20120613 - AZERBAIJAN

Release Date: June 13, 2012
Philately Authority: Azermarka Company
Title: The 20th Ann. of the Azerbaijan-China diplomatic relations
Format: 1 stamp
Sheets of: 10 stamps
Design: Kh. Mirzoyev.
Printing Process: Offset
Dimensions (mm): 40 x 28
Perforation: 14
Currency: Manat (AZN)
Facial: 50 qəp  (0,50 AZN)
Quantity: 50000

Lighthouse: Qiz Qalasi (Maiden Tower)

Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue.

20120609 - TURKEY

Release Date: June 09, 2012
Postal Authority: Ptt
Title: Istambul Shopping Fest
Format: 2 stamps
Sheets of: 25 stamps
Perf: 14
Printed by: Ptt Printing House
Currency: Turkish Lira (TRY)
Facials: 1 TL  and  2 TL
Lighthouse: Kiz Kulesi





1 TL

2 TL

20120326 - FRANCE

Release Date: March 26, 2012
Postal Authority: La Poste
Title: European Capitals - Copenhague
Format: Block with 4 stamps
Facial: € 3.60 (4 x 0,60)
Design: Olivier AUDY
Printing Process: Heliogravure

Where is the lighthouse?:  Not in the stamps,  not in the block...
The cover of the Collector Pack (Document Philatélique) shows the lightship Gedser Rev.

Thanks Jaap for the alert on this item.

DOUBTFUL - Solomon Islands 2012

Title: Lighthouses of Oceania
Format: Block with 5 stamps

Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue.

20120611 - FRANCE

Release Date: June 11, 2012
Postal Authority: La Poste
Title: Castles and Historic Houses (I)
Format: Booklet of 12 stamps
Designer: HUMBERT-BASSET Stéphane
Printing Process: Heliogravure


Stamp "Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur"
Facial: Permanent Value - Letter up 20g to France, Monaco and Andorra.

Lighthouse
Chateau D´If

Thanks Klaus for the image.

20120615 - GIBRALTAR

Release Date: June 15, 2012
Postal Authority: Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau
Title: Europa - Visit Gibraltar
Format: Serie of 6 stamps
Sheets of: 8 stamps
Design: Stephen Perera
Printing Process: Litho in 4 colours
Printed by: Cartor Security Printers

Stamps:
Currency: Gibraltar Pound (GIP)
Dimensions (mm): 31.8 x 31.8
Lighthouse: Europa Point

Facial: 54p (0.54 GIP)

Facial: 44p (0.44 GIP)

RELATED MATERIAL

Presentation Pack

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20120615 - NORWAY

Release Date: June 15, 2012

Postal Authority: Posten

Title: Norwegian Lighthouses III

Format: Serie of 2 stamps in Booklets of 5 series (10 stamps)
Gum: Self Adhesive
Design: Benjamin Stenmarck, Neue Design Studio
Photos: © Søren Rodriguez
Printing Process: Offset
Printed by: Joh. Enschedé Security Print

Stamps:
Facial Value:  A  (Permanent for local letters)
Dimensions (mm): 21 x 35
Perforation: 14

Lighthouse: Kavringen

 

Lighthouse: Medfjordbåen

 

This is the third release of the serie Norwegian Lighthouses and we had to wait 5 year for the continuation. Next are the images of the first two issues and links to posts of pharoteliste about them.

 

Lighthouses I - 2005
Jomfruland and Tranoy

http://pharoteliste.blogspot.com/2008/11/norvge-jomfruland-trany.html

Lighthouses II - 2007
Ona and Tungeneset

http://pharoteliste.blogspot.com/2009/10/norvege-ona-tungeneset.html

Thanks to Kramer and Jaap for the alert on this issue.

20120508 - Cyprus (Northern Turkish Republic)

Release Date: May 08, 2012
Postal Authority: KKTC Posta Dairesi
Title: Europa issue - Visit North Cyprus
Format: 2 stamps
Sheets of: 16 stamps (8 series)
Design: Hüseyin Billur
Paper: watermarked (KKTC with map)
Printing Process: Offset
Printed by: Devlet Basimevi (State Printing Office - Nicosia)
Quantity: 40000 series


Stamp:

Facial: 80 kurus (0.80 Turkish Lira - TRY)
Dimensions (mm): 41 x 26
Lighthouse:  We have 2 ancient lighthouses in this stamp.  The Kyrania (inactive since 1886) and the Kyrenia East Mole.

