogue Number:
-Iceland Post: 550B





EXTRA MATERIAL:



Pane of 10 stamps


Catalogue Number:
-Iceland Post: 550A_ORK




Pane of 10 stamps

Catalogue Number:
-Iceland Post: 550B_ORK



First Day Cover

Catalogue Number:
-Iceland Post: 550FDCS










First Day Cancellation







Thanks to Kramer, Jaap and Daniel for the info.