Category Archives: Stamps

Portugal Lighthouse Stamp, 8 Sep 2017

On 8 September 2017 Portugal issued a set of four stamps plus a souvenir sheet to celebrate the selection of Cascais as the 2018 European Youth Capital. Cascais is a suburb of Lisbon and the location of Santa Marta Lighthouse which is featured on the stamp in the souvenir sheet shown below. The light serves both for general navigation and as a front range light. It dates from 1868.

Santa Marta L/H | 8 Sep 2017 | D2118 | - Image source: Universal Postal Union

Additional lighthouse stamps from Portugal are here

Estonia Lighthouse Stamps, 9 Aug 2017

Eesti Post has just released the latest in their annual lighthouse stamp series.  These two stamps feature the range lights (leading lights) for the small harbor of Orjaku on the island of Kassari. A photo and map location for the front light is here and for the rear light here. The stamps are available in sheets of 20 with lighthouses shown on the labels. This series of stamps was begun in 1996 and hopefully there are enough lighthouses in Estonia to keep the series active for many more years to come.

Orjaku Range Front Lt. | 9 Aug 2017 | C3644

Orjaku Range Front Lt. | 9 Aug 2017 | C3644

Orjaku Range Rear Lt., | 8 Aug 2017 | C3644.1

Orjaku Range Rear Lt., | 8 Aug 2017 | C3644.1

Click here to see more lighthouse stamps from Estonia.