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| 2011: Lighthouses (Design - Melanie Efstathiadou) |
Cyprus's tallest lighthouse built in 1888, not seen on the stamp is its ancient companion a 2nd century amphitheatre
Four of Guernsey's lighthouses, the Alderney light appears on the FDC and the 11p stamp, it warns of the Alderney Race, a turbulent strait of water between Alderney and Cap de la Hague in France, the strongest tidal stream in Europe.
6p - Les Casquets, part of an underwater sandstone ridge, Victor Hugo wrote "to be wrecked on the Casquets is to be cut into ribbons..."; 4p - Les Hanois marks the shoals and reefs off Guernsey and gives a position fix for ships entering the Channel Traffic Separation System; 13p - Sark Lighthouse on Point Robert was designated a 'rock station' so lighthouse keepers got extra pay but unlike the usual isolated postings they could visit the tiny island's pub, The Mermaid Tavern.
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| 2007: Island Jewels |
A lighthouse with a sandy beach, now that is definitely heavenly and one of the local residents may be smiling at you on Rottnest Island, the cute quokka
Sunday Stamps theme this week is - Lighthouses of Towers - See It On A Postcard
3 comments:
Lovely! And yes lots of rocks.
The Guernsey stamps are especially attractive with all the dangerous rocks included.
I've never get tired of lighthouses!
Thanks for the picture with the ancient theatre. They should have included it on the stamp!
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