General Info: Coins from Australia

Two differents designs of coins will be issue together with the lighthouse stamps.  One design coming from the Perth Mint, and the other from the Royal Australian Mint.

 

Perth Mint

Royal Australian Mint

These 2 coins have their respective PNC (Philatelic and Numismatic Cover), a first day cover + coin.

Cover of the Perth Mint PNC

 

Inside the Perth PNC

 

 

 

Cover of the Royal Australian Mint PNC
 

Inside the Royal Australian Mint PNC

 

 

Australia Lighthouse Stamps

General Info: Update on German Cancels - July 2015

Date: July 04
City: Büsum
Lighthouse: Büsum - B1606

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Date: July 05

City: Balje

Lighthouse: Balje in his 111 Anniversary (born in 1904, but inactive since 1979)



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Date: July 17

Shipmail during the Heiligenhafen Port Festival

Lighthouses: Lightship FS Fehmarnbelt and Heiligenhafen (C 1328)

 

 

Thanks Jaap and Klaus for the images

DOUBTFUL - Togo 2015

Code: TOG-2015-01
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Title: The Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Klaus for the alert

20150707 - AUSTRALIA

UPDATED NOVEMBER 2018 with NEW INFO

See the botom of the post



Block of 4 gummed stamps

Code:  AUS-2015-01

Release Date: July 07, 2015 

Coming from:  Auspost

Title:  100 years of Commonwealth Management of Lighthouses

Format:  Serie of 4 stamps
Gummed Version: printed in Se-tenant block of 4
Self Adhesive Version: printed in Horizontal strip of 4

Sheets of:

Design:  Stacey Zass, Page 12 design

Printing Method:  Lithography

Paper: Tullis Russell (C100/SC85/WG85)

Gum:

Security:

Printed by: McKellar Renown (Pemora)

Quantity: 

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Stamps

Currency:  AUD - Australian Dollar

Facial:  70c  (0.70 AUD)

Service: Domestic Postcards and Small Letters up to  250g

Dimensions (mm):  26 x 37.5
Perf: 13.86 x 14.60

Cape Byron K-2838 AUSTRALIA	Cape Leeuwin K-1794 AUSTRALIA
North Reef K-3014 AUSTRALIA	Tasman Island K-3614 Tasmania /AUSTRALIA

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Self Adhesive Version

5 series in strips of 4

Booklet

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 RELATED MATERIAL

	First Day Cancellation
	First Day Cover
	Philatelic and Numismatic Cover (PNC)  I Coin from the Royal Australian Mint
	Philatelic and Numismatic Cover (PNC)  II Coin from the Perth Mint
	Prestige Booklet Panes with gummed Stamps
	Self Adhesive Booklet 20 stamps (5 series)
	Stamp Pack
	Maximun Cards

Thanks to:

Jaap

****  Updated November 2018 ****

Closing the year of the bicentenary of the building of Macquarie Lighthouse, Australia Post is launching  an exclusive collector pack of only 200 copies. 

CONTAINS

Minisheet with the 4 stamps of this release of 2015

1968 Macquarie stamp.
In my personal opinion this is by far, the best item of this collector pack

Minisheet with 4 of the 5 stamps of 2006 release
Point Lonsdale is the missing one.

Minisheet with the 4 stamps of 2002 release

The Lighthouses of Sydney Minisheet of 2018 

Again the 2018 Lighthouses of Sydney in a new minisheet

There are only 200 copies availables.  The cost is around 65 u$s.  There is something that I do not understand. You build a very exclusive and expensive compilation, but incomplete. Where is the  "Point Lonsdale" stamp?
And this is something very interesting to follow.  Will this item sold out soon?  Wich will be the value at internet auction sites? The launch was in november 5.  I write this on november 10 and still there are copies availables.
Are we,  the lighthouse stamp collectors,  more than 200?
Just jocking...

Thank you very much Klaus for the alert

The Best for July

Hello:

Three fantastic releases are programed for the first days of July.  We saw the beautiful stamps from Macau a few days ago (July 08),  and here below you have a magnificent set of stamps from Portugal (July 01).  Also the stamps from Australia are confirmed for July 07 ( I will post these stamps tomorrow).

A great start of the second half of the year.  Lets see how it ends.


