Lighthouses On Stamps

1947
Colossus of Rhodes.
(and a thematic contender "archery" on stamps.)

Damn, I can see the light...

I like these lighthouses for a number of reasons. One is, I think about a group of Sri Lankan postal officials wandering how they can sell more of these stamps. One enterprising young fellow pipes up and says, "How about if we change all the 2.00 stamps to 2.50 and the 2.50 stamps to 2.00." While this is most likely not what happened I still enjoy thinking about it.

The Rönnskär II lighthouse is located on a small island about 7.5 km (4.5 mi) north of the Porkkala lighthouse in the Gulf of Finland. Built in 1814 (and significantly heightened in 1828), it has been inactive since 1928. Approx. 27 m (89 ft) two-stage tower; the lower half is square cylindrical unpainted rubblestone, and the upper half is round cylindrical cut stone, painted white. The lantern has been removed, but radar and communications equipment is mounted atop the tower. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Rönnskär II (as an active light!) and a regional map, designed by Aarne Karjalainen, engraved by Birger Ekholm, and issued by Finland to commemorate the Soviet Union's return of the strategic Porkkala area (which it had seized during World War II) to Finland on January 26, 1956, Scott No. 335, Facit No. 457.

- nethyrk

Timmendorf

4 from the Faroes

The lights were out!

The Europa ship has foundered on the Lighthouse rocks.....

Rod222 - you posted one earlier - here's the set

Wonderful thread about a great topic and I really want some of those stamps. Does anyone know if the US is going to make more of the lighthouse series?

Here is an image of a stamp depicting some Atlantic puffins and other seabirds near the old Galantry lighthouse in St. Pierre, which was built in the 1800s and razed in 1978 to be replaced by a new, taller structure, designed and engraved by Pierre Forget, and issued for use in St. Pierre and Miquelon on October 21, 1975, Scott No. 444, plus an image of a picture postcard showing the former lighthouse from a different angle.

- nethryk

In a distance I can see light ahead,and not disco lights .Entry port lights.

I don't think I saw US Scott#1391 on here.

Sombrero Lighthouse (Virgin Islands stamp) miraculously turns up...

...on a StKitts, Nevis, Anguilla stamp.

Lighthouse, South Sound, Grand Cayman, engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., and issued for use in Cayman Islands on March 2, 1953, Scott No. 142.

- nethryk