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Very nice thread! Beautiful pictures. Keep em coming!
I am in the same boat as are a few other members, not enough $$ for a complete set of anyone's catalogs!
I hear you about the Library, but the nearest Library of any significances is 125 miles to the NE of me! LOL
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The Maiden's Tower (Turkish: Kiz Kulesi), also known as Leander's Tower, is a tower lying on a small islet located at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. First constructed in 1100, but destroyed and rebuilt several time since, the tower has been variously used as a watchtower, a lighthouse, and a quarantine station. The current Maiden's Tower is masonry construction, and it has an octagonal prism with a cupola, with a focal height of 23 m (75 ft), and red or white flash, depending on direction, every 3 seconds. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Maiden's Tower, printed by lithography, and issued by Turkey (Ottoman Empire) on January 14, 1914, Scott No. 256, plus a photo of the current tower. Trivia note: The Maiden's Tower was featured in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). - nethryk   |
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Although technically NOT a stamp, here is a piece of postal stationery showing a lighthouse. This was issued by JERSEY in 1982. It shows "La Corbiere Lighthouse". Jersey has a few other LH stationery issues. If any interest, I can look them up and see if I have them. Enjoy.  |
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I found an Spectacle Reef lighthouse pin autographed by the stamp designer Howard Koslow in a kiloware lot I bought. .jpg) Any of you lighthouse lovers want the pin....in trade for a few stamps? |
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Here are images of a booklet pane depicting Åland lighthouses, and of the four stamps contained within it, designed by Allan Palmer, printed by lithography, and issued by Åland Islands on May 8, 1992, Scott Nos. 67a, and 64-67, Facit Nos. 57-60, plus some relevant photos. - nethryk  Rannö: 1962. Active; focal plane 20 m (66 ft); two quick white flashes every 5 s. 6 m (20 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower with slatted daymarks on two sides.   Sälskär: 1868. Active; focal plane 44 m (144 ft); two white flashes every 12 s. 31 m (102 ft) round brick tower with lantern and gallery.   Lågskär: 1920. Active; focal plane 42 m (138 ft); white flash every 12 s. 23 m (75 ft) square concrete tower with lantern and gallery.   Märket: 1885. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); white flash every 5 s. 14 m (46 ft) octagonal cylindrical stone tower with lantern and gallery, rising from a 2-story stone keeper's house. Entire structure painted with red and white horizontal bands.   |
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They moved our lighthouse to Edgartown out on Martha Vineyard back in 1935. They have five; we have zero.
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Australia 100 Years of Commonwealth Management of Lighthouses July 7, 2015  |
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Poland Lighthouses June 19, 2015 Rozewie II, Kikut, Swinoujscie, Jastarnia, Gdansk Northern Port  |
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Posted 09/02/2014 01:03 am
