Germany-Unified 2004 Lighthouses

• Issue date: 8th July 2004
• two values in gummed sheets of ten, and one value in self-adhesive coil of 100
• Designed by: Johannes Graf
• Printed by: Schwann-Bagel GmbH, Mönchengladbach
• Print process: lithography
• stamp format height 35mm x 35mm (gummed stamps) or height 35mm x width 32mm (coil stamp)
• Perforations: 13.75 x 13.75 (gummed stamps) or die-cut 10.25 x 10.25 (coil stamp)

Lighthouses

45c ~ Greifswalder Oie (in Baltic Sea)
55c ~ Roter Sand (off Bremerhavn)

Sheet stamps

• regular gum. Sheets of 10 have decorated borders

45c

55c

Self-adhesive coil stamp

• sold in boxed coils of 100 stamps. Philatelic stock sold in strips of five (have number on reverse of backing every 5th stamp)

45c at Briefzentrum 36

55c self-adhesive coil