Stamp: Lighthouses - Bird Island, South Africa (Afghanistan 2003)
Lighthouses - Bird Island, South Africa (Afghanistan 2003)
05 August (Afghanistan ) within release Transportation (Ships & Navigation) (Lighthouses) goes into circulation Stamp Lighthouses - Bird Island, South Africa face value 10 Afghan afghani
| Stamp Lighthouses - Bird Island, South Africa in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:AF 1988 |
| WADP Numbering System - WNS: | WAD:AF019.03 |
Stamp is vertical format.
Also in the issue Transportation (Ships & Navigation) (Lighthouses):
- Stamp - Lighthouses - Bird Island, South Africa face value 10;
- Stamp - Lighthouses - Cordouan, France face value 20;
- Stamp - Lighthouses - Mahota Pagoda, China face value 30;
- Stamp - Lighthouses - Bay Canh, Vietnam face value 50;
- Stamp - Lighthouses - Cap Roman Rock, South Africa face value 60;
- Stamp - Lighthouses - Mikimoto Shima, Japan face value 100;
- Stamp - Lighthouses - Bell Rock, British Isles face value 150;
- Souvenir Sheet - Lighthouses - Bell Rock, British Isles face value 150;
Stamp Lighthouses - Bird Island, South Africa it reflects the thematic directions:
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses, and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, and safe entries to harbors, and can assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and use of electronic navigational systems.
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft and many forms of short take-off and landing (STOL) or short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft cannot perform without a runway.
Aviation is the practical aspect or art of aeronautics, being the design, development, production, operation and use of aircraft, especially heavier than air aircraft. The word aviation was coined by French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863, from the verb avier (synonymous flying), itself derived from the Latin word avis ("bird") and the suffix -ation.
