Monday, February 24, 2025

# 516 - Lighthouses of U. S. A

 











This cover features for of the five stamps issued on13th June 2003, titled Southeastern Lighthouses of U. S. A.

The four stamps on the cover are (Top) - Cape Lookout Lighthouse & Morris Island Lighthouse. (Bottom) - Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse & Old Cape Henry Lighthouse.

The fifth missing stamp from this series is Tybee Island Lighthouse.

Friday, February 21, 2025

# 515 - Lighthouses of Canada

 











On this cover (Bottom Left) stamp features Grand Manan Lighthouse in New Brunswick, Canada. This stamp was issued on 13.01.2020.

Monday, January 27, 2025

# 514 - Lighthouses of Canada

 









On 5th August 1992, Canada issued a series of definitive stamps titled "Edible Berries". One of these stamps is featured on the left. The lighthouse shown on the stamp is a stylized lighthouse.

Friday, January 17, 2025

# 513 - Lighthouses of Spain

 












Thanks to Wolfgang from Austria for sending me this cover. 

On the right of the cover is a stamp featuring Cabo Mayor Lighthouse. This stamp is one of six stamps issued on 6th June 2007.

Thursday, January 9, 2025

# 512 - Lighthouses of France

 











The stamp on the center of this cover feature the Pillar Lighthouse in  Saint Nazaire, France. This is one of  twelve stamps issued on 19th August 2019 by La Poste featuring Famous Lighthouses of the French Coast.

Thanks to Jean Pierre Garnier for this cover

# 511 - France - China Joint Issue

 












Many thanks to my friend Roland from France for this cover.

Details about this stamp issue can be found in my post # 509.

Thursday, January 2, 2025

# 510 - Lighthouses of Faroe (Foroyar) Islands

 












My first post for 2025 comes courtesy of the Post Office in the Faroe Islands. I was in Shanghai a couple of weeks back attending the Asian International Stamp Exhibition. Posta, Faroe Islands was represented at this exhibition and they had a sales booth. When inquired the kind Lady manning the sales booth informed me that she had a couple of stamps of Lighthouses available which she had brought along with her. So I purchased some stamps fixed three stamps on a cover and handed the cover back to her with a request to post it from the Faroes when she gets back. I am very happy that she obliged me. I could not have asked for a nicer cancelation than what you see on the cover. My thanks go out to her for taking the trouble to post this cover from the Faroe Islands. Thank you very much.

The three stamps were issued on 28th April 2014 and feature from L - R: Toftir Lighthouse, Akraberg Lighthouse and Dimun Lighthouse.  

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

# 509 - France China Joint Issue

 










Thanks to my friend Daniel from France for sending me this cover. The two stamps are from the France - China joint issue and the French stamps are featured on this cover. The Chinese stamps are also of a similar design. The stamps were issued on 18th October 2024

The stamp on the right feature Mount Saint Michael Abbey in France. A lighthouse used to exist there at the bottom of the mountain.

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Saturday, December 28, 2024

# 508 - Lighthouses of Germany

 












Thank to Peter from Germany for this cover with a very nice cancelation.

The stamp on the right is from the German issue of 2006. It features Neuland Lighthouse. 

Thursday, December 26, 2024

# 507 - Lighthouses of Latvia

 











This cover feature Irbe Lighthouse in Latvia. The stamp was issued on 17.09.2021