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India - Alleppey Lighthouse Maxim Card (Private)</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-9096886380777566840' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LOywoCzrQbA/U1iNMzNlqFI/AAAAAAAAEH4/5IGVKFlmT60/s1600/India+LH+Alleppey+Pvt+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0215).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LOywoCzrQbA/U1iNMzNlqFI/AAAAAAAAEH4/5IGVKFlmT60/s1600/India+LH+Alleppey+Pvt+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0215).jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i>Alleppey</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i> Lighthouse was commemorated with the release of Maxim Card</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i>(Private) with the Alleppey (Alappuzha) First day Postmark of 23-Dec-2012. </i></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i>The image in the Maxim Card depicts the unpainted Alleppey Lighthouse.</i></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i>The detail(s) about the </i><i><i><i>Alleppey </i></i>Lighthouse is available in my earlier post #0191...</i></div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0215-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0215-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2014-04-23T21:08:00-07:00'>9:08 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0215-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 1 comment: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Tuesday, April 22, 2014</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yFfFk9TzcJk/U1dg217CaAI/AAAAAAAAEHo/T7ndktKbYuM/s1600/India+LH+Aguada+Pvt+Maxim+Card+19-dec-2011+(0214).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='2175849011116372736' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='2175849011116372736'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0214-india-fort-aguada-lighthouse-maxim.html'>0214. India - Fort Aguada Lighthouse Maxim Card (Private)</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-2175849011116372736' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yFfFk9TzcJk/U1dg217CaAI/AAAAAAAAEHo/T7ndktKbYuM/s1600/India+LH+Aguada+Pvt+Maxim+Card+19-dec-2011+(0214).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yFfFk9TzcJk/U1dg217CaAI/AAAAAAAAEHo/T7ndktKbYuM/s1600/India+LH+Aguada+Pvt+Maxim+Card+19-dec-2011+(0214).jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i>Fort Aguada Lighthouse was commemorated in the release of Maxim Card </i></b></span><b><i><span style="line-height: 20px;">(Private) with the </span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i>postage stamp released by India Post on 19-Dec-2011 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee celebration of Goa (where the lighthouse is located) Liberation Day</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i>.</i></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i> </i></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i>The detail(s) about the Fort Aguada </i><i>Lighthouse is available in my earlier post #0109...</i></div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0214-india-fort-aguada-lighthouse-maxim.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0214-india-fort-aguada-lighthouse-maxim.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2014-04-22T23:45:00-07:00'>11:45 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0214-india-fort-aguada-lighthouse-maxim.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Monday, April 21, 2014</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c0YbKVAdd9k/U1YIc0RaVcI/AAAAAAAAEHY/V44lPtCzbCc/s1600/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+Pvt+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0213).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='4576427680422908380' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='4576427680422908380'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0213-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html'>0213. India - Mahabalipuram Lighthouse Maxim Card (Private)</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-4576427680422908380' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c0YbKVAdd9k/U1YIc0RaVcI/AAAAAAAAEHY/V44lPtCzbCc/s1600/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+Pvt+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0213).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c0YbKVAdd9k/U1YIc0RaVcI/AAAAAAAAEHY/V44lPtCzbCc/s1600/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+Pvt+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0213).jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>Mahabalipuram</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i> Lighthouse was commemorated with the release of Maxim Card </i></b></span><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">(Private) with the Permanent Picture Cancellation of Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram). </span></span></i></b></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i> </i></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i>The detail(s) about the Mahabalipuram </i><i>Lighthouse is available in my earlier post #0194...</i></div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0213-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0213-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2014-04-21T23:14:00-07:00'>11:14 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/04/0213-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Tuesday, March 19, 2013</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xL-lDDEnTh4/UUaUr1gF_1I/AAAAAAAACYU/2IZrEPZNVIY/s400/India+LH+Miniature+Sheet+23-dec-2012+(0197).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='4658865929442136550' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='4658865929442136550'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0197-india-lighthouse-miniature-sheet.html'>0197. India - Lighthouse Miniature Sheet</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-4658865929442136550' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xL-lDDEnTh4/UUaUr1gF_1I/AAAAAAAACYU/2IZrEPZNVIY/s1600/India+LH+Miniature+Sheet+23-dec-2012+(0197).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xL-lDDEnTh4/UUaUr1gF_1I/AAAAAAAACYU/2IZrEPZNVIY/s400/India+LH+Miniature+Sheet+23-dec-2012+(0197).jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>India Post commemorated the Alleppey and Mahabalipuram</i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Lighthouse with the release of a Miniature Sheet </span></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>on 23-Dec-2012.  </i></b></span></span></i></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <br /> <i>The detail(s) about the </i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Alleppy and Mahabalipuram </span></span></i></span></span></i></span>Lighthouse(s) are available in my earlier post(s) #0191 and #0194 respectively...</i> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0197-india-lighthouse-miniature-sheet.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0197-india-lighthouse-miniature-sheet.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2013-03-19T22:25:00-07:00'>10:25 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0197-india-lighthouse-miniature-sheet.