Sunday, December 31, 2017

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!


Happy New Year Friends and Readers of this blog.  Have a great midnight dinner with family and friends.
We keep in touch with more stamps in 2018.

Carlos

Thursday, December 28, 2017

CANADA - 2018


UPDATED with INFO and IMAGES





Code: CAN-2018-01
Release Date: January 15, 2018
Postal Authority: Canada Post
Title: Far and Wide - Definitives 2018
Format: Serie of 9 stamps
Presentation: 
- Minisheet of 9 stamps (1 serie)
- Booklets of 6, 10 or 30 stamps depending on value
- Coils of 50, 100, 5000 stamps depending on value
Design: Stéphane Huot
Quantity: Continuous




Face Value: Permanent
Service: Domestic Rate
Dimensions (mm): 24 x 20


Lighthouse: Covehead 
ALL: H-1150
Location: Covehead Harbour, Prince Edward Island, CANADA



EXAMPLES of the VARIETY of ITEMS RELATED to this STAMP


Booklet of 10  or  30


Strip from the coil of 100
Horizontal 


Strip from the coil of 5000
Vertical 


Prepaid Postal Card





Thanks Michael for the alert on this issue

Sunday, December 24, 2017

BEST STAMPS with LIGHTHOUSES 2017

Hello Friends:


This is the top 10 of stamps with lighthouses of this blog for the year 2017. Thanks to all of you that sended your opinions and helped to build this list.


1st Place



BULGARIA - June 22
In Minisheet or single stamps. Fantastic set of 4 stamps with a great selection of bulgarian lighthouses. Shapes for all kind of preferences.



2nd Place



GUERNSEY - February 15
Head to head for the first place in my preferences. So, why the second place?  Because it is a Post and Go, and the left part of the stamp with the blank space and the inscriptions diminish the beauty of the all.



 3rd Place


PORTUGAL - September 08
Great photo of one of the most beautiful lighthouses of Europe.



4 
CAMBODIA

October 10

Very welcome issue. Unusual selection of lighthouses very difficult to find on stamps. With a better quality in the photos, this set could be some places up in the list.
5
LATVIA

September 08



Both lighthouses depicted are ugly. But the way the designer put the pieces together inside the frame results in a beautiful stamp.
6 
SAINT PIERRE ET MIQUELON

October 18


Gravure.  Few colours but with the right tone. Great stamp.

7
MONTENEGRO

November 10


I am not a big fan of this stamp. But apparently it is appreciated by you, friends. It received a lot of votes that allow it to climb to the seventh place.

8
GERMANY

June 08



Odd lighthouses selected by Germany this year. Kiel and Bremerhaven specially (aka Onion Tower). This last one,  bizarre but nice to see.

9
ALDERNEY

May 17

Clean and bright view of Alderney or Manez or Quesnard Lighthouse

10
PHILLIPINES

May 08






Unusual lighthouses to see on stamps like Cambodia. Fantastic skies.
Visually powerful.



Merry Christmas for you all.  

We keep in touch
Carlos

Friday, December 22, 2017

DOUBTFUL - Guinea Bissau (III)




Code: GBI-2017-03
Release Date: December 05, 2017
Title: Lighthouses 
Format: Minisheet of 5 stamps and Block with 1 stamp





Wednesday, December 20, 2017

DOUBTFUL - Niger (II)





Code: NIG-2017-02
Release Date: July 03, 2017
Title: The Dolphins
Formar: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Klaus for the alert

Sunday, December 17, 2017

DOUBTFUL - St. Tome & Prince 2017 (III)



Code: STP-2017-03
Release Date: November 07, 2017
Title: Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue


Tuesday, December 12, 2017

WELCOME 2018

Hello Friends:

Not much to expect for what remains of 2017.  It is time to look for the new year.  This is what we know about the 2018 at this time.   3 ongoing series will continue next year and I give thanks to the Philatelic Departments of those countries for the commitment with the topic Lighthouses.  
The info below.

We keep in touch
Carlos


Friday, December 1, 2017

DOUBTFUL - Niger 2017 (IV)



Code: NIG-2017-04
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Title: Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Jaap for the alert