20100701 - Monaco

Release Date: July 01 - 2010

Stamp Authority: OETP - Office des Emissions de Timbres-Poste

Title: 50th Anniversary of the Maritime Police of Monaco

Format: 1 Stamp

Facial: 0,53 €

Dimensions (mm): 30 x 40

Sheets of: 10 stamps.

Designer: Fabrice Monaci

Line-engraving: Yves Beaujard

Printing Process: 4 colours steel-engraving

Printed by: Philaposte - France

Lighthouse at the top of the stamp inspired by the two lighthouses demolished in 2006. The expansions works of the Port d´Hercule in Mónaco at that time,  were the reason of the destruction.

Thanks to Jaap and Daniel for the information.

Old but New - Uruguay 1895/1899

 

These stamps belong to the 1895/1899 Uruguay Definitives. (22 in total).

We can see the "Cathedral of Montevideo" on them. The south tower (left of the stamp) was a lighthouse until 1910 aprox.

Catalogue: S 128/129    Y 113/130

New Label

Hello!
I have decided to start a new label with the name " Old but New ".
Under that label,  I will post images and information about old material recently incorporated to my collection.
If you have any question or need more information of that issues, please contact me.
I hope that you like it.

Carlos.

20100324 - Sweden

Release Date: March 24 - 2010

Postal Authority: Posten

Title: Life at the Coast (another issue of Top of the World of Stamps)

Format: Block with 2 Stamps

Dimensions (mm): 105 x 70

Design: Norbert Tamas

Where is the Lighthouse?:  You will not find it in the stamps, nor in the block... The Lighthouses (yes, there are 2 of them) are in the collector's sheet of this issue.

 

We can see the Klava Lighthouse and in the back the Tynneskär Lighthouse, both located in Hönö (Sweden).

 

20100324 - Aland

Release Date: March 24, 2010

Postal Authority: Posten Aland

Title: Nordic - Life at the Coast - Kobba Klintar. (*)

Format: Block with 1 stamp

Dimensions (mm): 105 x 70

Artist: Juha Pykäläinen

Paper: 105 g/m2

Printing Method: 4 Colour offset

Printed by: The Lowe Martin Group

Stamp:

Facial: Världen (World outside Europe. Actual value € 0.90)

Dimensions (mm): 72 x 28,5

Perf: 12 1/2

Lighthouse: On the ground we can see the remains of the complex of Kobba Klintar. It was a pilot station (the building at the right) and a fog signal (disapeared). Also a red pierlight established in the seventies is visible in the painting.

(*) This release is part of the joint issue "The North by the sea" between the nordic countries. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Island, Aland.  A very nice topic to collect too.   http://www.topoftheworld.nu/

Thanks to Jaap for the information about this stamp.

20100619 - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Release Date: June 19 - 2010

Postal Authority: Croatian Post Ltd. Mostar (One of the three postal public operators in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Title: General Assembly of Matrix Croatica in the city of Citluk (B.H. - 19/06/2010)

Format: 1 Stamp

Designer: Ana Zovko

Printed by: Zrinski d.d. Cakovec

Facial: 1.00  (Convertible Mark)

Dimensions (mm): 29,82 x 48,28

Paper: White, 102g, adhesive

Sheet of: 8 Stamps + 2 Vignette

Lighthouse: Stylized.  Why they use a lighthouse?  In words of the Croatian Post Ltd.Mostar:  "...Matrix Croatica (Matica hrvatska), one of the oldest cultural Institutions of the Croatian people, like the lighthouse, has the leading role in the preservation of Croatian identity, culture and language..."

Thanks to Jaap for this info.

20100407 - Pakistan

Release Date: April 07 - 2010

Postal Authority: Pakistan Post

Title: 150th Anniversary of  "Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry" (OICCI)

Format: 1 Stamp

Facial: Rs. 8   (Pakistani Rupee)

Dimensions (mm): 60 x 30,5

Printed by: Pakistan Security Printing Corporation - Karachi

Where is the lighthouse: At the left of the stamps, it appear twice. It's an stylized lighthouse and it's part of the OICCI logo. Here is an image with more detail of the logo.

 

 Thanks to Jaap for this alert.

20101229 - Hong Kong

Release Date: December 29 - 2010
Postal Authority: HongKong Post
Title: Lighthouses of Hong Kong
Format: Serie of 5 Stamps + Souvenir Sheet
Each Stamp in Sheets of: 25 (5x5)
Dimensions (mm) of Souvenir Sheet: 150 x 85
Paper: With Security Fibres
Designer: Jason Chum
Printing Method: Lythography
Printed by: Joh. Enschedé B.V., the Netherlands


Stamps:
Currency: Hong Kong Dollar ($ - HKD)
Dimensions (mm): 28 x 45
Perf: 13 1/2 x 13 1/4 with one elliptical perforation on each vertical

Facial: $ 1.40
Lighthouse: Cape D'Aguilar

Facial: $ 1.80
Lighthouse: Old Green Island

Facial: $ 2.40
Lighthouse: New Green Island

Facial: $ 3
Lighthouse: Tang Lung Chao

Facial: $ 5
Lighthouse: Waglan

*** This issue was not in the original 2010 program of Hong Kong. It came to replace the cancelled joint issue "Hong Kong-Qatar" originally scheduled for August.***

Thanks to Kramer for this alert... and thanks to Daniel and Tommy for the image.