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Monday, March 18, 2013</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aqD58kIyM0k/UURij207hxI/AAAAAAAACYE/e3zDCAvAGvo/s640/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+Pvt+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0196).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='2657925895561844853' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='2657925895561844853'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0196-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html'>0196. India - Mahabalipuram Lighthouse Maxim Card (Private)</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-2657925895561844853' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aqD58kIyM0k/UURij207hxI/AAAAAAAACYE/e3zDCAvAGvo/s1600/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+Pvt+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0196).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aqD58kIyM0k/UURij207hxI/AAAAAAAACYE/e3zDCAvAGvo/s640/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+Pvt+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0196).jpg" width="428" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>Mahabalipuram</i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Lighthouse was commemorated with the release of Maxim Card </span></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>(Private) with the First day Postmark of 23-Dec-2012. </i></b></span></span></i></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i> </i></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i>The detail(s) about the Mahabalipuram </i><i>Lighthouse is available in my earlier post #0194...</i></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i> </i></div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0196-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0196-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2013-03-18T05:16:00-07:00'>5:16 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0196-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 1 comment: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Sunday, March 17, 2013</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PwAo0P5mkw4/UURgxmurVII/AAAAAAAACX8/0wTnK4EBxc8/s640/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0195).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='5684376717520795226' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='5684376717520795226'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0195-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html'>0195. India - Mahabalipuram Lighthouse Maxim Card</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-5684376717520795226' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PwAo0P5mkw4/UURgxmurVII/AAAAAAAACX8/0wTnK4EBxc8/s1600/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0195).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PwAo0P5mkw4/UURgxmurVII/AAAAAAAACX8/0wTnK4EBxc8/s640/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+Maxim+Card+23-dec-2012+(0195).jpg" width="417" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>India Post commemorated the Mahabalipuram</i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Lighthouse with the release of Maxim Card </span></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>on 23-Dec-2012.  </i></b></span></span></i></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <br /> <i>The detail(s) about the </i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Mahabalipuram </span></span></i></span></span></i></span>Lighthouse is available in my earlier post #0194<b></b>...</i></div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0195-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0195-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2013-03-17T05:09:00-07:00'>5:09 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0195-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Saturday, March 16, 2013</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3KPh8qL2rbA/UURT-T57sdI/AAAAAAAACXs/hEv6sQ-ptQ8/s400/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+23-dec-2012+(0194).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='8579268594346894202' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='8579268594346894202'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0194-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html'>0194. India - Mahabalipuram Lighthouse</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-8579268594346894202' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3KPh8qL2rbA/UURT-T57sdI/AAAAAAAACXs/hEv6sQ-ptQ8/s1600/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+23-dec-2012+(0194).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3KPh8qL2rbA/UURT-T57sdI/AAAAAAAACXs/hEv6sQ-ptQ8/s400/India+LH+Mahabalipuram+23-dec-2012+(0194).jpg" width="247" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> Mahabalipuram Lighthouse is a best known Lighthouse in the India's Eastern Coast. There were two lighthouse(s) located atop a large rock.<br /> <br /> The earliest Lighthouse was a 20 meter high square stone structure which was built around the start of 8th century.  Fires were lit atop this for centuries as a guide to seamen.  In 1877, the British placed a lantern atop which was removed subsequently.  Since 1900, this lighthouse is inactive.  The structure is today seen on the side of the present day Lighthouse.<br /> <br /> In 1900, the new 26 meter high un-painted round stone tower Lighthouse was built atop the large rock.  This is one of the most commonly visited Lighthouse in India.<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><i><b><i> </i></b></i></b><br /> <br /> <b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><i><b><i>The Mahabalipuram Lighthouse was commemorated by India Post with the release of a 5 rupees stamp on 23-Dec-2012. </i></b></i></b></div> <div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> Built in the year 1887 and re-built in 1900, the MAHABALIPURAM Lighthouse:</div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Tower is ROUND stone</span></div> </li> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Tower UNPAINTED</span></li> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Height is 26 metres</span></li> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Colour scheme of the LIGHT is WHITE</span></li> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">LIGHT character is a FLASH every 10 seconds</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0194-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0194-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2013-03-16T05:02:00-07:00'>5:02 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0194-india-mahabalipuram-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Thursday, March 14, 2013</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cXmhQSRo7HY/UUK41Q4h0PI/AAAAAAAACXI/fOeKurXxLrY/s640/India+LH+Alleppey+23-dec-2012+(0193).