# 541 - Lighthouses of France

 

Many thanks to Andre from France for this cover.

Please refer to my post # 534 for details about the stamp

# 540 - Lighthouses of Germany

 

Thanks to Peter from Germany for this cover. The lighthouse featured on the stamp is Bremerhaven  Unterfeuer Lighthouse. This stamp is one of two stamps issued on 8th June 2017. The other stamp issued along with this stamp is featured in my post # 539 below.

# 539 - Lighthouses of Germany

 

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.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026

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.

# 538 - Lighthouses of France

 

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.

# 537 - Lighthouses of France

 

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.

# 536 - Lighthouses of Germany

 

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.

# 535 - Lighthouses of Portugal

 

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.

# 534 - Lighthouses of France

 

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.

# 533 - Lighthouses of Morocco

 

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.