Category Archives: Lighthouses

Turkey Lighthouse Stamp, 14 Nov 2014

On 14 Nov 2014 Turkey issued a stamp commemorating 100 years of Turkish cinema. A stylized image of Kiz Kulesi is visible near the center of the stamp between the towers of the bridge. Kis Kulesi which is also know as the Maiden’s Tower and sometimes mistakenly as Leander’s Tower is locate on a small island at the southern end of the Bosphorus just off shore from Istanbul.

Kiz Kulesi L/H | 14 Nov 2014

See more lighthouse stamps from Turkey here

Icelandic postal cards, 2011-2014

The three postal cards shown below were released by Iceland Post and show lighthouses of that island country.

Iceland postal card shaped like Langanes lighthouse, 8 Mar 2011

Langanes lighthouse

 

 

 

 

Iceland postal card showing Kálfshamar lighthouse, 4 Feb 2014

Kalfshamar lighthouse

 

 

Iceland postal card showing Reykjanes lighthouse, 23 Jan 2015

Reykjanes lighthouse