20100702 - Russia

Release Date: July 02 - 2010

Postal Authority: Russian Post

Stamp Production: Marka  ( http://www.rusmarka.ru/en/about.aspx)

Title: The 150th Anniversary of Vladivostok City

Format: 1 Stamp

Designer: H. Betredinova

Printing Process: Offset

Quantity issued: 375000

Facial: 15P. (Ruble)

Dimensions (mm): 65 x 32,5

Perf: 13 1/2

Sheet of: 15 (3x5)

Lighthouse:  Tokarev

Where did I see it before...?: In 1982, 1983 and 1984 the Soviet Union released 3 sets of lighthouses of 5 stamps each. In the last one (1984 - Lighthouses of the Far East), one of them was the Tokarev Light in Vladivostok.

 

20100803 - Jersey

© Jersey Post Limited

Release Date: August 03 - 2010

Postal Authority: Jersey Post

Title: Vintage Cars IV

Format: Serie of 6 Stamps

Designer: Alan R. Copp

Printing Process: Offset Lithography - 4 Colours

Printed by: BDT International Security Printing Ltd. (Dublin)

Stamp of our Interest: Top Right - Car: Austin 7 (year 1933).

Facial: 55  (55p  - £ 0.55)

Dimensions (mm): 42.58 x 28.45

Sheet of: 10 (2x5)

Lighthouse:  St. Aubin Fort (Jersey)

Where is it?: At the end of the breakwater, just in front of the Queen.

 

Jersey Post Philatelic Department contact:

Philatelic Bureau, Postal Headquarters,

JERSEY JE1 1AB.

Tel: +44 (0)1534 516320 or Fax: +44 (0)1534 516330.

http://www.jerseystamps.com/ 

Thanks to Kramer (from Romania, now in Portugal) for the alert of this emission.

 

20100621 - Macau

Release Date: June 21 - 2010

Postal Authority: Correios de Macau

Title: 60th Anniversary of Bank of China Macau Branch

Format: Block and Set of 4 Stamps

Paper: with Security Fibres

Designer: Helena Man In, Ng

Printing Process: Offset Lithography

Printed by: Joh. Enschedé Security Print (Netherlands)

Block

Facial: 10.00 Ptcs (Patacas)

Dimensions (mm): 138 x 90 (Stamp 60x40)

Perf: 13 1/4 x 14

Quantity issued: 200000

 Stamps

 

Facial: 1.50 - 2.50 - 3.50 - 4.00 Ptcs (Patacas)

Dimensions (mm): 40.5 x 30

Sheets of: 16 Stamps (4 Sets)

Perf: 13 1/4 x 14

Quantity issued:  200000 sets

Lighthouse: Guia (Macau)

Where is it?:

In the Block               In the Stamps

Thanks to Jaap for the alert on this emision.

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

20100430 - Poland

Release Date: April 30 - 2010
Postal Authority:  Poczta Polska
Title: World Philatelic Exhibition "Portugal 2010"
Format: Block with 1 Stamp
Dimensions (mm): 90 x 70
Designer: Jacek Konarzewski
Printing Process: Offset
Quantity issued: 300000


Stamp:

Facial: 3 zl (Zloty)

Dimensions (mm): 31,25 x 43

Lighthouse: Torre de Belém (Portugal).

Among the different utilities given to this tower thru his 500 years of existence, be a lighthouse was one of them. It happened between the years 1847 and 1940.

Recomended Links:

Belem Tower general information:

http://www.mosteirojeronimos.pt/web_torre_belem/frameset.html

Fantastic PostCard of the lighthouse from Klaus Hülse:

http://www.leuchtturm-welt.net/HTML/PGPK/ORIGINAL/T_BELEM.JPG

Thanks to Jaap for the alert of this emission.

20100514 - Japan

Release Date: May 14 - 2010

Postal Authority: JP Post

Title: 60th Anniversary of Enforcement of the Local Autonomy Law - Kochi (Shikoku Island).