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='1640187421391685033' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='1640187421391685033'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0193-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html'>0193. India - Alleppey Lighthouse Maxim Card (Private)</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-1640187421391685033' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cXmhQSRo7HY/UUK41Q4h0PI/AAAAAAAACXI/fOeKurXxLrY/s1600/India+LH+Alleppey+23-dec-2012+(0193).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cXmhQSRo7HY/UUK41Q4h0PI/AAAAAAAACXI/fOeKurXxLrY/s640/India+LH+Alleppey+23-dec-2012+(0193).jpg" width="441" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>Alleppey</i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Lighthouse was commemorated with the release of Maxim Card </span></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>(Private) with the First day Postmark of 23-Dec-2012. </i></b></span></span></i></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i>The detail(s) about the </i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Alleppey </span></span></i></span></span></i></span>Lighthouse is available in my earlier post #0191...</i></div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0193-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0193-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2013-03-14T23:01:00-07:00'>11:01 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0193-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 1 comment: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Tuesday, March 05, 2013</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yUdrWecnOxc/UTWVYvNALCI/AAAAAAAACWg/W_Uy--dA6ZE/s640/India+LH+Alleppey+23-dec-2012+Maxim+Card+(0192).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='9127884756069430311' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='9127884756069430311'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0192-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html'>0192. India - Alleppey Lighthouse Maxim Card</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-9127884756069430311' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yUdrWecnOxc/UTWVYvNALCI/AAAAAAAACWg/W_Uy--dA6ZE/s1600/India+LH+Alleppey+23-dec-2012+Maxim+Card+(0192).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yUdrWecnOxc/UTWVYvNALCI/AAAAAAAACWg/W_Uy--dA6ZE/s640/India+LH+Alleppey+23-dec-2012+Maxim+Card+(0192).jpg" width="412" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>India Post commemorated the Alleppey</i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Lighthouse with the release of Maxim Card </span></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>on 23-Dec-2012.  </i></b></span></span></i></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <i>The detail(s) about the </i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Alleppey </span></span></i></span></span></i></span>Lighthouse is available in my earlier post #0191...</i></div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0192-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0192-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2013-03-05T19:53:00-08:00'>7:53 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0192-india-alleppey-lighthouse-maxim.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 1 comment: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Monday, March 04, 2013</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fm-KvdxNZUQ/UTSF86OXzXI/AAAAAAAACWQ/syEftGTHjb8/s400/India+LH+Alleppey+23-dec-2012+(0191).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='2943108907195213953' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='2943108907195213953'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0191-india-alleppey-lighthouse.html'>0191. India - Alleppey Lighthouse</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-2943108907195213953' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fm-KvdxNZUQ/UTSF86OXzXI/AAAAAAAACWQ/syEftGTHjb8/s1600/India+LH+Alleppey+23-dec-2012+(0191).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fm-KvdxNZUQ/UTSF86OXzXI/AAAAAAAACWQ/syEftGTHjb8/s400/India+LH+Alleppey+23-dec-2012+(0191).jpg" width="261" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> Alleppey Lighthouse, an historic Lighthouse, in the India's South Western Coast.  The Lighthouse has teak spiral stairway.  Until the year 2000, the Lighthouse was painted all White.  The Red horizontal bands were added after that.  </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> The Lighthouse celebrated its Sesquicentennial (150th year) in 2012.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><i><b><i>The Alleppey (Alappuzha) Lighthouse was commemorated by India Post with the release of a 20 rupees stamp on 23-Dec-2012. </i></b></i></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> Built in the year 1862, the ALLEPPEY <b><i></i></b>Lighthouse:</div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i></i></b></div> <ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Tower is CYLINDRICAL masonry</span></div> </li> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Tower painted WHITE with one RED HORIZONTAL BANDS</span></li> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Height is 28 metres</span></li> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Colour scheme of the LIGHT is WHITE</span></li> <li style="border: none; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">LIGHT character is a FLASH every 15 seconds</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0191-india-alleppey-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0191-india-alleppey-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2013-03-04T03:49:00-08:00'>3:49 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/03/0191-india-alleppey-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 1 comment: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Friday, October 19, 2012</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qDp9asZ2idY/UIEnaf84J4I/AAAAAAAABwM/smYXjie6r8E/s400/India+LH+Coloba+Cachet+FDC+18-feb-2001+(0189).jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='5433252987755100823' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='5433252987755100823'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/10/0189-india-prongs-lighthouse-cachet.html'>0189. India - Prongs Lighthouse Cachet</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-5433252987755100823' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qDp9asZ2idY/UIEnaf84J4I/AAAAAAAABwM/smYXjie6r8E/s1600/India+LH+Coloba+Cachet+FDC+18-feb-2001+(0189).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qDp9asZ2idY/UIEnaf84J4I/AAAAAAAABwM/smYXjie6r8E/s400/India+LH+Coloba+Cachet+FDC+18-feb-2001+(0189).jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-us-6DttMMBk/UIE96pPlNfI/AAAAAAAABw8/gZtDRcfCJ08/s1600/India+LH+Colaba+Cachet+FDC+18-feb-2001+(0189A).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-us-6DttMMBk/UIE96pPlNfI/AAAAAAAABw8/gZtDRcfCJ08/s1600/India+LH+Colaba+Cachet+FDC+18-feb-2001+(0189A).jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Zoomed picture of the Lighthouse Cachet...</i></b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Colaba is a part of the city of Mumbai, India.  The area that is Colaba was originally a region consisting of two islands viz., <i>Colaba and Little Colaba</i>.  