Lighthouses On Stamps

Yugoslavia

1991

Lighthouses of the Adriatic and of the Danube

12v booklet

Denmark
Lighthouses
May 16, 2019
The five booklet stamps feature lighthouse at Hameren, Lyngvig, Hirtshals, Taksensand, and Omø.

This May 14, 1996 Italian stamp publicizes the 1996 RAMOGE Agreement between Italy, Monaco, and France.

On June 9, 2008 Guernsey issued "Photographs of Guernsey" stamp booklets featuring local sites. One of these depicts the St Peter Port lighthouse. It is Scott #927i, and is denominated at the 40p "UK" rate (mail sent off the island to the U.K.). Saint Peter Port harbor has been used since the Roman occupation, but has been improved as an artificial harbor in modern times. The still active lighthouse was constructed in 1867.

Concerning the lighthouse, biblio.com states, "Located at the end of the breakwater at St. Peter Port. Accessible by walking the breakwater. Site open. Tower closed."

Here are some stamps from Taiwan R.O.C.'s two "lighthouse" definitive series of 1989-92. The stamps with the white panels at bottom are from the 1989 series (Sc #s 2673-84, while those from the 1991-2 series (Sc #s 2811-23) have the blue panel at the bottom.

On August 7, 1982 Singapore issued a "Lighthouses of Singapore" set of 3 stamps and a souvenir sheet including the 3 stamps. They are Stanley Gibbons #s 427-9 and MS430.

The 75c and $1 were shown earlier on this thread, on page 5.

10c. Sultan Shoal Lighthouse 1896
75c. Horsburgh Lighthouse 1855
$1. Raffles Lighthouse 1855

Japan 1968, Scott #974.

The $1 value from Singapore's 1983 set of 4 World Communications Year stamps is inscribed "Sea Communications". It features a lighthouse and a container ship.

France
Lighthouses - Guuardians of our Coasts
August 5, 2019
The set of 12 booklet stamps depict the following lighthouses: Dunkirk, Goury La Hague, Kereon, L'Ile Vierge, Biarritz, Bear, Lavezzi, Camarat, Ar-Men, Pilier, Corduan, Chassiron.

Thailand
Lighthouses
September 30, 2019
The stamp set depicts Bang Pa-In Lighthouse, Ko Sichang Lighthouse, His Majesty the King's 80th birthday lighthouse, Kanchanaphisek Lighthouse.

In March of 2016, Ireland issued these four, 72c domestic rate "Commissioners of Irish Lights" stamps in concert with the launch of an exhibition of the Commissioners' work in the Galway Docks at Seafest, an annual maritime festival. Each of these stamps has a stylized lighthouse in its right panel, "lighting" the image on the stamp. The upper right sheet selvage contains a row of ink color lighthouses, an indication that this sheet was printed by Cartor Security Printing. The first day cancel contains a lighthouse image.

From irishlights.ie website, "Irish Lights is a maritime organization delivering an essential navigation and safety service around the coast of Ireland."

The Taiaroa Head lighthouse is shown on this March 6, 2000, $1 "scenic" definitive of New Zealand.

From Wikipedia, Taiaroa Head is a headland at the end of the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand, overlooking the mouth of the Otago Harbor...(It) is named for Te Matenga Taiaroa, a 19th-century Maori chief of the Ngai Tahu iwi."

Republic of China (Taiwan)
Lighthouses
2018: Gaomei, Wuchiu, Suao, Anping
2019: Keelung, Tungting, Taichung, Tamsui

Between 1944 and 1947 New Zealand issued the fifth and final series (S.G. #s L37-41) of its Life Insurance Department stamps in the original design, which had been slightly altered in 1905 to remove the script "V.R." (Victoria Regina) letters.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Lighthouses
2018: L'Ile-aux-Marins lighthouse
2019: Galantry Lighthouse