Turn On The Light! Candles, Lamps, Torches, Candelights, Bedside Lamps.

Croatia

1994

National Olympic Commitee - s/s 8 stamps

The stamp depicts the Olympic Pyre, in an artwork of the artist Ivan Lackovic Croata (1932 - 2004).

This Iceland 2010 stamp marks 150 years of public gas lighting in Reykjavik.

This Montenegro 2007 New Year stamp features candle light.

On December 17, 1994 Latvia issued a single-pane Christmas booklet of 6 stamps (2 x 3 designs). Stamps depict illustrations by Margarita Staraste. This 5 santims value (Sc #389) from the booklet shows a small child carrying a candle through a snowy landscape.

Germany, Berlin

1991

18th World Gas Congress

The stamp at right depicts a gas light pole, and the left stamp honors Wilhelm August Lampadius (1772 - 1842). He was a German pharmacist in Göttingen from 1785 until 1791. Also he was an "extraordinary professor" of chemistry and mineralogy. Lampadius is best known for inflaming the first coal gas lantern on European ground. (wiki)

Here is Germany's April 7, 2004 2.20 euros stamp (Mi #2395) commemorating the 150th anniversary of Heinrich Goebel's (1818-1893) electric light bulb.

Czech Republic
170 Years of Public Street Gas Lighting
September 6, 2017
The stamp depicts a historic gas lamppost In Prague.

Brazil

1984

First year of the building of Postal Union of Americas and Spain - 1v

The stamp depicts Pero Vaz de Caminha writing the detailed official report of the April 1500 discovery of Brazil by Cabral's fleet, with the help of a candle. Caminha was a Portuguese knight that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral to India in 1500 as a secretary to the royal factory.

An allegorical figure created by German graphic artist Karl Ludwig Suetterlin (1865-1917) holds a light bulb above the darkness on this May 8, 1984 50 pf stamp (Mi #720) of Berlin. Stamp commemorates the centenary of the electrification of Berlin.

Hungary

1956

Miners Day - 1v

The stamp shows a miner carrying a lantern

On July 4, 1973 the USA issued a se-tentant block of four Bicentennial Era 8c stamps depicting the December 16, 1773 "Boston Tea Party" at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. The bottom two stamps of the block (Sc #s 1482-3) depict lit lanterns.

Germany DDR

1989

Erzgebirge Chandeliers - 6v

The stamp shows typical chandelliers from Erzgebirge, a region placed in Saxonia, Germany.

Poland

1982

Lukasiewicz - 6v

Jan Jozef Ignacy Lukasiewicz (1822 – 1882) was a Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. His achievements included the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep oil, the invention of the modern kerosene lamp (1853), the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe (1853), and the construction of the world's first modern oil well (1854).(wiki)

These two values (Mi #s 270, 272) from the Federal Republic of Germany's October 1, 1957 "Coal Mining" semi-postal charity set of four show artificial lights. The 7 + 3 pf value depicts a young coal miner holding a lantern, and the 20 + 10 pf stamp shows a miner with headlamp.

This Canada 1988 Science and Technology stamp shows a kerosene lamp.