The island of Colaba was one of the seven islands of Mumbai ruled by the Portuguese.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">Prongs Lighthouse is located South of Colaba Point, the Southernmost point of Salsette Island.  The Lighthouse is accessible only by boat.  This historic lighthouse marks the entrance to Mumbai Harbour, replaced the onshore </span>Colaba Point Lighthouse.  Also, it is one of the few off-shore Lighthouses in the World still staffed.  Further, it was one of the few lighthouses equipped with a cannon to repel pirates.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Prongs Lighthouse is one of the three Lighthouse(s) in the Mumbai Harbour.  The others being, Sunk Rock Lighthouse and Dolphin Lighthouse.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,"Palatino Linotype",Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,"Palatino Linotype",Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,"Palatino Linotype",Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,"Palatino Linotype",Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>The Prongs Lighthouse (</i></b></span></span></i></b></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,"Palatino Linotype",Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,"Palatino Linotype",Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">encircled in the FDC</span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,"Palatino Linotype",Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,"Palatino Linotype",Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>) was picturized in the International Fleet Review First Day Cover cachet released by India Post on 18-Feb-2001 . </i></b></span></span></i></b></span></span></i><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Built in the year 1874, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">PRONGS </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></i></b></span> Lighthouse:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><i> </i></b></span></div> <ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> <li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;">Tower is ROUND tapered stone</span></div> </li> <li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;">Tower has lantern and two galleries</span></li> <li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;">Tower mounted on a stone pier </span></li> <li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;">Tower painted in three HORIZONTAL bands, RED, WHITE and BLACK</span></li> <li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; line-height: 20px;">Height is 44 metres </span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/10/0189-india-prongs-lighthouse-cachet.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/10/0189-india-prongs-lighthouse-cachet.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2012-10-19T03:43:00-07:00'>3:43 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/10/0189-india-prongs-lighthouse-cachet.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Wednesday, January 25, 2012</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u7ZdXEPfshE/TxaqTnCtmaI/AAAAAAAABFI/svMAt30e7yU/s400/India+LH+Cochin+Kadavanthara+Meter+Cancellation.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='7256752592937851451' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='7256752592937851451'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/01/0121-india-directorate-of-lh-ls-cochin.html'>0121. India - Directorate of LH & LS (Cochin District) - Meter Cancellation</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-7256752592937851451' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u7ZdXEPfshE/TxaqTnCtmaI/AAAAAAAABFI/svMAt30e7yU/s1600/India+LH+Cochin+Kadavanthara+Meter+Cancellation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u7ZdXEPfshE/TxaqTnCtmaI/AAAAAAAABFI/svMAt30e7yU/s400/India+LH+Cochin+Kadavanthara+Meter+Cancellation.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships (Cochin District) stretches from Kasaragod to Manakodam and all the Lighthouses in the Lakshadweep Island.  The region meets the navigational requirements of the Major Port of Cochin and number of minor ports of Karnataka and Kerala.</span><br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">There are about 26 Lighthouse(s) under the Cochin District of the Directorate.  </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>This postal stationery depicts the Meter Cancellation of the Directorate General of LH & LS (Cochin District), Kadavanthra PO, Cochin.</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i></i></b></span></div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/01/0121-india-directorate-of-lh-ls-cochin.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/01/0121-india-directorate-of-lh-ls-cochin.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2012-01-25T03:18:00-08:00'>3:18 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/01/0121-india-directorate-of-lh-ls-cochin.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Thursday, January 12, 2012</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PUsoeBgK_fY/Tw6x6sbWOFI/AAAAAAAABD0/88NLIGHhcEU/s400/India+LH+Aguada+19-dec-2011.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='4353411124293796112' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='4353411124293796112'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/01/0109-india-fort-aguada-lighthouse.html'>0109. India - Fort Aguada Lighthouse</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-4353411124293796112' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PUsoeBgK_fY/Tw6x6sbWOFI/AAAAAAAABD0/88NLIGHhcEU/s1600/India+LH+Aguada+19-dec-2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PUsoeBgK_fY/Tw6x6sbWOFI/AAAAAAAABD0/88NLIGHhcEU/s400/India+LH+Aguada+19-dec-2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Fort Aguada Lighthouse is located in Fort Aguada, a 16th century Portuguese fortification, about 10 km West of Panaji, the capital of the Goa State. </span><br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The Fort Aguada built in 1612 comprises a Lower Fort with bastions all around and an Upper Fort.  It skirts the seashore and ascends the summit of the bare rocky, upland called Aguada Point.  The Upper Fort was built as a vantage point to serve the ships.  While the Lower Fort offers a safe berth to Portuguese Ships.  The Upper Fort comprises of Moat, an underground Water Storage Chamber, Lighthouse, Gun powder room and Bastions. </span><br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The word Aguada means '<i>Watering Place</i>' in Portuguese.  The Water Tank storage capacity is 23,76,000 gallons.  It has 5 division with a support of 16 huge columns and a staircase to descend.  The Lighthouse, at initial stage used to emit light once in 7 minutes. In 1834, updated to emit light creating eclipse every 30 seconds.</span><br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">In 1841, an Oil lamp was exhibited from a mast erected inside Aguada Fort - built by the Portuguese.  The circular masonry Lighthouse tower was built in 1864 and an Wick Lamp with 6th order optic was placed on it.  In 1906, PV equipment with a 4th order optic replaced the oil lamp.  