Lighthouses on Postcards

Parnu Pier, Estonia

The Lighthouse on Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel (ca 1825)
By J. Jackson

Neuland, Germany

Postcards sent by Maire (Estonia), Louise (Germany) and Gertrud (Germany).

Sunday Stamps | Lighthouses

Some of the latest additions to my collection of lighthouses on stamps...

Swallowtail Lighthouse, Grand Manan Island
 New Brunswick
From Far and Wide (III)
Canada, 2020

Bremerhaven Unterfeuer
Lighthouses 2017
Germany, 2017

Alte Weser
Lighthouses 2024
Germany, 2024

ILV Granuaile & Fanad Lighthouse

Commissioners of Irish Lights

Ireland, 2016

Lantern of Genoa
Italy, 2004

Vlieland (Vuurduin) & Schiermonnikoog (Noordentoren)
Personalized stamps
Netherlands, 2014

Oosterdijk (De Ven)
Personalized stamps
Netherlands, 2014

Gorodets Lighthouse
Russian Lighthouses
Russia, 2023

You can go to Sunday Stamps to enjoy more Lighthouses. And, of course, you are welcome to share yours!

Women on Postcards | C Is for Chinese Colourful Couple

Postcard sent by Lynn (China), through the Postcrossing site.

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Bodie Island

The current Bodie Island Lighthouse stands 48 m tall, and is the third that has stood in this vicinity of Bodie Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and was built in 1872. It was renovated from 2009 to 2013, and was made climbable by the public. There are 219 steps that spiral to the top. It is one of only a dozen remaining tall, brick tower lighthouses in the United States — and one of the few with an original first-order Fresnel lens to cast its light.

I really like receiving different postcards of the same lighthouse, with photographs taken in different light. This way I can get a better idea of ​​the place.

Postcards send by Marina, Ilyse and Mim (the USA).

Second Try

It came out better on the second try...

Summer Mail X | Sea Bath

 

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Sunday Stamps | French Lighthouses

A lighthouse converted into a church in Collioure

Some French lighthouses I have recently received for today's Sunday Stamps. And I have seen three of these in person!

Chassiron

Cap Camarat

Cap Béar

Lighthouses on Postcards

Amrum lighthouse (Germany). Sent by Detlef.

Weskapelle (Germany), but sent from France by Fabienne.

Sheep's Head (Ireland). Sent by Dieter (Germany).

Scheveningen (Netherlands). Sent by Noëlle.

Kołobrzeg Lighthouse (Poland). Sent by Magdalene

Tokarevsky (Vladivostok, Russia). Sent by Alexei

Marblehead (Ohio, USA). Sent by Phillip.

Thursday Postcard Hunt | O Polbo

Postcard sent by Pedro (Spain), during a recent trip to A Coruña. 

O Polbo (='The Octopus')  is a work by Javier M. Padín Martínez. It was inaugurated along with other sculptures on the A Coruña seafront in 2004. This statue is made of reinforced concrete and covered with small, colorful ceramic pieces that change hue depending on the sunlight. It measures 2 meters high by 3 meters wide.

On the background you can see the most famous landmark of this city: the Tower of Hercules,  the oldest known extant Roman lighthouse. It also appears on the pictorial postmark:

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
June theme: SHAPES

• Week 1 - Letters
• Week 2 - Curves
• Week 3 - Lines
• Week 4 - Irregular/Wavy

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Portuguese Lighthouses

It is a pity that this letter sent by Pedro via Ilha das Flores (Azores) to be stamped with a lighthouse postmark, did not turned out as expected.

The stamp, belonging to the set Portugal in the European Union, 40 Years arrived safe and sound, and also did the letter inside.

It is always a pleasure to get mail related to lighthouses, and I have been lately spoiled by Pedro...

Cape Espichel Lighthouse was built in 1790 on the site of a hermitage that had been founded in the middle of the 14th century to hold an image of the Virgin, which had been found on a rock.

Cabo da Roca forms the westernmost point of continental Europe. Situated in the municipality of Sintra, near Azóia, to the west of Lisbon. The lighthouse started operation in 1772.

The stamp belongs to a 4-stamps series issued in 2024 to commemorate the centenary of the Portuguese Lighthouse Authority (Direção de Farois).

Lighthouses in Brittany

Heleen (the Netherlands) sent this postcard with a painting of the famous lighthouse or Ar-Men, and an adventure from 100 years ago:

Achille Beltrame (1871-1945). "The keeper of the lighthouse of Ar Men, on the French coast, had remained isolated from the mainland for 53 days due to bad weather conditions. He managed, thanks to a dangerous acrobatic journey, to return to land (1926).

The same lighthouse appears on the following postcard sent by Fabienne (France):

And some more lighthouses in Brittany, all sent by Fabienne as well:

Île Vierge

St-Georges-de-Didonne

La Vieille

The Whole Journey

Westerhevesand , built in 1908, must be the best-know lighthouses in northern Germany. This postcard was sent by David via Postcrossing. 

The sender was king enough to add a couple of stamps of lighthouses (and two more of the nice series World of Letters).

Usually, when I receive a postcard from Postcrossing, I upload the image to my wall. Sometimes I find that the sender had already uploaded it before sending it. I like the idea of ​​the sender of this postcard: it's like we can know about its previous life, and see the whole journey.

And the same with other Postcrossing postcards from the USA and Belarus: