20151126 - CURACAO

***  2015 Release ***

 

Code: CUR-2015-01
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Postal Authority: CPost
Title: December Stamps
Format: Serie of 6 stamps
Sheets of: 
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Quantity:

Stamp 3 of 6

Currency: Netherlands Antillean Guilder - ANG

Facial: 119c (1.19 ANG)
Service: 
Dimensions (mm):  Perf:
Lighthouse: Klein Curacao (Little Curacao)
ALL: J-6399

Thanks Jaap for the info about this great find

DOUBTFUL - Guinea Bissau 2015

Code: GBI-2015-03
Release Date: December 19, 2015
Title: The world of the Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp


Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue

General Info: Money... Money... Money...

 

Coming from Russia.   New commemorative banknote of 100 rubles.  It is a limited edition of 20 millions copies. The design is dedicated to Crimea. The front (left image) with the Swallow´s nest castle in Yalta. And the back (right image) with a collage of Sevastopol. The main image is the Monument to Sunken Ships. But the interesting part for us is this:

 

Khersonesskiy Lighthouse
E-5308 

 

This is a lighthouse that we saw before in stamps:

From the Soviet Union in 1982

From Ukraine in 2010

BONUS:

It is an old design,  but the 2016 version of Chicken Rock 10pence coin from Isle of Man is available now.

 

DOUBTFUL - Togo 2015

Code: TOG-2015-02
Release Date: December 30, 2015
Title: Lighthouses
Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 2 stamps

DOUBTFUL - Central African Republic - 2015

 

Code: CAF-2015-04

Release Date: December 15, 2015

Title: Sea Birds

Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps + Block of 1 stamp

 

 

DOUBTFUL - Central African Republic - 2015

 

Code: CAF-2015-03

Release Date: December 15, 2015

Title: Lighthouses and Shells

Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps+ Block of 1 stamp

 

 

Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue

MAU-2016-01 - MACAU

New Release

GENERAL INFO:

Release Date: March 14, 2016
Authority: Macao Post
Title: 325^th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Public Security Police Force            
Format: Serie of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp
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Block Info:

Currency:  Patacas - MOP

Facial:  12.00 (MOP)

Service: 

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Perf: 

The emblems of the different Public Security Forces of Macau are depicted at the bottom of the Block.  The sixth from the left represents the Police Department. The Guia Lighthouse is in it.

Lighthouse:  Guia

ALL: F-3416

Location:  Fortress of Guia, Macau.



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

No CROATIA

Hello:

 

A serie that was with us the last years, saw the end in 2015.   The croatian stamps of lighthouses that started in 2007 are not presents in the programme of 2016.   It was a very nice run.  Thanks to Hrvatska pošta for these 9 years of lighthouse stamps.

We keep in touch
Carlos

20151109 - BRAZIL

***  2015 Release ***

 

 

Code: BRA-2015-01
Release Date: November 09, 2015
Postal Authority: Correios
Title: The Water Circuit - Minas Gerais
Format: Serie of 10 stamps
Sheets of: 30 stamps (3 series)
Design: Jean Paulo Lopes
Printing Process: Offset
Paper: Gummed Chalky
Printed by: Brasilian Mint
Quantity: 1.800.000 stamps (180.000 series)

Currency: Permanent Value - 1º Porte Carta Comercial
Service: First Rate Domestic Commercial Post
Dimensions (mm): 40 x 30
Perf: 11 1/2 x 12
Lighthouse: FAUX
Location: Lambari,  Mina Gerais State in Brazil

Well,  it is not completely faux. It has a light, but it serves as a touristic spot more than a navigation aid.

It was restored last october.

Happy New Year!!!

Friends and Readers of this blog, I wish you all a great 2016. 

Faros Argentinos III
Sc   2377b

 

Saludos!

Carlos.

DOUBTFUL - Mali 2015

 

 

 

 

Code: MAI-2015-01

Release Date: 2015

Title: Lighthouses

Format: Minisheet of 3 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

BEST STAMPS with LIGHTHOUSES - YEAR 2015

 

Hello:

And here are the results for this year.  I received 32 votes of what you think that were the best 10 issues in 2015.  Points were assigned according to the position, and the sum of all, returns us this list.   A surprise?  Yes,  I believe that the winner is a surprise.  I liked the stamp but I didn't think that could be so high.

 

Happy Holidays to all.

We keep in touch.

Carlos.

 

1st Place (289 points)   New Caledonia Click here to visit the post

2nd Place (280 points)   Norway Click here to visit the post

3rd Place (202 points)   Germany Click here to visit the post

4 -(195 points)	Morocco
5 -(183 points)	Jersey (Autumn)
6 -(150 points)	Australia
7 -(120 points)	Saint Pierre et Miquelon
8 -(118 points)	Canada
9 -(105 points)	Portugal
10(99 points)	Latvia

Time to Vote

Hello Friends:
 

End of the year and its time to put in a list, your opinions about the stamps with lighthouses of 2015.

Help me to create the top 10 of issues.  Your thoughts are welcome in my mail:
 

cmsilvano@arnet.com.ar

Please detail your top 10 picks, and also your name. Here below, a memory helper with the most popular of this year:

 

Aland	Aruba
Australia	Canada
Croatia	Estonia
Germany	Iceland
Italy	Jersey
Latvia	Macau
Morocco	New Caledonia
Norway	Poland
Portugal	Saint Pierre & Miquelon

 

 

The picks are not limited to this list. If you like a stamp that is not listed here, name it , no problem.

During the last week of december, we will know the winners.

We keep in touch.
Carlos