B.C. lighthouse stamp corrected thanks to keeper

Nice gesture ;-)
"Canada Post announced today it will correct the image of the historic
Pachena Point lighthouse on Vancouver Island that had been flipped in a
recently released stamp series."
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...7c1f878&k=5673

"Jan Doggen" wrote in message
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Nice gesture ;-)
"Canada Post announced today it will correct the image of the historic
Pachena Point lighthouse on Vancouver Island that had been flipped in a
recently released stamp series."
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...7c1f878&k=5673


See the site at Google Earth or such

48°43'19.70"N 125° 5'51.20"W

Egad they're right! It is wrong, left should be right, heads should roll.

No road access - just a helicopter pad. A wild bit of BC.

In NZ all the lighthouses have been unmanned for years (or unwomaned - the
first light keeper in NZ was a woman). Most of the old keepers houses have
gone and the modern providers are often happy with a low mounted light. As a
consequence there are few houses left and some of the unused towers are not
being maintained adequately. Does anyone do any better with their heritage?

http://www.100megsfree3.com/glaw/lighthouse/index.htm

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:13:07 -0800, Sir F. A. Rien
wrote:

"Jan Doggen" found these unused
words:

Nice gesture ;-)
"Canada Post announced today it will correct the image of the historic
Pachena Point lighthouse on Vancouver Island that had been flipped in a
recently released stamp series."
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...7c1f878&k=5673

Yep, now there's TWO for collectors to purchase!

A repeat of Dag Hammarskjold?

In NZ all the lighthouses have been unmanned for years (or unwomaned - the
first light keeper in NZ was a woman). Most of the old keepers houses have
gone and the modern providers are often happy with a low mounted light. As
a consequence there are few houses left and some of the unused towers are
not being maintained adequately. Does anyone do any better with their
heritage?

No, here in Holland as well the direction we're going is unmanned.
There was a bit of an uproar 3 years ago about that when a (the last?)
lighthouse in the north of the country was 'decapitated' , with the argument
that spotting ships in distress would no longer be possible.

Jan