DOUBTFUL - Niger 2015

 

Code: NIG-2015-01

Release Date: February 25, 2015

Title: Lighthouses  (USA and CANADA)

Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

 

Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue

DOUBTFUL - Guinea-Bissau 2015

Code: GIB-2015-01
Release Date: February 18, 2015
Title: Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Victor for the alert on this issue

General Info: Cancel and Postal Stationery from Argentina

The province of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina will host an International Philatelic Expo between March 23 and 28.   Correo Argentino will release 2 ítems in homage to this event.  A cancel and a postal stationery.

 

 

Cancel

 

 

Date: March 23 to 28

City: Rio Grande  (city where the expo is organized)

Lighthouse: Les Eclaireurs

 

 

 

Postal Stationery

 

 

The design of the postal stationery depicts several images of the city of Rio Grande and fauna of the province.  And we find the lighthouse again in the logo of the expo (top left) like in the Cancel.  But the interesting part of this PS is a map in the center of the design.

 

 

 

 

The map shows a part of the province,  with 4 points highlighted.  The location of the 2 major cities of the province:

-Rio Grande (the host of the expo)

-Ushuaia (the tourist city)

 

And the other 2 points are for the famous lighthouses of this part of the planet.

-Les Eclaireurs  (near Ushuaia)

-San Juan de Salvamento located in the Isla de los Estados

 

And is always good to explain and remember that "Les Eclaireurs" IS NOT the "Lighthouse of the End of the World".    San Juan de Salvamento is.

 

 

 

http://www.fiaf-filatelia.com/expos/expo_fin_mundo2015.html 

 



General Info: Local Stamps from Anglesey Island

 

 ANGLESEY ISLAND

 

An island located at the north west coast of Wales in the United Kingdom

 

 

 

 

Four stamps issued on February 1st, 2015.  The  4 lighthouses depicted on the stamps are (from left to right):

 

-Llanddwyn Island - Tŵr Bach:  A-5210

-Penmon Point - Trwyn Du: A-5140

-Llanddwyn Island - Tŵr Mawr: A-5210.1

-South Stack - Ynys Lawd: A-5204

 

 

http://angleseystamps.co.uk/index.html 

 

 

 

 

General Info: Cancel from Italy

This cancel gives honours to the "Erois del Mare" (Heroes of the sea). A group of fishermen (7) from Cefalu, that during a storm in 1951, saved the life of 5 sailors from a boat in distress.

Date: February 28
City: Cefalu
Lighthouse: Stylized


Thanks Jaap for the info on this cancellation

General Info: Cancel from Spain

This is a rare case where a  First Day Cancellation depicts a lighthouse, but the stamp issued for that occasion does not show one. 

Date: January 05 - 2015
City: La Coruña
Lighthouse: Torre de Hércules

This is the stamp

 

Theme: Expo "The First Picasso"

 

General Info: Cancels from GERMANY

Every year Germany give us a bunch of lighthouse cancellations. The first images of the  group for 2015 are starting to pop up on line. Here there are the first two.

Date: March 28 - 2015
City: Leer 
Lighthouse: Pilsum

Date: September 05 - 2015
City: Emden
Light ship:  Amrumbank

20150303 - FRANCE

 ***  Update:   I had doubts about the name of the lighthouse depicted on one of the stamps.  The confirmation came directly from the designer  thru Jaap,  a friend and reader of this blog from the Netherlands.  Like I said, the designer Mathilde Laurent confirms that the lighthouse is Cape Fréhel and that the old tower was not drawn in the final work.  Thanks again Jaap for providing the info. ***

 

 

 

 

----- Original Post  ----

 

 

Horses in 2013

 

Cows in 2014

Goats in 2015

 

 

Code: FRA-2015-01

Release Date: March 03, 2015  (*)

Postal Authority:  La Poste

Title: Goats of Our Regions  // Chévres de nos Régions

Format: Serie of 12 stamps issued in booklets

Design: Mathilde Laurent

Printing Process: Héliogravure  4 colours

Booklet Dimensions (mm): 256 x 54

Stamp Dimensions (mm): 38 x 24

Printed by: Phil @ poste

Quantity: 3.700.000

 

 

Permanent Value
Service: Local Lettre Verte 20g
Lighthouse: Cape Fréhel   A-1698

 

 

This breed of goats belong to the region of Bretagne (among others), and it is there where is located in the map on the cover of the booklet.

