Sunday, May 31, 2015

20150520 - GREECE




Code: GRE-2015-01
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Postal Authority: Helenic Post
Title: 12th European Sea Ports Conference
Format: Set of 3 stamps (2 of them in Minisheets too)


Minisheet
 

Old view of the port of Piraeus with the breakwaters mole lights at the distance. 
South mole at left (N-4178  / Themistokleus)
North mole at right (N-4180  / Vasileus Georgios)

Saturday, May 30, 2015

20150526 - NETHERLANDS

 
Code: NET-2015-01
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Postal Authority: Post NL
Title: Wonderful Netherland 2015 - Fortresses - Willemstad
Format: 1 stamp in Minisheets of 5
Sheets Dimensions (mm): 139 x 75
Stamp Dimensions (mm): 20,8 x 25,3
Perf: 14 1/2 x 14 1/4
Design: Traped in Suburbia, The Hague
Printing Method: Offset 4 colours
Paper: Normal
Security: Phosphor Tagging
Gum: Synthetic
Printed by: J Enschede Security Printers (Haarlem)
Quantity: 65000 Minisheets

No Lighthouse in the stamp design but at the upper margin of the sheet we see a brown tower (barely).
 
 
That tower are the remains of the old Willemstad lighthouse (ex ALL B-0577)
 
Here a view of Google Earth of that place.  Apparently the photo of the minisheet is old and do not show that building at the left of the lighthouse. Or the photo in Google is the old one, and that building does not exists anymore.
 

 
Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue


Friday, May 29, 2015

2014 PDF File - Update to version 2.0

Hello Friends:

A new version (2.0)  of the PDF file of the year 2014 is available now. 
You can download for free   CLICKING HERE.

4 Doubtful ítems added (already posted here) plus 1 modification are the novelties of this version.

Add:
-Maldives:    MDV-2014-02
-St Thomas & Prince: STP-2014-03
-Guinea Republic: GUI-2014-02
-Togo: TOG-2014-06

Modification:
The issue from Greece of the last year have a modification regarding the format.  Besides the booklet stamp, there is also a smaller and gummed version of the stamp.  You can check it here:  GRE-2014-01

We keep in touch.
Carlos

PD: There will be activity this weekend here.  New issues from the Netherlands and from Greece.  Do not forget to bring the magnifying glass.

Monday, May 25, 2015

20150415 - NEVIS

UPDATE
New info
Original Post May 24, 2015

*** Not all the lighthouses are from England ***



 
 
Code:  NEV-2015-01
Release Date: April 15, 2015
 
Coming from:  Nevis Philatelic Bureau
Title:  Europhilex London 2015 - Lighthouses of England  (and Scotland)(*)
Format:  Minisheet of 6 stamps and Block with 1 stamp
Dimensions (mm):
Currency:  East Caribbean Dollar  (XCD)
Design: 
Printing Method: 
Paper:
Gum:
Security:
Printed by:
Quantity: 
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3.15 (XCD)
Roker Pier - ENGLAND
A-2681

3.15 (XCD)
Beachy Head - ENGLAND
A-0840

3.15 (XCD)
New Dungeness - ENGLAND
A-0876
 
3.15 (XCD)
Smeaton`s Tower / Eddystone ENGLAND

3.15 (XCD)
St.Catherine`s - ENGLAND
A-0774

3.15 (XCD)
Flamborough Head Chalk Tower ENGLAND

 

10 (XCD)
The Needles - ENGLAND
A-0528
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 (*)
Eckhard alerts me about this.  Not all the lighthouses depicted in this issue are from England (Although the title says so).  The one at the left of the minisheet (outside the stamps) is from Scotland, located at the most northerly point of mainland Britain.
 

Dunnet Head - A-3574
 
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Thanks to:
Jaap  
Eckhard  

 
 

Saturday, May 23, 2015

General Info: Cancel from Turkey


First Day Cancellation from Turkey.  May 21, 2015.  The stamp released is for UNESCO and Heritage Sites. In the postmark appears Kiz Kulesi in a very stylistic way.   But...


