Thursday 30 August 2018

3D - Motion Stamps Update

Category - Touch
Sub category -  3D - Stamps with Laminated Prismatic Ribbed Plastic Surface

Jersey 2018 Frankenstein 200 years 

Issue date 18 June 2018

To commemorate 200 years of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’, Jersey Post has issued a special 3D lenticular Miniature Sheet which portrays the creature as he is brought to life. The innovative technology allows his eyes to open and close, with electricity flashing on and off around the laboratory.

Eyes closed

Eyes opened



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Wednesday 29 August 2018

Stamps with Crystals - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals

Portugal 2018 The Aga Khan Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Sheet - Diamond Affixed




Issue date 9 July 2018

CTT Portugal has issued a special souvenir sheet with face value EUR 20 having a 1.25mm diamond affixed commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Aga Khan in Portugal

7000 sets were created for this occasion



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Stamps with Crystals

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Saturday 25 August 2018

Embossed Gold Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Embossed Gold Stamps

Singapore 2015 50yrs of Independence




Issue date 5 August 2015 

Singapore Post has issued the third and final stamp set, ‘A Brighter Future Together’, commemorating Singapore’s 50 years of independence. The special stamp has gold foil embossed printing.
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Embossed Gold Stamps

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Friday 24 August 2018

Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations

Argentina 2004 Forest Conservation


Issue date 27 March 2004 

To alert people about the loss of native forests in the last 90 years Correos Argentina has issued a special setanant stamp with one stamp having a perforation simulating a cigarette burn.


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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs

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Thursday 23 August 2018

Photomosiac Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Photomosaic Stamp

Micronesia 2000 80th Birthday of Pope John Paul



Issue date 21 August 2000

As part of the Celebration of the 80th Birthday, Photomosaic Stamps featuring Pope John Paul were issued by many countries - Dominica, Gambia, Grenada, Guyana, Liberia, Micronesia, Palau, Sierra Leone. The photomosaic sheet contains small pictures of different portions of Churches from around the world which together makes the larger picture of the face of Pope John Paul.

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Photomosaic Stamps

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Wednesday 22 August 2018

3D - Stamps with Laminated Prismatic Ribbed Plastic Surface - Update

Category - Touch
Sub category -  3D - Stamps with Laminated Prismatic Ribbed Plastic Surface

DPR Korea 2018 Sports Stamps




Issue date 10 May 2018

North Korea Post has issued a special set of 3D laminated stamps with provide as depth feeling when viewed featuring the following sports - Athletics, Basketball, Wrestling and Handball.


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 3D - Stamps with Laminated Prismatic Ribbed Plastic Surface


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Tuesday 21 August 2018

Photomosiac Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Photomosaic Stamp

Grenada 2000 80th Birthday of Pope John Paul 


Issue date 21 August 2000

As part of the Celebration of the 80th Birthday, Photomosaic Stamps featuring Pope John Paul were issued by many countries - Dominica, Gambia, Grenada, Guyana, Liberia, Micronesia, Palau, Sierra Leone. The photomosaic sheet contains small pictures of different portions of Churches from around the world which together makes the larger picture of the face of Pope John Paul.

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Photomosaic Stamps

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps

China 2018 SCO Qingdao Summit Silk sheet




Issue date 09 June 2018

China Post to commemorate the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, issued a commemorative silk stamp sheet. 

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Cloth Stamps


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Stamps with Crystals - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals

Liechtenstein 2018 Moonstone Personal Stamp with Crystal  




Issue date 12 July 2018

A special issue Personal stamp created by the a Philatelic company Hermann E Sieger GmbH as part of a subscription service, and issued by Liechtenstein Post, a  Moonstone crystal stuck to the stamp featuring an image of Owl on the stamp.

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Monday 20 August 2018

Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

Category - Sight 
Subcategory - Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps 

Isle of Man 2018 50th Year of 2001 A Space Odyssey Stamp Set

Issue date 14 June 2018

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's film '2001 : A Space Odyssey ' (1968) , Isle of Man Post Office has issued a special set of 8 stamps with hidden secrets printed on the stamps.

The film was released in 1968 one year before the moon landing and was a fore front in depicting space frontiers even before space travel began by Man. The film was inspired by the Arthur C. Clarke book 'The Sentinel'.





25p Stamp - depicts Stanley Kubrick in the midst of creating movie magic

30p Stamp - features Arthur C Clarke whose short story ' The Sentinel' from which '2001' was adapted. Arthur C. Clarke is pictured on the set standing in front of the pod.

52p Stamp - features the docking scene at Space Station V decades before today's ISS (International Space Station) was a reality.

75p Stamp - shows the Monolith - a featureless black structure in the film which provides the time link between past, present and future.

83p Stamp - features one of the space stewardess on the stamp.

GBP 1.40 stamp - features the defining image of the Star Child.

GBP 1.93 stamp - features the film astronaut Dr.Dave Bowman played by actor Kier Dullea.

GBP 2.01 stamp - features HAL all seeing all hearing 

Spoiler Alert - Details of Hidden Images follows.. so if you don't want to know whats in the image please skip this section


 25p Stamp - Under UV Light the stamp shows Arthur C. Clarke's quote 'The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.' It also shows some music score on the bottom half of the stamp



30p Stamp - Under UV light the stamp features Stephen Kubrick quote 'The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent'.  It also shows some music score on the bottom half of the stamp.





52p Stamp - Under UV light the stamp features the words from the movie 2001 - A Space Odyssey - Open the pod bay doors please, HAL. In the classic 1968 movie, astronaut Dave Bowman asked eerie supercomputer HAL to open the ship's pod bay doors and let him back inside.






75p Stamp - features the words 'Eighteen months ago, the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. ' under UV light.


83p Stamp - features the words 'You are cleared through Voiceprint Identification' under UV light.



GBP 1.40 stamp - features the words 'My God, it's full of stars' under UV Light which was Dave Bowman's final words as he entered the monolith in the movie 2001 - A Space Odyssey



GBP 1.93 stamp - features the words ' I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit' seen under UV Light spoken by HAL in the movie.



GBP 2.01 stamp - features the words spoken by HAL 'I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.' (seen under UV Light) in response to Dave Bowman's plea to HAL to open the pod doors.

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps 

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