The equipment were of Portuguese origin.</span><br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The Lighthouse was a wonderful old building and was in service till 1970s.<b><i> </i></b></span><br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>The Fort Aguada Lighthouse is seen in the backdrop in the postage stamp released by India Post on 19-Dec-2011 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee celebration of Goa (where the lighthouse is located) Liberation Day</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>.</i></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Built in 1864, the Fort Aguada Lighthouse:</span></div> <ul> <li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Tower is ROUND stone</span></span></li> <li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Tower, lantern and gallery are painted WHITE</span></li> <li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Utopia,'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Height is 13 meters</span></li> </ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/01/0109-india-fort-aguada-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/01/0109-india-fort-aguada-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2012-01-12T03:08:00-08:00'>3:08 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/01/0109-india-fort-aguada-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Saturday, February 05, 2011</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TU0TKmQgXVI/AAAAAAAAAF0/HfZWaEukEQQ/s1600/LH+Vizag+Dophin+Nose.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='1486650347841807677' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='1486650347841807677'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0010-india-visakhapatnam-dolphins-nose.html'>0010. India - Dolphin's Nose Lighthouse Picture Cancellation</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-1486650347841807677' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TU0TKmQgXVI/AAAAAAAAAF0/HfZWaEukEQQ/s1600/LH+Vizag+Dophin+Nose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TU0TKmQgXVI/AAAAAAAAAF0/HfZWaEukEQQ/s1600/LH+Vizag+Dophin+Nose.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The cancellation is of Visakhapatnam Dolphin's Nose Lighthouse.  <span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">The Lighthouse is standing on the Yarada Konda Hill range.  The Lighthouse site is known as Dolphin's Nose as it is overlooking the enterence to the Vizag Harbour.  </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Commissioned in the year 1940, the DOLPHIN's NOSE VISAKHAPATNAM Lighthouse:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Tower is SQUARE masonry</div></li> <li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Tower is with BLACK and WHITE bands</div></li> <li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Height is 19 meters</div></li> <li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Colour scheme of the LIGHT is WHITE</div></li> <li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">LIGHT character is FLASH every 10 seconds</div></li> </ul></div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0010-india-visakhapatnam-dolphins-nose.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0010-india-visakhapatnam-dolphins-nose.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2011-02-05T01:14:00-08:00'>1:14 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0010-india-visakhapatnam-dolphins-nose.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Friday, February 04, 2011</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TUz2DO3UnDI/AAAAAAAAAFw/DLiDh7q3kE4/s400/LH+Surathkal+SCover.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='72639176194595078' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='72639176194595078'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0009-india-international-lighthouse.html'>0009. India - International Lighthouse & Lightship Week (7th - 22nd Aug'2010)</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-72639176194595078' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TUz2DO3UnDI/AAAAAAAAAFw/DLiDh7q3kE4/s1600/LH+Surathkal+SCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="216" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TUz2DO3UnDI/AAAAAAAAAFw/DLiDh7q3kE4/s400/LH+Surathkal+SCover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Surathkal Point Lighthouse was choosen for the 3rd International Lighthouse & Lightship Week being celebrated in India from 7th - 22nd August 2010.  </em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A private Special Cover was released at the Surathkal Lighthouse by the Lions District Governor with assistance from Lions Club International Amateur Radio Club Station VU2LCI.  The Cover has the Permanent Picture Cancellation of the Mangalore Lighthouse.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0009-india-international-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0009-india-international-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2011-02-04T23:01:00-08:00'>11:01 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0009-india-international-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> 1 comment: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TUzoTVQ3hSI/AAAAAAAAAFs/mn4X_2hcMP0/s400/LH+Kadalur+Point.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='606950129335881207' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='606950129335881207'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0008-india-kadalur-point-lighthouse.html'>0008. India - Kadalur Point Lighthouse</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-606950129335881207' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TUzoTVQ3hSI/AAAAAAAAAFs/mn4X_2hcMP0/s1600/LH+Kadalur+Point.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="170" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TUzoTVQ3hSI/AAAAAAAAAFs/mn4X_2hcMP0/s400/LH+Kadalur+Point.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Kadalur Point Lighthouse was established on 20th October 1909.  This is to mark the submerged rock "Vellayam Kallu".   For the last 100 years, the Kadalur Point Lighthouse is serving the seafarers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><em>To commemorate the Centenary Celebrations, a Special Cover with a Picture cancellation was released on 20th October 2009 by the Kerala Postal Circle.</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div>Built in the year 1909, the KADALUR POINT Lighthouse:<br /> <br /> <ul><li>Tower is CIRCULAR made of Stone</li> <li>Tower is with BLACK & WHITE Bands</li> <li>Height is around 34 meters</li> <li>Color scheme of the LIGHT is WHITE</li> <li>LIGHT character is FLASH every 5 seconds</li> </ul></div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0008-india-kadalur-point-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0008-india-kadalur-point-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2011-02-04T22:05:00-08:00'>10:05 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/0008-india-kadalur-point-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Friday, October 29, 2010</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMqgZAf3uXI/AAAAAAAAAE4/kihnf0e_dV0/s1600/LH+Kollam.