The Kyz-Aul lighthouse is located at Cape Kyz-Aul in the south of the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea. In 1875, construction was completed on a tower with alternating black and white coloring on its eight sides, measuring 24.4 m in height and provided with a cast iron spiral staircase inside.
In the 1930s, the lighthouse was equipped with radio equipment for the first time, which was dismantled during the Great Patriotic War and the occupation of Crimea. After the War, the complex was restarted, modernized in 1960, and a two-story light-keeper's building was constructed. It continues to operate to this day.
The Set’navolok lighthouse was built in 1900 on Cape Set’navolok at the entrance of the Kola Bay where in strong winds and heavy swells from the northeast, the tidal current forms dangerous tide rips and pins ships against the capes of Pogan’navolok and Set’navolok.
In 1963, the lighthouse underwent major reconstruction: a stone technical building was built, combined with a 12-meter lighthouse tower, which houses a radio beacon, a radio navigation system station, a sound signaling device, and a rotating electric light-optical device with variable flashing red and green lights. The visibility range of the light is up to 22 miles.
The postage stamps provide images of the Kyz-Aul lighthouse against the background of the map of the Crimean Peninsula and the wind rose, and the Set’navolok lighthouse against the background of the map of the Kola Peninsula and the wind rose.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 12¼:12 |
42 × 30 mm |
97.5 thousand stamps |