Isla de Lobos | Uruguay

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Lobos is a small island located about 8 kilometres southeast of Punta del Este in Uruguay. Not to be confused with Lobos Island, part of Spain's Canary Islands. The island is home to more than 15,000 sea lions and 250,000 South American fur seals.

The origins of the lighthouse on this island date back to 1858. With its height of 59 meters, the tallest lighthouse of South America, you have a wonderful panoramic view of the island and the coast of Punta del Este.

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Hirsholm Island | Denmark

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Hirsholmene is an archipellago of 10 islands and islets located in the Kattegat waters in Denmark. The main island is Hirsholm, a very small island with a lighthouse, a church and about 20 houses. It is the only inhabited island, with 6 permanent residents.

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Mikynes Lighthouse | Faroe Islands

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The  Faroe Islands are an archipelago of 18 islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, located roughly in the middle between Norway, Scotland, and Iceland. The islands have a total population of about 49,000.

Mykines is the westernmost of the 18 main islands. While cruise ships occasionally stop on Mykines, bringing as many as 500 people on the island at any given time, only 10 people live here year-round. There is a tiny schoolhouse, and it is attended by exactly one child.

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Goat Island Lighthouse | USA

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Goat Island Light, built in 1833, is a lighthouse located off Cape Porpoise in southern Maine. Secret service agents protecting President George H.W. Bush found it a convenient spot to watch over the Bush compound at Walker's Point. 

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Curtis Island Lighthouse | USA

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Curtis Island Lighthouse was built in 1836, on the southeast end of Curtis Island. The light overlooks Camden Harbor. The island is in the USA state of Maine.

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The card is actually sent from Canada. State of Main is a Canadian border state.    

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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse | USA

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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse is a deactivated lighthouse on the Oregon Coast, situated on less than an acre of basalt rock in the Pacific Ocean. Construction started in 1890.

“Sea conditions necessitating the construction of the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse were notoriously brutal – so brutal, in fact, that no local workers could be found to participate in the project, as they believed leveling-off a small rock located a mile off-shore was obviously a foolhardy idea.” 

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Eldred Rock Lighthouse | Alaska USA

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Eldred Rock Lighthouse is the oldest original lighthouse in Alaska. First lit on June 1, 1906 and one of the remotest lighthouses in North America, the Eldred Rock Lighthouse was built after some disastrous shipwrecks. Especially during the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush, when the Lynn Canal was full of steamships bringing miners to the Yukon.

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75th anniversary forever stamp.  For 75 years, Batman has protected Gotham City from the forces of evil. Since his debut, he has become one of the most iconic super heroes in history.

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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse | USA

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Look very carefully at this postcard and you will see Cape Hatteras Light. The tallest lighthouse in North America.

This lighthouse is located on Hatteras Island off the North Carolina coast. Hatteras Island is a barrier island: a long, narrow, offshore deposits of sand or sediment that run parallel to the coastline.

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Guia lighthouse | Macau

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The Guia Fortress in Macau is a 17th-century colonial military fort, chapel, and lighthouse complex. The 90 metres tall lighthouse is over 150 years old and is still functioning today.

The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau. 

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Lighthouses in South Australia

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Seven lighthouses are featured on this postcard: Cape Spencer, Cape du Couedic, Cape Willoughby, West Cape, Port Adelaide, Cape Borda and Corny Point. All located in South Australia.

 

The lighthouse in the centre of the card is Cape du Couedic Light, located on Kangaroo Island, Australia’s third largest island after Tasmania and Melville.  

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100 Years of Commonwealth Management of Lighthouses. The stamp issues feature four historic and architecturally diverse Australian lighthouses.  

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Australian lighthouses

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These are actually four different postcards (maxicards) depicting the following lighthouses. Clockwise: North Reef lighthouse (1878) off the Queensland coast, Cape Byron lighthouse (1901), Cape Leeuwin lighthouse (1896) and Tasman Island lighthouse (1906).

It is estimated that there are over 350 'light houses' in Australia - all built in the last 200 years.

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A matching stamp on the front of each card.

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Bornholm Island | Denmark

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Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. About 40,000 people live on this island.

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2015 Europa stamp. This year’s theme is Old Toys.

Lego has been around since 1949!    

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Tórshavn, capital city of the Faroe Islands

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Tórshavn is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. The city is one of the smallest capitals in the world with only 15,000 inhabitants.

The card pictures… well probably everything Tórshavn has to offer. There are single view cards and multiples. This one is an extreme multiple!  

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Toftir Lighthouse. In 2014 Faroer issued a set of three stamps depicting Lighthouses. 

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Nubble Lighthouse | USA

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Cape Neddick Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the state of Main. The lighthouse is located atop of a large rock island (Nubble Island) about 90 meters off shore.

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Beachy Head Lighthouse | United Kingdom

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Beachy Head is a chalk headland in the United Kingdom, close to the town of Eastbourne. The lighthouse in the sea in front of Beachy Head was built in 1902.  

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Breskens Lighthouse | The Netherlands

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The lighthouse of Breskens is the oldest remaining cast-iron lighthouse in the Netherlands. It was built in 1867 and became a monument in 1982. Breskens is a harbour town in the Dutch province of Zeeland.

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The guilder denominated stamps were declared invalid in 2013 because of a large stamp fraud case. But they still do the job.

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Grønningen Lighthouse | Norway

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Grønningen Lighthouse is located on a small rocky island off the Norwegian coast. Part of the island is a bird sanctuary. During the summer the house is operated as a hostel with 40 beds for overnight stays. 

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Ocracoke Island and Lighthouse | USA

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The Outer Banks is a 200-mile long string of narrow barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina and a small portion of Virginia. Barrier islands are long, narrow, offshore deposits of sand or sediment that run parallel to the coastline. 

One of the barrier islands of the southernmost Outer Banks, is Ocracoke Island. The lighthouse dates back to 1823 and still functions today.

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Texel Island and Lighthouse | Netherlands

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Texel is the largest Wadden Island in The Netherlands. It is also the most populated with a population of about 13,500. The neighboring island in the archipelago is Vlieland.

 

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In 2014 Dutch Post issued a set of 8 sheetlets with butterflies and flowers. 

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Vlieland Island and Lighthouse | Netherlands

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Vlieland is one of the five Wadden Islands. Schiermonnikoog, Ameland, Terschelling and Texel are the other four. Vlieland is about 12 km in length and no more than 2 km in width. The number of inhabitants is 1,100.  

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Part of a sheet of 10 stamps to celebrate 175 years of railways in Netherlands.

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