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='169494726348244080' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='169494726348244080'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/0004-india-kollam-tangassery-lighthouse.html'>0004. India - Kollam Tangassery Lighthouse Picture Cancellation</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-169494726348244080' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMqgZAf3uXI/AAAAAAAAAE4/kihnf0e_dV0/s1600/LH+Kollam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMqgZAf3uXI/AAAAAAAAAE4/kihnf0e_dV0/s1600/LH+Kollam.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The cancellation depicts the Tangassery Point Lighthouse in the city of Kollam in Kerala.  The Lighthouse was built in the year 1902.  This lighthouse acted as an outpost during Portuguese, Dutch and British rules.  The lighthouse stands on the land near the fort of Kollam.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Tangassery Lighthouse:</div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Tower is CIRCULAR Masonary </div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">Colour scheme of the LIGHT is WHITE</div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">Light character is 3 (THREE) FLASHES every 15 seconds</div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">ELEVATION is around 42 metres </div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">Painted with RED and WHITE DIAGONAL bands</div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">Located in the COCHIN District of Indian Lighthouse & Lightship Directorate</div></li> </ul> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/0004-india-kollam-tangassery-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/0004-india-kollam-tangassery-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2010-10-29T03:24:00-07:00'>3:24 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/0004-india-kollam-tangassery-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Wednesday, October 27, 2010</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfWcD9P66I/AAAAAAAAAEE/OuFuJNpy9fo/s1600/LH+Cochin-1.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='374500442546739965' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='374500442546739965'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-cochin-lighthouse.html'>0003. India - Cochin Lighthouse Picture Cancellation</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-374500442546739965' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfWcD9P66I/AAAAAAAAAEE/OuFuJNpy9fo/s1600/LH+Cochin-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfWcD9P66I/AAAAAAAAAEE/OuFuJNpy9fo/s1600/LH+Cochin-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The cancellation is of Cochin Lighthouse.  <span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">The Lighthouse is situated on Vypin Island near Cochin.  </span>The Lighthouse was built by British in the 1830s. The original lighthouse was replaced in 1920, and then in 1936. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div>The Cochin Lighthouse:<br /> <ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Tower is Circular Double Shell Concrete </div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">Colour scheme of the LIGHT is WHITE</div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">Light character is 4 (FOUR) FLASHES every 20 seconds</div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">ELEVATION is around 49 metres </div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">Painted with RED and WHITE HORIZONTAL bands</div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">Located in the COCHIN District of Indian Lighthouse & Lightship Directorate</div></li> </ul><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"></div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-cochin-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-cochin-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2010-10-27T00:36:00-07:00'>12:36 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-cochin-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Tuesday, October 26, 2010</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfV3KfCTEI/AAAAAAAAAEA/tQ-DvG5kJtE/s1600/LH+Mangalore-2.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='3463174145344678393' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='3463174145344678393'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-mangalore-lighthouse-picture.html'>0002. India - Mangalore Lighthouse Picture Cancellation</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-3463174145344678393' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfV3KfCTEI/AAAAAAAAAEA/tQ-DvG5kJtE/s1600/LH+Mangalore-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfV3KfCTEI/AAAAAAAAAEA/tQ-DvG5kJtE/s1600/LH+Mangalore-2.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfVTl4r8UI/AAAAAAAAAD4/sIm6i19VeYs/s1600/LH+Mangalore-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfVTl4r8UI/AAAAAAAAAD4/sIm6i19VeYs/s1600/LH+Mangalore-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;">The cancellation depicts the Mangalore Lighthouse, the coastal city of Karnataka.  The Lighthouse was constructed by the 18th century ruler, Tipu Sultan.  Tipu Sultan personally wanted to develop the city as great naval importance.  The port city acted as a valuable tract of land containing a port of commercial and strategic importance to his capital, Mysore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because of high rise buildings, the view of the Lighthouse was obstructed and hence, the Lighthouse has become non-operational.  The surroundings of the Lighthouse was made into a park, which was named after the great Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Mangalore Lighthouse:</div><ul><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Tower is Masonary with Square lattern</div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">ELEVATION is around 15 metres</div></li> <li><div style="text-align: justify;">Presently non-operational</div></li> </ul> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-mangalore-lighthouse-picture.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-mangalore-lighthouse-picture.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2010-10-26T02:27:00-07:00'>2:27 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-mangalore-lighthouse-picture.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Friday, October 22, 2010</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfVlhYN0WI/AAAAAAAAAD8/y5Hmi4a-Aps/s320/LH+Minicoy-1.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='8872270359959156776' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='481335167539140545' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='481335167539140545'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-minicoy-lighthouse.html'>0001. India - Minicoy Lighthouse</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-481335167539140545' itemprop='description articleBody'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfVlhYN0WI/AAAAAAAAAD8/y5Hmi4a-Aps/s1600/LH+Minicoy-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q1bbsnxxzMw/TMfVlhYN0WI/AAAAAAAAAD8/y5Hmi4a-Aps/s320/LH+Minicoy-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;">India celebrated the centenary of one of its Lighthouse in the year 1985 and it is the Minicoy Lighthouse.  