We keep in touch
Carlos

20150701 - PORTUGAL

UPDATE with Info and Images
Original Post March 21,2015

 

 

Code: POR-2015-01
Release Date: July 01
Postal Authority: CTT
Title: 500 years of TORRE de BELEM
Format: Set of 3 stamps and Block with 1 stamp
Design: Folk Design
Printing Process: Offset
Paper: FSC 110 g/m2
Printed by: BPOST
Currency: EUR - Euro
Lighthouse: Torre de Belem

Stamps

Images of Belem thru time

 

Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30.6

Perf: 13 + Cross of Christ

Sheets of: 50 stamps (same design)

Quantity:

€ 0.45 : 155.000

€ 0.72 : 145.000

€ 0.80 : 115.000

 

Block

Internal and External view of the Tower

 

Dimensions (mm): 125 x 95

Perf: 13 + Cross of Christ

Quantity: 40.000

 

First Day Cancellation

 

Thank you very much Kramer for the info and the images.

20150708 – MACAU

UPDATE with Tech Info and Images
Original Post June 11, 2015



Code:  MAU-2015-01

Release Date: July 08, 2015

Coming from:  Macao Post

Title:  150th Anniversary of Guia Lighthouse

Format:  Serie of 2 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

Design:  Wong Ho Sang

Printing Method:  Offset Litho

Paper: 

Gum:

Security: With Security Fibres

Printed by: Cartor Security Printing, France

Quantity: 
Stamps: 300.000 Series
Minisheet: 300.000

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Stamp 1 of 2 
Currency:  MOP - Patacas

Facial:  2.00 (MOP)
Sheets of: 50 stamps

Service: 

Dimensions (mm):  40 x 30
Perf: 13 1/4 x 13
Lighthouse:  Guia
All:  F-3416
Country:  Macau

 

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Stamp 2 of 2 
Currency:  MOP - Patacas

Facial:  5.50 (MOP)
Sheets of: 50 stamps

Service: 

Dimensions (mm):  40 x 30
Perf: 13 1/4 x 13
Lighthouse:  Guia
All:  F-3416
Country:   Macau

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Block
Currency:  MOP - Patacas

Facial:  12.00 (MOP)

Service: 

Dimensions (mm):  138 x 90  (Stamp 30 x 40)
Perf: 13 1/4 x 13
Lighthouse:  Guia
All:  F-3416
Country:   Macau

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RELATED MATERIAL

First Day Cover (Same for stamps and SS)

First Day Cancellation (thanks Klaus for the image)

More material about GUIA?  Follow the next link to a fantastic post from Daniel, the Pharotéliste:  Click Here 

20120905 - NEW ZEALAND

*** New Discovery from the year 2012 ***

 

 

Code: NZL-2012-04

Release Date: September 05, 2012

Postal Authority: New Zealand Post

Title: Great Voyages of New Zealand

Format: Serie of 5 stamps in single and in Minisheet

Design: Creature, Wellington, New Zealand

Printing Process: Offset in 4 colours

Printed by: Southern Colour Print Ltd

 

 

Stamp Nr. 4

Dunedin

 

 

Currency: NZD - New Zealand Dollar

Facial: 2.40 (NZD)

Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30

Perf: 14

Lighthouse: Unidentified

 

 

When more I look at the tower, more I believe that it is Bell Rock, though the lighthouse is not in the route Port Chalmers (NZ) - London.   But the evidence is not enough,  so for the moment,  I will put this under the label Unidentified.

 

The anual PDF file from the year 2012 was modified with this issue.  The new version is available to Download clicking at the right bar. 

 

 

Thanks Jaap for the alert, and congrats for the discovery.



DOUBTFUL - Guinea Bissau 2015

Code: GIB-2015-02
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Title: Lighthouses - Farois
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

Thanks to
-Klaus : http://www.leuchtturm-welt.net/
-Jaap

20150521 - TURKEY

NEW POST

 



  

Code:  TUR-2015-02

Release Date:  May 21, 2015

 

Coming from:  Ptt

Title:  Our Works in the UNESCO´s World Heritage List (Istambul)

Format:  Minisheet of 4 stamps

Dimensions (mm): 125 x 70

Design: 

Printing Method: 

Paper:

Gum:

Security:

Printed by:

Quantity:  100.000

 

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Bottom Right border of Minisheet 

 

Lighthouse:  Ahırkapı  
All:  N-4903
Country:   TURKEY



Photo from       http://www.lightphotos.net/photos/

 

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