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

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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