 
But, look at the Minisheet released.  Kiz Kulesi is not in it.  But (again), I believe that the white tower inside the circle that I drew is Ahırkapı  (N-4903).    I will return to this in the future, as soon I can find a better image to confirm it.

Friday, May 22, 2015

20150606 – SAINT PIERRE et MIQUELON

NEW POST
 

 
 
 
Code:  SPM-2015-01
Release Date: June 06, 2015 
 
Coming from:  La Poste SPM
Title:  Cars from the ´50s
Format:  Minisheet of 4 stamps
Dimensions (mm): 170 x 115
Design:  Raphaëlle Goineau
Printing Method:  Offset
Paper:
Gum:
Security:
Printed by: Phil @ poste
Quantity:  50.000
 
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Stamp 4 of 4   -  RENAULT 4 CV
Currency:  Euro - EUR
Facial:  0.76 (EUR)
Service:  Prioritaire Letter up to 20g to France, Andorre and Monaco
Dimensions (mm): 
Perf:
Lighthouse:  Old Tête de Galantry (disapeared in 1980 and replaced with the new Galantry).
All: 
Country:  Saint Pierre et Miquelón (Saint Pierre Island)
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Visit   THIS SITE for more info about Galantry

 
 

Thursday, May 21, 2015

General Info - Cancels from Spain



 
New Touristic postmarks with open date coming from Spain.  Luarca or Atalaya Point (D-1646) and Fisterra or Cape Finisterre (D-1742).  So, if you are lucky and can visit this places, you can build a nice philatelic souvenir with this cancellations.
 
Thanks Jaap for the alert.

Monday, May 18, 2015

20150611 - GERMANY

UPDATE
NEW IMAGES and INFO
Original Post: April 28, 2015 
 
 
 
Code:  GER-2015-01
Release Date:  June 11, 2015
 
Coming from:  Deutsche Post
Title:  Lighthouses 2015 - Moritzburg & Lindau
Format:  Set of 2 stamps
Sheets of: 10 stamps (same design) 5 x 2
Design:  Prof. Johannes Graf, Dortmund
Photo: Reinhard Scheiblich, Norderstedt
Printing Method:  Offset Multicolor
Paper: Coated, white and fluorescent /  DP II
Gum:
Security:
Printed by: Bagel Security-Print GmbH & Co. KG, Mönchengladbach
Quantity: 
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Stamp 1 of 2 
Currency:  Euro - EUR
Facial:  45  (0.45 EUR)
Service:  Local Postcard
Dimensions (mm):  35 x 35
Perf:
Lighthouse:  Moritzburg
All: 
Country:  GERMANY (Moritzburg - Saxony State) 
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Stamp 2 of 2 
Currency:  Euro - EUR
Facial:  62  (0.62 EUR)
Service:  Local Standard Letter up to 20g
Dimensions (mm):  35 x 35
Perf:
Lighthouse:  Lindau
All: 
Country:  GERMANY (Linday - Bavaria State)
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 RELATED MATERIAL
 



 First Day Cancellations
 
 
 

 
 
 

 Local Cancellations
 


 
Thanks to:
Klaus  http://www.leuchtturm-welt.net/
Jaap  

 
 

Sunday, May 17, 2015

General Info: Cancel from Italy


Postmark for the Centenary of entry of Italy in the WWI.    Date May 24 in Trieste.   And the beautiful  Vittoria Lighthouse in it.

Thanks Jaap for the alert.

