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.

20101119 - Uruguay

Release Date: November 19, 2010

Postal Authority: Correo Uruguayo

Title: Cruises 2010

Format: Serie of 4 stamps

Sheets of: 4 series

Designed by: Daniel Pereyra

Printed by: Sanfer SRL

Quantity: 15000 series

Stamp (bottom right)

Facial: $ 37 (Uruguayan Peso - UYU

Lighthouse: Isla de Lobos

A detail to consider when you try to find or buy this serie. Correo Uruguayo printed 4 series per sheet.

 When you look closer at the top-right of the sheet you will see 4 tiny lighthouses used as colour proof.

Try to find the top-right serie and you will have an extra bonus for your collection.

20101108 - Uruguay

Release Date: November 08, 2010
Postal Authority: Correo Uruguayo
Title: América UPAEP (*) - National Symbols
Format: Serie of 2 stamps se-tenant.
Sheets of: 15 series
Facial: $ 49 ($ 12 + $ 37  -  Uruguayan Peso - UYU) 
Designed by: Eduardo Salgado
Printed by: Sanfer SRL
Quantity: 15000 series

Where is the Lighthouse?: In the stamp with the National Seal.

The upper right quadrant of the National Seal shows the Cerro de Montevideo with the fortress and the lighthouse with the same name.  

(*)UPAEP: Postal Union from Américas, Spain and Portugal.  Every year, the postal administrations that belong to UPAEP, release a special series with the legend "América Upaep". This year topic for this issues is "National Symbols".