After a search of lighthouses in that zone,  the only that have a similar shape, is Cape Fréhel (A-1698).  But there is a problem. There are 2 lighthouses in Cape Fréhel, and one of them (the old one) is missing in this stamp.  Maybe is another and I am not looking correctly.  So, until a personal look of the stamp, this info is subject to changes.

 

 

 

(*) This booklet will have a special presentation  in the Agriculture Salon in Paris on February 21. 

This is a special request for the readers from France. The designer Mathilde Laurent will be present in the event. A very nice opportunity to talk to her and ask her about this lighthouse and also to get autograph ítems of this issue.  The booklet of Cows was also designed by she.

 

 

 

DOUBTFUL - Togo 2014

Code: TOG-2014-06
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Title: The Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

DOUBTFUL - Guinea (Rep) 2014

 



Code: GUI-2014-02
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Title: Shells and Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

DOUBTFUL - St. Tome & Prince 2014

Code: STP-2014-03
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Title: Lighthouses / Farois
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

These 3 doubtful issues will be added to the anual PDF file in the future.  No certain date of publishing yet.

Thanks Klaus for the alert on these issues

20150218 - GREAT BRITAIN

Code: GBR-2015-01
Release Date: February 18, 2015
Postal Authority: Royal Mail
Title:  POST and GO   - Working Sails
Format: Serie of 6 stamps
Dimensions (mm): 56 x 25
Design: Osborne Ross
Printing Process: Gravure
Perforation: Die Cut Simulated
Gum: Self Adhesive
Security: Phosphor Bars
Printed by: International Security Printers

Stamp depicting the  BRIAR   (Herring drifter type)

The stamp was designed based in the painting by Alexander Harwood (1907)

The BRIAR is leaving the Aberdeen Harbour and the

ABERDEEN North Pier (A3252) is at the left

GENERAL INFO - Daymark stamp from Aland

 

 

Do you remember this stamp?  It belong to the recent serie about Sailing Ships from Aland.  I was trying to find some information about that white structure in the island.

Today I received a very interesting info directly from the Aland Postal Service.  It is not a lighthouse,  but they describe it as   "...a cairn, i.e. a sea mark built in stone and without lights ...".



There are readers from this blog that are interested in the theme Daymarks too.  For Gary and all of them, here you have a very nice ítem to add to your collections.

Technical info: CLICK HERE


Thanks to  Kristine Lybeck Sund from  ÅLAND POST LTD  for the info.

GENERAL INFO - Postcard from Iceland

Hello Friends:

General Info. This is a new type of entries in this blog.   Sometimes, looking for new stamps, I find ítems from the Postal Offices related with our theme that I do not post because they are not stamps.  Official postcards, cancellations, collectors issues, etc.

Starting now I will inform about them under this title.  You will see these entries organized by type of ítem at the right bar in this blog.

I will not follow these items in a thorough way like I do with the stamps.  Feel free to help with information about them.  I start in 2015.  I will not list items from previous years.  And I will not list Personalized stamps.  I dislike the concept of personal stamp.  Sorry but I resist to inform about them.

Here it is the first item listed under this title and it comes from Iceland:

Iceland Post / Postphil published every year a set of postcards.  This year, one of the twelve released is this one:

 

It depicts  Reykjanes lighthouse in Reykjanes Peninsula.  The photo is from Skarphéðinn Þráinsson and the official date of issue is January 23. 

