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Federal Ministry of Finance will issue a special postage stamp from the Lighthouses series Friedrichsort Lighthouse.dr Fabian Leber spokesman for the Federal Minister of Finance will present the stamp in Kiel on Wednesday. The presentation will take place on July 6th 2022 at 12 noon in the area of the lighthouse Deichweg 24 24159 Kiel .The Friedrichsort lighthouse is located at the narrowest point of the Kiel Fjord at a geographic location of 54 23 28.4 north latitude and 10 11 40.5 east longitude. After three years of construction the lighthouse went into operation in 1971.Built on a previously manufactured artificial island it replaced its predecessor a 13.60 meter high lighthouse that had been in operation since 1866. The new building was necessary because the old tower was too small for the ever-growing shipping industry. Made of reinforced concrete with a tower height of 31.75 meters the lighthouse serves as a guiding cross and orientation light in the Kiel Fjord. The light with its different colored sectors serves as a guide for shipping and guides them safely to the port facilities and the Kiel Canal.During the day the white-green coloring of the lighthouse indicates the right side of the fairway for navigation towards the Kiel Frde. The tower shows the ships the way and warns of the bottleneck there. The green indicates the left side of the fairway to the departing shipping. However the ships bound for the Baltic Sea are primarily guided by the Jgersberg and Laboe leading light lines which have both a night and a day identifier for the outgoing shipping traffic.Text Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and TransportThe special stamp and first day cancel were designed by Hanno Schabacker from Berlin. The stamp has a value of 70 cents and will be available from July 7 2022 at Deutsche Post AG sales outlets.