Friday, May 15, 2015

20150527 – ITALY

UPDATE
New Images and Info
Original Post: February 20, 2015

 
 
 
Code:  ITA-2015-01
Release Date: May 27, 2015
 
Coming from:  Poste Italiane
Title:  Italian Artistic and Cultural Heritage 
Format:  Set of 7 stamps - Definitives
Sheets of: 28 stamps (same design)
Artist: Rita Fantini
Printing Method:  Intaglio
Paper: 90g/m2, white, neutral, non-fluorescent.
Gum: Self Adhesives
Security:
Printed by: IPZS SpA (Rome)
Quantity:  800.000 series
 
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Stamp 1 of 7
Currency:  Euro (EUR)
Facial:  0.80
Service:  Prioritaire Local Small Letter up to 20g
Dimensions (mm):  48 x 40
Perf: 11
Lighthouse:  Castello della Colombaia (ancient)
All: 
Country:  ITALY  (Trapani - Sicily)
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 RELATED MATERIAL
 
 
First Day Cancellation
(Thanks Jaap)
 
 
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Thanks to:
Vaccari  http://www.vaccarinews.it/ 

 
 

Thursday, May 14, 2015

20150507 - IRELAND


UPDATE
New Images
Original Post: April 26, 2015 

 

 
 
Code:  IRE-2015-01
Release Date:  May 07, 2015
 
Coming from:  An Post - IRELAND
Title:  Centenary of the Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Format:  Serie of 2 stamps.  Singles and in Minisheets of 1 serie
Sheets of: 16 stamps
Design:  Steve Simpson
Research & Illustration: Vincent Killowry
Printing Method:  Lithography Multicolour
Paper: TR 102 gsm
Gum: PVA Gum
Security: Phosphor Tagging
Printed by: Cartor Security Printing
Quantity: 
 
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Stamp 2 of 2 
Currency:  EUR - Euro
Facial:  € 1
Service:  Standard Letter Worlwide up to 100g
Dimensions (mm):  40.6 x 29.8
Minisheet Dimensions (mm): 150 x 90
Perf: 14,3 x 14,1
Lighthouse:  Old Head of Kinsale
All:  A-5710
Country:  Ireland
 
 
Thanks to:
Jaap  


 
 

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

General Info: Banknote from Argentina



 
 


New banknote of 50 argentinian pesos (ARS).  It was announced last year, but started to circulate in march of this year.  No lighthouse in the main design.  But one of the security measures (see thru test) is a stylized lighthouse in front and back.



Stylized lighthouse at front in green and yellow

Same design for the back with colours blue and magenta

Sunday, May 10, 2015

General Info: Cancel from Italy


This postmark to be applied in Castiglione della Pescaia (Italy), depicts one of the two Mole Lighthouses of the city.  Both lights (North and South) are identical except for the colour. 
We can´t see the colour in this ítem.  The Mole North lighthouse is red, it is active and the code is E-1470.  The other one is blue and it is inactive (ex E-1468).  So if we have to put a name to this, lets go with the active. North E-1470


Thanks Jaap for the alert.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

General Info: Cancels from the End of the World

 
CHILE 
 


PARAGUAY
 
 
More postmarks regarding the Philatelic Expo in Rio Grande (Tierra del Fuego-Argentina).  This set is coming from South America too.  Two from Chile (the bests cancels about this theme until now) and one from Paraguay.

 


Thanks Jaap for the alert.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

20150621 – SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

NEW POST


 

 
Code:  SGI-2015-01
Release Date:  June 21, 2015
 
Coming from:  South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
Title:  Viola / Dias  -  The last of the British Steam Trawlers
Format:  Serie of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp
Sheets of: 10 stamps
Block Dimensions (mm): 98 x 80
Design:  Andrew Robinson
Printing Method: Lithography
Paper:
Gum:
Security:
Printed by: BDT International
Quantity: 
 
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Stamp 2 of 4 


 

 
 
Currency: Pound
Facial:  70p (0.70 Pound)
Service: 
Dimensions (mm):  28,45 x 42,58
Perf: 14
Lighthouse:  Inner Farne High
All:  A-2812
Country:  England
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Thanks to:
Pobjoy  http://pobjoystamps.com/index.html