* Updated with new images
On 28 July 2016 An Post issued a booklet containing four different stamps that commemorate the longest defined coastal touring route in the world, the Wild Atlantic Way. Though no lighthouses are pictured on the stamps, the booklet cover features Valentia Lighthouse at Cromwell Point. The light tower, which dates to 1841 was built within the walls of a fort in southwestern Ireland and is also known as Fort Point Lighthouse.
Valentia L/H at Cromwell Point | 28 July 2016 | booklet cover
On 6 October An Post issued another set of four values to commemorate Irish Lighthouses/Commissioners of Irish Lights. The stamps area available in a sheet of 16 stamps and in a prestige booklet.
The four stamps are shown below. The first one shows a navigational buoy being serviced. The second one shows Fanad Head Lighthouse. The third shows only the stylized lighthouse and the fourth one Valentia Lighthouse at Cromwell Point. All four feature the stylized lighthouse at the right.
Stylized L/H & navigation buoy | 6 Oct 2016
Stylized L/H and Fanad Head L/H | 6 Oct 2016
Stylized L/H | 6 Oct 2016
Valentia L/H at Cromwell Point and stylized L/H | 6 Oct 2016
Commissioners of Irish Lights | 6 Oct 2016 | booklet pane
Commissioners of Irish Lights | 6 Oct 2016 | booklet pane
Valentia L/H at Cromwell Point | 6 Oct 2016 | booklet cover
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