The Lighthouse is located in the Minicoy Island.  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Minicoy Island is the Southern most Island of Lakshadweep which is located in Arabian Sea of Indian Western Coast Line.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>A Commemorative Stamp of  Re.1 denomination on 2nd February 1985 was released by India Post to mark  the occasion of the 100 Years of Minicoy Lighthouse.  This stamp is released in the theme - LIGHTHOUSE.</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Minicoy Lighthouse:</div><ul><li>Tower is Tapering CIRCULAR shape</li> <li>Colour Scheme of the LIGHT is WHITE</li> <li>Light Character is FLASH WHITE every 15 seconds</li> <li>ELEVATION is around 45 metres</li> <li>Located in the WESTERN COASTAL LINE of India</li> </ul></div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16030768260393628671' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>K Sridhar</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-minicoy-lighthouse.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-minicoy-lighthouse.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2010-10-22T06:36:00-07:00'>6:36 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-minicoy-lighthouse.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class='blog-pager' id='blog-pager'> <a class='home-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/'>Home</a> </div> <div class='clear'></div> <div class='blog-feeds'> <div class='feed-links'> Subscribe to: <a class='feed-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default' target='_blank' type='application/atom+xml'>Posts (Atom)</a> </div> </div> </div><div class='widget Followers' data-version='1' id='Followers1'> <h2 class='title'>Followers</h2> <div class='widget-content'> <div id='Followers1-wrapper'> <div style='margin-right:2px;'> <div><script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> <div id="followers-iframe-container"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> window.followersIframe = null; 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Gujarat Philatelists' Association (GPA), Ahmedabad (Life Member)</div><div><br /></div><div>6. World Lighthouse Society, UK<br /><br />7. Lighthouse Stamp Society, USA<br /></div></div> </div> <div class='clear'></div> </div><div class='widget Text' data-version='1' id='Text2'> <h2 class='title'>Light Saves Life!</h2> <div class='widget-content'> A Lighthouse over the years helped many countries for trade and transportation. <br/> <br/>Putting up Lighthouses was often difficult. They were built on exposed areas with no nearby roads, so Wood and other materials had to be delivered by boat, sometimes on dangerous seas. <br/> <br/>The Lighthouses were important Landmarks that have kept sailors and ships safe. <br/> <br/> </div> <div class='clear'></div> </div><div class='widget PageList' data-version='1' id='PageList2'> <h2>My Lighthouse PostCard(s)...</h2> <div class='widget-content'> <ul> <li> <a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/106169403849012575379/MyLighthousePostCardS?authkey=Gv1sRgCKGf8oSEje2UpAE&noredirect=1'>Here's the link for my Lighthouse PostCard(s)...</a> </li> </ul> <div class='clear'></div> </div> </div><div class='widget BlogArchive' data-version='1' id='BlogArchive1'> <h2>Blog Archive</h2> <div class='widget-content'> <div id='ArchiveList'> <div id='BlogArchive1_ArchiveList'> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate expanded'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy toggle-open'> ▼  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2017/'> 2017 </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(1)</span> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate expanded'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy toggle-open'> ▼  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2017/05/'> May </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(1)</span> <ul class='posts'> <li><a href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2017/05/0123-greece-lighthouse-of-alexandria.html'>0123. Greece - Lighthouse of Alexandria</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2015/'> 2015 </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(1)</span> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2015/04/'> April </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(1)</span> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2014/'> 2014 </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(11)</span> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' 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<span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(6)</span> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/'> 2013 </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(20)</span> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/09/'> September </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(7)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2013/04/'> April </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(1)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' 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<span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(14)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/08/'> August </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(13)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/07/'> July </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(20)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2012/06/'> June </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(14)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' 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<span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(7)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/10/'> October </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(7)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/09/'> September </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(17)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/08/'> August </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(8)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' 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class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(8)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2011/02/'> February </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(33)</span> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/'> 2010 </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(7)</span> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/11/'> November </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(3)</span> </li> </ul> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate collapsed'> <a class='toggle' href='javascript:void(0)'> <span class='zippy'> ►  </span> </a> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://ksbeacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/'> October </a> <span class='post-count' dir='ltr'>(4)</span> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class='clear'></div> </div> </div><div class='widget BlogList' data-version='1' id='BlogList1'> <h2 class='title'>My Favourite Blogs / Websites ....