Format: Block with 5 Stamps

Dimensions (mm): 93.5 x 175.0

Designer: Tomohiro Maruyama

Printing Process: Rotogravure - 6 Colours

Quantity issued: 1600000 Blocks

Stamp of our interest (Bottom - right)

Facial: 80 yen

Dimensions (mm): 28 x 33.5

Lighthouse: Ashizuri Saki (Shikoku Island - Japan)

Where did I see it before?:

1960

1995

*For more information about this two emissions, please follow the next link to Pharotéliste.
http://pharoteliste.blogspot.com/2010/02/japon-cap-ashizuri.html

20100201 - Canada

Release Date: February 01 - 2010
Postal Authority: Canada Post - Postes Canada
Title: William Hall V.C. / Black History Month
Format: 1 Stamp
Sheets of: 16 Stamps
Facial: 57 (0.57 Canadian Dollar)
Dimensions (mm):  40 x 39.65
Designers: Suzanne Duranceau (Ilust) - Lara Minja (Lime Design Inc)
Printing Process: Lithography - 7 Colours
Printed by: Lowe-Martin
Quantity issued: 1600000... but only 100000 attached to the lighthouse.

Where is the Lighthouse? Well... it is not in the stamp. We have to look at the label of the stamp number 2 in the sheet of 16. The design reproduce an engraving titled "Canso Lighthouse, Extreme Point of Nova Scotia" that belong to the Nova Scotia Museum of Cultural History.(http://museum.gov.ns.ca/imagesns/html/21916.html)

Thanks to Jaap (Netherlands) for the alert of this issue.

 

 

20100907 - Croatia

Release Date: September 07 - 2010
Postal Authority: Hrvatska Posta
Title: Lighthouses 2010
Format: Serie of 3 stamps
Sheets of: 10 Stamps each
Designers: Orsat Franković and Ivana Vučić, Zagreb
Paper: white 102g, gummed
Printing Process: Offset Multicolor
Printed by: "Zrinski" - Čakovec
Quantity issued: 100000 of each stamp

Stamps

Facial: 3,10 (kuna)
Dimensions (mm): 29,82 x 48,28
Perf: 14
Lighthouse: Veli rat

Facial: 3,10 (kuna)
Dimensions (mm): 29,82 x 48,28
Perf: 14
Lighthouse: Vir

Facial: 3,10 (kuna)
Dimensions (mm): 29,82 x 48,28
Perf: 14
Lighthouse:  Tajer-Sestrice


 

This three Adriatic lighthouses from Croatia appeared before in 1991.

In this issue (booklet) from Yugoeslavia.

20100328 - Aruba

Release Date: March 28 - 2010

Postal Authority: Post Aruba

Title: Historic Airplanes in Aruba

Format: 2 Stamps

Sheets of: 2 series + 2 labels
Dimensions (mm): 97x100

 

Stamp:

Facial: 500 c (5 Aruban Florin - AWG)

Dimensions (mm): 36x25

Perf: 13

Lighthouse:  California (Old) (Aruba)

DOUBTFUL - Mali 2010

Title: Great Explorers and Lighthouses

Fernando de Magallanes
Lighthouse: Knarraros (Iceland)

Roald Amundsen
Lighthouse: Split Point (Australia)

Marco Polo
Lighthouse: Torre de Hércules (Spain)

 

20100728 - Taiwan

Release Date: July 28 - 2010
Postal Authority: Chunghwa Post
Title: Lighthouses 2010
Format: 4 Stamps
Sheets of: 20 Stamps each
Printing Process: Offset plus spot varnish
Paper: Phosphorescent stamp paper
Designer: Hung-tu Ko
Printed by: China Color Printing Co., Ltd
Stamps:

Facial: 5  (New Taiwan Dollar)
Dimensions (mm): 30x40
Perf: 11 1/2
Quantity to release: 1000000
Lighthouse: Chilung Tao

Facial: 5   (New Taiwan Dollar)
Dimensions (mm): 30x40
Perf: 11 1/2
Quantity to release: 900000
Lighthouse: Wenkan Tui

Facial: 10 (New Taiwan Dollar)
Dimensions (mm): 40x30
Perf: 11 1/2
Quantity to release: 900000
Lighthouse: Paisha Chia

Facial: 25 (New Taiwan Dollar)
Dimensions (mm): 40x30
Perf: 11 1/2
Quantity to release: 900000
Lighthouse: Liuchiu Yu






Thanks to Jaap for the alert about this emission.

20100407 - DPR Korea

Release Date:  April 07, 2010

Title: Birdpex 6 (Bird-only stamp show) in Antwerp (Belgium)

Format: Block

Stamp of our interest:

Facial: 30 won

Lighthouse: Komalsan (City of Chongjin, DPR Korea)

Where did I see it before...?

In the DPR Korea's 2001 issue of Lighthouses

 

And in 2009, in 1 of the 5 "wallets killers" series of Lighthouses

(Bottom right)

20100619 - Spain

Release Date: June 19 - 2010
Postal Authority: Correos
Title: Filatem 2010 - Avilés
Format: Block
Dimensions(mm): 79,2 x 105,6
Quantity to Release: 300000
Printing Process:  Offset
Lighthouse: Stylized Lighthouse in the Logo.

Thanks to Santiago (Spain) for the information.