Saturday, 31 May 2025

Stamps with Rock Dust - Update

Category Touch/Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with Rock Dust

Switzerland 2024 Art in Architecture Limited special edition 2024 Harald Nägeli



Issued date 6 November 2024

Swiss Post to commemorate the Harald Naegeli artist’s “Laufendes Auge” ("Running Eye.") spray painting design used on a grey concrete wall from the remaining stocks of the “Art in architecture” stamp issued in 2023. The special issue is limited to 2,500 copies.

My sheet number is 1184/2500




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Stamps with Rock Dust 

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Friday, 30 May 2025

Stamps with Interactive Games - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with Interactive Games 

Switzerland 2025 Women’s European Football Championship




Issue date 8May2025

Swiss Post has issued a special stamp to commemorate UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 football championship to be held in Switzerland for the first time. The ball on the stamp is punched and can be separated from the stamp to be put any where on the envelope or on any part of the stamp.

Reverse of the sheet - impression of the punchout area of the ball



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Thursday, 29 May 2025

Flock Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Flock Stamps

Switzerland 2025 Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival Glarnerland Flock Stamp



Issue date 08 May 2025

Swiss Post to commemorate The Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival 2025 Glarnerland+ taking place from  29 to 31 August 2025 has issued a special flocked stamp featuring the cloth to make the Edelweiss shirt. 

The Stamps also features Augmented Reality codes which when viewed with the Swiss Post app provides details of a quiz to win prize tickets to a wrestling match.

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Flock Stamps

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Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Scented Stamps - Update

Category - Smell
Subcategory - Scented Stamps 

Switzerland 2025 Summer


Issue date 07 May 2025

Swiss Post to celebrate Summer has issued a set of 4 special Scented Stamps featuring Strawberry, Cherry, Apple and Pear.  The stamps give off a special scent when scratched.

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Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps

Luxembourg 2025  25th anniversary of HRH Grand Duke Henri’s accession to the throne Embroidered Stamp



Issue date 06 May 2025

Luxembourg Post to commemorate the  25th anniversary of HRH Grand Duke Henri’s accession to the throne has issued a special embroidered stamp created by Hämmerle & Vogel GmbH.



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Friday, 23 May 2025

3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps / Odd Shaped Miniature Sheets

Sierra Leone 2016 Philataipei 2016 World Stamp Championship Exhibition


Issue date 21 October 2016

Sierra Leone Post (through Staerijia) has issued a set of 2 odd shaped Miniature sheet to commemorate the Original Taiwan Inhabitants - one miniature sheet has an odd shaped stamp and both sheets featuring Gold foil and holographic foil printing. These sheets were released during the 2016 Philataipei 2016 World Stamp Championship Exhibition.


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Thursday, 22 May 2025

Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps

Central African Republic 2025 Tribute to Pope Francis Stamp 



Issue date 15 May 2025

A set of special Silk Souvenir sheets (private issue - Stamperija) was issued by the Central African Republic Post Office featuring Donald Trump meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Vatican during the Funeral of Pope Francis (1936-2025). An imperforate version was also issued.

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Tuesday, 20 May 2025

3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps/Glow in the dark under UV stamps.

China 2025 The Beauty of Mathematics 







Issue date 14 March 2025

China Post has issued a set of 4 stamps to commemorate the Beauty of Mathematics featuring  Pi the mathematical constant (80 fen),  Pythagorean Theorem (120 fen), Euler's Formula  (120 fen) and  Mobius Strip (150 fen). 

Of the four stamps - 2 stamps  Pythagorean Theorem (120 fen) and the Mobius Strip (150 fen) stamps feature holographic printing.




The left margin of the full sheet features glow in the dark under UV for both the top left and bottom left of the full sheet (I only have the top half of the sheet)









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Monday, 19 May 2025

Stamps with Braille - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Braille

Canada 2008 Guide Dogs with Braille printing



Issue date 21 April 2008

Canada Post to commemorate the 100yrs of Montreal Association for the Blind's has issued Canada's first stamp printed with the rate printed in Braille embossing technique. The dog featured on the stamp is a golden retriever breed - Dogs name Luke. Updating my collection.

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Saturday, 17 May 2025

Flock Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Flock Stamps / Odd Shaped Stamps

Switzerland 2024 Snow Boot Stamp



Issue date 08 November 2024

Swiss Post has issued a special flocked Stamp featuring the snow boot to complete the series of Winter clothing - the mitten, wool hat, and jumper. 

All four stamps were also available in a collectors pack



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Friday, 16 May 2025

Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations / Odd Shaped Miniature Sheets

Sorry for the delay in updating my blog due to personal downtime (Travel) ..trying to catch up on my postings with few stamps not yet updated yet..kc

Liechtenstein 2025 Vaduz Castle mini-sheet Stamp with laser cut perforations




Issue date 16 January 2025

Liechtenstein Post with their expertise in Laser/Paper cuts has issued a special stamp sheet on the Vaduz Castle (similar to the paper cuts in the Chinese Zodiac Series). This is the third one in Blue color (second one in green color and the first one was in red).

Vaduz Castle is the palace and official residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein. The castle gave its name to the town of Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, which overlooks from an adjacent hilltop.

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