</h2> <div class='widget-content'> <div class='blog-list-container' id='BlogList1_container'> <ul id='BlogList1_blogs'> <li style='display: block;'> <div class='blog-icon'> <img data-lateloadsrc='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tqL7iuG34OpC6tSk3m8-L1XrnGNC2SI4C6CuMhf_BvAXak62XkT1xBwb-k_WN2FOsPCSevWmWOBJ2NUhvpFPq1wBaj6BQImf3jFZrvVbO92mY=s16-w16-h16' height='16' width='16'/> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='https://kumar-omnibus.blogspot.com/' target='_blank'> Blogs by Kumar Biswas</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'> <a href='https://kumar-omnibus.blogspot.com/2025/02/energy-philately-at-india-energy-week.html' target='_blank'> Energy Philately at India Energy Week </a> </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> <li style='display: block;'> <div class='blog-icon'> <img data-lateloadsrc='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tZsyO2WkbvLl9L1OQSp2fQaZYUFmMmW9hdL7rnm4wVsSUx8L5M7bF3m0IlzTK6cMNiFpjQV_si6NZG0DsUkItNxiYcBpfS6VzZYoQHOXxNQ8N826_h9A=s16-w16-h16' height='16' width='16'/> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='http://lighthousesonstamps.blogspot.com/' target='_blank'> LIGHTHOUSES ON STAMPS</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'> <a href='http://lighthousesonstamps.blogspot.com/2025/03/517-lighthouses-of-france.html' target='_blank'> # 517 - Lighthouses of France </a> </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> <li style='display: block;'> <div class='blog-icon'> <img data-lateloadsrc='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vLlAnzrXF6HTDky-oivQ5J-cuhQ4zkbVJyG_MN2WVSsmRpCw9KfJoWuQQVlsD6tkVnSurtS09wXA1vD0BDoIghQlLNG9uPdCAva9wC=s16-w16-h16' height='16' width='16'/> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='https://mbstamps.blogspot.com/' target='_blank'> MB's Stamps of India</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'> <a href='https://mbstamps.blogspot.com/2025/04/international-womens-day-2025.html' target='_blank'> International Women's Day 2025 </a> </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> <li style='display: block;'> <div class='blog-icon'> <img data-lateloadsrc='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ugqxFUP-k4jepNIDL9M4FeirmAUcr9V1zJH71charVgjNqYHfAc8QIw9mNarFZ-fVBKxnkQAigNwqwuIuccXGx9kqEg8lFHf0VbORN5G-4daZ3gw=s16-w16-h16' height='16' width='16'/> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='http://shipthemegallery.blogspot.com/' target='_blank'> My Watercraft Philately</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'> <a href='http://shipthemegallery.blogspot.com/2025/02/ins-satavahana-golden-jubilee-1974-2024.html' target='_blank'> INS Satavahana Golden Jubilee (1974-2024), Visakhapatnam - Special Cover </a> </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> <li style='display: block;'> <div class='blog-icon'> <img data-lateloadsrc='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v2XkeMZdAOWGH5zJEEng3PpaltkZe_e0HH6_1I6sjPChHqHbuJXF2FhD25QHu7Fft5GvhPi-1oeiZgVpC_gJ-5uoKu0SLrCQ=s16-w16-h16' height='16' width='16'/> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='https://philamirror.info' target='_blank'> Phila-Mirror</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'> <a href='https://philamirror.info/2021/03/14/liechtenstein-new-stamps-on-songbirdseuropaun-anniversary-and-operette-balzers-2/' target='_blank'> Liechtenstein: New Stamps on Songbirds,Europa,UN Anniversary and Operette Balzers </a> </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> <li style='display: none;'> <div class='blog-icon'> <img data-lateloadsrc='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sdG59ywPv20flgdI6yzk_3GhO3VLyUMDcXPSFFMcaUW-oSa04qWPbMc3ZD3zUxrugIfKevwYAwL4AQ93nvwWW3N1v9QF32R2iB__oq5h2S9es3MiA=s16-w16-h16' height='16' width='16'/> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='https://rainbowstampclub.blogspot.com/' target='_blank'> Rainbow Stamp Club</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'> <a href='https://rainbowstampclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/my-recent-covers.html' target='_blank'> My Recent Covers </a> </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> <li style='display: none;'> <div class='blog-icon'> <img data-lateloadsrc='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t8k2-S0gAK76SHhitPVxcZ_Ia69hW7cgUtnKDhK_RPTY5U9l_HzppLYefIxBdP1xs9o032NU5u-I6W0bOnqgSbnD2bVBJOYTkfFPCunQB1CTTHYfXhfQ8=s16-w16-h16' height='16' width='16'/> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='http://sarahswindowtotheworld.tumblr.com/rss' target='_blank'> Sarah's Window to the World</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'>  </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> <li style='display: none;'> <div class='blog-icon'> <img data-lateloadsrc='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sHrl8E7nAcRxyQpl_rIIGo5MgSwDHH-JacCPMTv2pollU1_ASS9ivzGdMdrUv__gcTdEtYGlp_561GqI4xWRHiiO3cFyjpIdfAsUs=s16-w16-h16' height='16' width='16'/> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='http://www.stampsofindia.com/' target='_blank'> Stamps of India</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'>  </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> <li style='display: none;'> <div class='blog-icon'> <img data-lateloadsrc='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uABi0aw6vReLLxCw3fiebC4qBX3cmrXvK2T2Fbg0HNyGbsZKbZBBo9xqouY-UjF20CuhUtIwnbGCSKgb0yS4xqjNxv_YOE3LVTupOs3y7CJA-7oY-T=s16-w16-h16' height='16' width='16'/> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='http://mypicturepostcards.blogspot.com/' target='_blank'> Vijay Kapre's Blog on Picture Postcards</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'> <a href='http://mypicturepostcards.blogspot.com/2016/12/seasons-greetings.html' target='_blank'> Seasons Greetings </a> </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> </ul> <div class='show-option'> <span id='BlogList1_show-n' style='display: none;'> <a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='return false;'> Show 5 </a> </span> <span id='BlogList1_show-all' style='margin-left: 5px;'> <a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='return false;'> Show All </a> </span> </div> <div class='clear'></div> </div> </div> </div><div class='widget BlogList' data-version='1' id='BlogList2'> <h2 class='title'>My Favourite Philatelic Societies ....</h2> <div class='widget-content'> <div class='blog-list-container' id='BlogList2_container'> <ul id='BlogList2_blogs'> <li style='display: block;'> <div class='blog-icon'> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='http://www.vadophil.org/' target='_blank'> Baroda Philatelic Society</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'>  </span> </div> </div> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </li> <li style='display: block;'> <div class='blog-icon'> </div> <div class='blog-content'> <div class='blog-title'> <a href='http://dkpana.blogspot.com/' target='_blank'> DK Philatelic and Numismatic Association, Mangalore</a> </div> <div class='item-content'> <span class='item-title'> <a 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