Wednesday, October 23, 2024

# 506 - Lighthouses of Jersey

 











Thank you very much Reto for this beautiful sending. It is a Aerogramme with the image on the left featuring La Corbiere Lighthouse in Jersey. The stamp affixed on the aerogramme was issued on 24th April 2024 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of this historic and most photographed lighthouse in Jersey.


Wednesday, October 2, 2024

# 505 - Lighthouses of Poland

 












Thanks to Roman from Poland for this cover which feature two of the four stamps issued on 15th June 2007. The two stamps on the cover are Gdansk Lighthouse (left) and Kolobrzeg Lighthouse (right). The special cancelation on the cover marks the International Day of Lighthouses which is usually celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of August each year.

Thursday, September 26, 2024

# 504 - Lighthouses of Portugal

 









The miniature sheet on this cover was issued on 8th September 2017. The stamp on the m/s feature Santa Marta Lighthouse.

Thanks to Eric from Portugal

# 503 - Lighthouses of Latvia

 















On this cover the stamp feature Irbe Lighthouse in Latvia. This stamp was issued on 17th September 2021. 

Thanks to Imre Pirk from Latvia for this cover.

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

# 502 - Lighthouses of Canada

 










Thanks to Roger for this cover. The stamps  feature Point Prim Lighthouse located in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The stamp was issued on 6th May 2024

Friday, September 20, 2024

# 501 - Lighthouses of Portugal

 












Many thanks to my friend Pedro from Portugal for this cover.

He used two stamps from the series " Centenary of the Portuguese Lighthouse Authority" issued on 23rd May 2024 on this cover. The stamps feature Cabo da Roca Lighthouse on a matching cover which Pedro was able to buy during one of his walks.

Thanks for remembering me Pedro.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

# 500 - Lighthouses of Taiwan

 













Today I am happy to show cover # 500. I started this blog way back in February 2009. Ever since I have had several friends from around the world contributing to this blog. Thank you very much.

On this cover are three of the five stamps from Taiwan issued on 3rd November 2020. From left to right are Chiutzu Lighthouse, Peiting Lighthouse and Kuosheng Lighthouse.

My thanks to Michael Ho from Taiwan for sending me this cover.

# 499 - Lighthouses of Germany

 











This is the second cover from Ulf Gebhard (the first being cover no 498). On this cover the First Day Cancelations are from Bonn. The stamp feature Alte Weser Lighthouse.

Ulf tells me that this will be the last issue of the German Longhouses stamp series which commenced in 2004.  

# 498 - Lighthouses of Germany

 











Ulf Gebhard from Germany sent me this cover (along with cover no 499) after reading my blog. Thank you very much.

The stamp on this cover features Alte Weser Lighthouse. The stamp was issued on 4th July 2024. On this cover Ulf has obtained for me the Berlin First Day cancelation.

Thank you very much and I wish you well.

Friday, August 16, 2024

# 497 - Lighthouses of Latvia

 











The two stamps on this cover feature (L) Ainazu & Anaži Breakwater   Lighthouses and (R) Slitere Lighthouse. The two stamps were issued on 12th September 2014 and 15th March 2019 respectively