Kyrenia (NW Tower of the Fortress)

Kyrenia East Mole



RELATED MATERIAL

First Day Cover

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20120416 - CUBA

Release Date: April 16, 2012
Postal Authority: ECC - Empresa de Correos de Cuba
Title: 20 Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Cuba and Azerbaiyán
Format: 1 stamps
Sheets of: 24 stamps
Currency: Cuban Peso (code CUP)
Facial: 75  (0.75 cuban peso)
Lighthouse: Qiz Qalasi (Maiden Tower). Azerbaiján.



Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue.

20120531 - CROATIA

Release Date: May 31, 2012
Postal Authority: Hrvatska pošta
Title: Lighthouses 2012
Format: Serie of 3 stamps
Sheets of: 10 stamps
Design: O. Franković (Zagreb)
Photos: Andrew Carli (Split)
Paper: white, 102 g., gummed (selfadhesive: white, wood-free, 181 g)
Printing Method: Offset Multicolor
Printed by: "Zrinski" - Čakovec
Quantity: 100000 series


Stamps:
Currency: Kuna (code HRK)
Dimensions (mm): 48,28 x 29,82
Perforation: 14

 Sveti Petar
Facial: 3.10

Sveti Nikola
Facial: 7.10

Pokonji dol
Facial: 7.10

RELATED MATERIAL:

Complete Sheets

 First Day Cover



Thanks Jaap for the images.

20111028 - SRI LANKA

A new discovery from last year...

Release Date: October 28, 2011
Postal Authority: Sri Lanka Post
Title: Vintage & Classis Cars of Sri Lanka - National Stamp Exhibition
Format: Block with 4 stamps
Value of the block: Rs. 40,00 (Sri Lanka Rupee - LKR)
Printed by: Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka


Lighthouse:

Colombo Clock Tower

Extra Material: This block can be found also with the logo of LANKA PHILEX 2011. Bottom left of the block.

Thank you very much Ravi, from Sri Lanka for the alert on this issue.

20120713 - JAPAN

Release Date: July 13, 2012
Postal Authority: JP Post
Title: 60th Anniversary of Enforcement of the Local Autonomy Law -  Kanagawa
Format: Block with 5 stamps
Dimensions (mm): 93,5 x 175
Designer: Maruyama Satoshi
Printing Process: Rotogravure in 6 colours
Quantity printed: 2.000.000

Stamp

Facial: 80 (Yen - JPY)
Dimensions (mm): 30 x 36
Photo: Miura-Shi
Lighthouse: Joga-shima

Bonus Lighthouse

The photo used for the background of the block is fantastic. It shows the coast of Shonan,  the Fujiyama, and the Enoshima island.  At the center of the island is visible the figure of Eno-shima Lighthouse.

http://www.enoden.co.jp/flangu/e7.htm

http://www.post.japanpost.jp/kitte_hagaki/stamp/furusato/2012/h240713_f.html 

20100504 - CUBA

2 new issues from CUBA, but from the year 2010.  Sooner or later always appear some new stamp, and of course they are very welcome.

Release Date: May 04, 2010

Postal Authority: ECC - Empresa de Correos de Cuba

Title: FIT Cuba 2010 - International Tourism Fair 2010

Format: 6 stamps + 1 block

Currency: Cuban Peso (CUP)

Lighthouse: The logo of the fair is a stylized lighthouse, inspirated in Castillo del Morro.  This logo is present in the six stamps of the set and in the block.

Originally this logo looked different. And the image of the lighthouse was more accurate. 

But in 1995, when the fair changed his name from Cubatur to FITCuba, the logo also changed.  The graphic designer Hubert Delestre was in charge of the redesign.  The new and modern logo shows now an stylized version of the lighthouse.

http://www.fitcuba.com/fitcubanuevo/

Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue

20100629 - CUBA

Release Date: June 29, 2010

Postal Authority: ECC - Empresa de Correos de Cuba

Title: Popular Dances

Format: 6 stamps + 1 block

Stamp with Lighthouse

Facial: 45 (0.45 Pesos - CUP)

Dance: SON

Lighthouse: Castillo del Morro

How to dance the SON?  Watch this, it´s easy...

Thanks to Jorge (from Argentina, now in Canada),  for this discovery.

20120424 - CHILE

Release Date: April 24, 2012
Postal Authority: Correos Chile
Title: Carabineros de Chile - 85 years
Format: 2 stamps se-tenant
Sheets of: 40 stamps (20 series)
Design: Roberto Sepúlveda Bustos
Paper:  Semi-brilliant - 90g/m2
Printing Process: Offset with 4 colours
Printed by: Casa de Moneda de Chile SA
Quantity: 60000 (30000 series)

Stamp

Facial: $ 310 (Peso - CLP)

Dimensions (mm): 48 x 30

Perforation: 13 1/2

Lighthouse: Monumental La Serena

Chile Correos:

http://www.correos.cl/SitePages/filatelia/home.aspx