 

 

http://stamps.postur.is/en 

 

 

DOUBTFUL - Maldives 2014

Code: MDV-2014-02
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Title: Terns and Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


This issue will be added to the 2014 PDF file in a next version.  No date of release yet.

Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue.

2014 PDF File - Now Available

Hello Friends.

One more year.
It is available now the 2014 PDF File with the issues of that year.

It contains also a bonus issue that wasn´t listed here.

 

The file is free and you can download it from here:

 

 

 http://www.mediafire.com/view/ruu8qwfxbbu6xli/NSWL2014-V100.pdf

It´s a free hosting service. If you have any problem to download the file from there, you can send me a mail to    cmsilvano@arnet.com.ar    and I will send you a copy. Just put in the subjet "2014 File". No need to write something else.

 

I hope that this will be useful to you.

We keep in touch.

Carlos.

 

 

 
 

DOUBTFUL - Solomon Islands 2014

Code: SOL-2014-02
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Title: Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue

DOUBTFUL - Mozambique 2014

Code: MOZ-2014-01
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Title: Lighthouses / Faróis
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp



Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue.

20150202 - ALAND

 

 

 

Code: ALA-2015-01

Release Date: February 02, 2015

Postal Authority: Posten Aland

Title: Sailing Ships

Format: 2 stamps

Sheets of: 24 stamps (2 x 12)

Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30

Design: Allan Palmer

Paper: 102 g/m2

Printing Method: Offset - 4 colours

Printed by: Cartor Security Printing

Quantity:

Leo: 140.000

Lemland: 170.000

Currency: Mix - Euro and NVI (Non Value Indicator)

 

 

 

Sail Ship   LEO

 

Världen (Worldwide)

Lighthouse: The only lighthouse of Aland that has the shape shown
on the stamp.

SÄLSKÄR C-4466

** Confirmed via Aland Post**

Not a Lighthouse.   It is a daymark



Sail Ship LEMLAND

 

0.85 €  (EUR)
Daymark

 



This is the beginning of a serie about Aland Sailing Ships.  It will last 6 years and will cover the period mid-1800 and World War II.  And according with the first delivery, this appears that will be a great source of stamp depicting lighthouses of Aland.

 

 

http://www.posten.ax/stampinfo.con?iPage=2155&iLan=3

 



 

DOUBTFUL - Congo (Republic) 2014

 

Code: CGR-2014-01

Release Date: 2014

Title: Lighthouses

Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

 

 

DOUBTFUL - Solomon Islands 2014

Code: SOL-2014-01
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Title: Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Klaus for the alert on this release

20140822 - KOREA DPR

*** Stamp from 2014 ***

Code: NKR-2014-01

Release Date: August 22, 2014

Postal Authority: The State Stamp Bureau of DPRK

Title: Tok Islet of Korea

Format: 1 stamp

Currency: North Korean Won - KPW

Face Value: 30 KPW

Dokdo / Tok to Lighthouse  (ALL M 4440)

These islands are under dispute between Japan and both Koreas. 

Tok Islet (North Korea),  Dokdo (South Korea), Takeshima (Japan) or Liancourt Rocks (other countries) are names that refers to the same thing. And that thing is a group of volcanic islands, islets and rocks in the Sea of Japan or Eastern Sea.

The 2 main islands of the group are depicted in the stamp. The West Island (left) is the biggest and the East Island (right) is the second biggest. This is the one that have the lighthouse at top.

The lighthouse crew and other people living in the islands at this moment are from South Korea.

Photo from Dokdo Museum webpage
http://www.dokdomuseum.go.kr/eng/

DPR Korea issued stamps in the past with this lighthouse

2004

Full set - Stamp, Cancel and First Day Cover
Click over the image for a better view
Thanks Vlado for the help with this item

Press release about the stamp from KCNA (North Korea State News Agency):

http://kcnawatch.nknews.org/article/esyf

Additional images from:  http://kiahsuau.blogspot.com/2014/10/dprknorth-korea-new-issue-tok-islet-of.html