It is indeed a nice way to start the new year with a post on 1st January.
This cover comes to me with the courtesy of Silvia from Germany. The two stamps are from the German issue of 2017. The stamps feature (left) Kiel Holtenau Lighthouse and (right) Bremerhaven Unterfeuer Longhouse. The stamps were issued on 8th June 2017.
I wish all my friends and readers of this blog a very happy new year. Thank you for sending me covers from all around the world. Happy Collecting. May the Lighthouses guide the way for all of us in the years to come.
Many thanks to Daniel from France for this cover which I received today to end my posts form 2025.
The stamp on this cover features the historical lighthouse in the village of Collioure and is known as the Collioure Lighthouse.
This is a postal stationery envelope featuring a impression of D'ar-Men Lighthouse. La Poste issued a series of stamps on 12.11. 2007 titled "Lighthouses". This is a impression of one of the stamps featured in that issue.
Thanks to my friend Daniel from France for this cover.
This cover features two stamps from 2022 and 2024 respectively. They are Friedrichsort Lighthouse and Alte Weser Lighthouse.
My thanks to Volkmar from Germany for sending me this cover.
This stamp features Penedo da Saudade Lighthouse located on the Atlantic coast in Portugal. The stamp was issued on 31st July 2024.
Thanks to my friend Reto from Switzerland for sending me this cover.
The stamp was printed using a new technique known as thermorgraphic
printing, which involves the application of a special ink to certain areas – in
this case mixed with powder made from crushed pine harvested for this very
purpose from Leiria Pine Forest by CTT employees. This is the first time in the world that the
themographic technique has used pine mixed with the printing ink. It is evident on the left of the stamp which shows the Pine Forest
This
issue is dedicated to “Pinhal do Rei” (Kings Pine Forest). It is devoted to the
theme of protecting and preserving nature. Special care was taken in the choice
of raw material (paper) used for this issue.
In have written in detail about this stamp issue in my post # 532. Much thanks to Jean Pierre Derlon form this cover.
I can add that this stamp is from the bottom left corner of the stamp sheetlet.
The stamp at the bottom left of this cover feature Point Nador Lighthouse in Morocco. This stamp was issued on 20th June 2024.
Thanks to Pierre Millien from France who sent this cover from Morocco.
The French city of Nice hosted the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) from 9th - 13th June, 2025. To commemorate this event this stamp was released by La Poste on 10th June 2025. The stamp illustrates Nice in its marine environment as seen from the Promenade des Anglais, with its blue chairs and lighthouse on the left.
Thanks to Andre for this cover.
P.S -
1. The lighthouse on the stamp is a stylized lighthouse and as such it should be considered "imaginative".
2. However on the full sheet of 10 stamps on the left border there is a image of the Nice City Lighthouse.
My thanks to Jaap from Netherlands & Daniel from France for this information. For a image of the full sheet please visit
https://francestampphilatelystore.laposte.fr/shop/product/stamp-nice-ocean-international-letter-1125014
Both stamps on this cover feature Naissaar Lighthouse in Estonia. This stamp was issued on 8th September 2025. This release is part of a long running stamp series titled "Lighthouses of Estonia" that began in 1995.
Much thanks to Juri Tomson from Estonia for sending me this cover.
