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

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This 30 pf value (Mi #182) from Bavaria's 1920 "Farewell" series depicts an allegorical figure (Electricity) lighting the realm with a lantern inscribed in a glowing octagon. The 20, 30, and 40pf values of the series use this image.


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France

1996

Electricity - 1v

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Singapore
Hari Raya Aidilfitri
July 7, 2004
The celebration marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan.
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Here is the one rupiah value (Sc #423) from Indonesia's May 26, 1956 set of three identically-designed stamps commemorating the Asia-Africa Student Conference in Bandung.

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On September 9, 1964 Japan issued its Tokyo Summer Olympic Games II set of 5 stamps. Here is the 5 yen value (Sc #821) of the set showing a stylized olympic flame.

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France

1982

100 years of Public Electric Light in Grenoble

The stamps depicts the first public event in Grenoble, France, with eletric light

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Here is the 4 angolars value (Sc #332) from Angola's June 1950 Holy Year set of two stamps.

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This 50c value (SG #157) of Singapore is from the August 9, 1971 set of four Singapore Festival stamps. Stamp depicts a boy and girl celebrating Deepavali, or Diwali (modern pronunciation. Deepavali is the Festival of Lights (triumph of good over evil) celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists.

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Monaco

1990

UPU Congress - 1v

The stamp, engraved by Czeslaw Slania, shows a grafic interpretation of the automaton 'Pierrot Ecrivain', created by Gustave Vichy in ~1895. A kerosen lamp is over the table.

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Brazil

2004

The stamp depicts an athlete carrying the olympic torch in Rio de Janeiro , with the sugarloaf at second plane

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Egypt, Kingdon

1957

National Assembly - 1v

The stamp shows the luminaries of the gate of the National Assembly at the time


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Dutch Inventions
February 9, 2010
Set of ten, one stamp depicts LED (light emitting diode) lighting by Philips Company in 2007.
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This Japan 1992 Yamaguchi Prefecture stamp depicts the lantern festival held annually on the 7th of July (lunar calendar).
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On November 1, 1991 Finland issued this 1.80 markka, discount 1st class domestic rate stamp (Facit #1157) for use on Christmas cards mailed between December 1-15. Stamp depicts Santa Claus leading a candlelight parade through the snow.

From Facit, "The sale at post offices ceased from 16th December 1991".

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Here is Bolivia's set of two stamps (Sc #s 376-7) publicizing the the country's nationalization of mines. Stamp depicts a miner with a helmet light.

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