GERMANY

GERMANY / DEUTCHLAND.

Arngast Lighthouse.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 07.07.2011.
Face value: 55 Euro cents.
Design: Johannes Graf (b. 1960).
Printed by Bagel Security-Print GmbH & Co. KG, Düsseldorf.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 6,825,000 copies.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 3740.
- Michel No. 2878.
- Scott No. 2629.
- StampWorld No. 2670.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3726.
- Unificato No. 2710.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2703.

The 36.27 m (119 ft) tall Arngast Lighthouse, built between 1909 and 1910, is located in Jade Bight in the southern part of the North Sea. The tower stands on a sandbar, about 4.5 km (2.8 mi) southeast of the city of Wilhelmshaven. Originally, the beacon was powered by two 12 hp diesel engines. Since 1966, an approximately 6 km (3.73 mi) long submarine cable has supplied the station with power from Dangast. Since 1968, the lighthouse has been controlled centrally via a remote control system. In 2003 the lighthouse was entered in the register of cultural and architectural monuments.