3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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

North Korea 2016 XXXI Olympics Stamps with holographic foil printing

Stamps taken from net for illustration purpose

Issue date 5 August 2016

DPR Korea Post had issued a souvenir sheet with 4 round stamps to commemorate the XXXI Olympics held at Rio De Janeiro Brazil.

The round stamps has holographic foil printing.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

Odd Shaped Stamps

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

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

Switzerland 2025 Stamp Day 2025 Döttingen Miniature Sheet 

Taken from the net for illustration purposes

Issue date 05 November 2025

Swiss Post to commemorate Stamp Day has issued a special miniature sheet featuring the municipality of Döttingen based on an aerial photo of Döttingen.

Besides showcasing the Church Tower and the common kingfisher which breeds in Döttingen on the miniature sheet, it also shows a towering Electric pole with fairy lights adorned on the power lines.

Under UV light, the hidden elements of the miniature sheet comes up.

A Fisherman with a fish at the end of the fishing line appears under UV light in the area where a lady skates and the path flown by the Kingfisher also lights up.

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps 

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps 

Cyprus Island 2025 Dove of Peace Embroidered Stamp
   
  

Issue date 19 September 2025

Cyprus Island Post in collaboration with Austrian embroidery specialist Hämmerle & Vogel and other Postal Authorities (Aland Post, Armenia, Austria Post, Faroe Island, Greenland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Swiss and UN Postal authorities) has issued a special embroidered stamp featuring a Dove which always has been a symbol of Peace. The UPU paix embroidered label with the Dove of Peace motif was also issued at the Koreapex 2025 Stamp exhibition with no postage value (Cinderella stamp).

This is first unusual stamp for Cyprus in my collection.

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Cloth Stamps

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Stamps with Moving Parts

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with moving parts

Austria 2025 St Anne Altar at  St Nicholas Cathedral, Feldkirch Miniature Sheet

Issue date 17 October 2025

Austria Post has issued a special miniature sheet featuring the St Anne altar by Wolf Huber, St Nicholas Cathedral, Feldkirch which opens up like a winged altar.

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Stamps with Moving Parts

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps /Miniature Sheets with Materials Affixed

Indonesia 2025 National Costume - Kebaya Stamp with Fabric affixed on the Stamp Souvenir Sheet

Issue date - 21 October  2025

Indonesia Post, to commemorate the Traditional Dress worn by Women in Indonesia - The Kebaya, has issued 4 Souvenir sheet featuring the Kebaya in different Flowery Prints with the shiny silk fabric been cut and affixed on the stamp as worn by the ladies on the stamps of the Souvenir sheet. The limited edition souvenir sheet has a high Stamp value of IDR50000.

My souvenir sheet is numbered 1633/2000

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Cloth Stamps

Miniature Sheets with Materials Affixed

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Multi-Sensory Stamps Sets - Update

Category - Multi - Sensory 
Subcategory - Stamps set with different printing technology

Indonesia  2025 Thailand 2025 International Philatelic Exhibition Stamp sheets with Holographic foil / Glitter and Silk Mini sheets.

Issue date 29 July 2025

Indonesia Post to commemorate the Thailand 2025 held in Bangkok from 8-12 August 2025 with the issue of 4 Special limited edition mini sheets with 2 se-tenant self adhesive Stamps each (Borobudur Temple and Thai Dancers). Two of the mini-sheet has been printed on holographic foil with one having the glitter spots effect. The other 2 mini-sheet has been printed on a silk fabric - one with perf and the other imperf stamps.

My mini sheet is numbered 0145/1100

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Cloth Stamps

3D - Holographic Stamps

Stamps with Glitter

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps / Odd Shaped Miniature sheet

Switzerland 2025 Upcycling Fabric Stamp

Issue date 06 November 2025 

Swiss Post has issued a special fabric odd shaped miniature sheet (Shirt - shaped) with 10 self adhesive stamps made of fabric from old recycled yellow uniform (Shirts and blouses) of the Swiss Post. The stamps have serrated edges similar to traditional zigzag scissors used for cutting fabric. 

This stamp was issued to commemorate the Yellow Swiss Post Uniform (Shirts and Blouses worn under the Blazers) used by Swiss employees and the discarded/residual fabric were used to create this postage stamp.

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Cloth Stamps

Odd Shaped Miniature sheet

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Unusual Postal Souvenirs - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Unusual Postal Souvenirs/Cloth Stamps 

Universal Postal Union UPU 2025 Dove of Peace Embroidered label

 

Issue date 19 September 2025

Universal Postal Union in collaboration with Austrian embroidery specialist Hämmerle & Vogel and other Postal Authorities (Aland Post, Armenia, Austria Post, Cyprus Island, Faroe Island, Greenland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Swiss Post and United Nations Post) has issued a special UPU paix embroidered label with the Dove of Peace motif . 

The UPU paix embroidered label with the Dove of Peace motif was also issued at the Koreapex 2025 exhibition with no postage value (Cinderella stamp)

The UPU embroidered Dove label was sold in a folder with United Nations 6CHF stamp issued in the UPU office in Bern Switzerland. A post card with the UPU dove label was also available for sale.

Will post the other stamps on receipt.(Pending is the Cyprus stamp)

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Unusual Postal Souvenirs
Cloth Stamps

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps 

United Nations 2025 Dove of Peace Embroidered Stamp
 

Issue date 19 September 2025

UN Postal authorities in collaboration with Austrian embroidery specialist Hämmerle & Vogel and other Postal Authorities (Aland Post, Armenia, Austria Post, Cyprus Island, Faroe Island, Greenland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Swiss Post) has issued a special set of 3 embroidered stamp featuring a Dove which always has been a symbol of Peace. The UPU paix embroidered label with the Dove of Peace motif was also issued at the Koreapex 2025 exhibition with no postage value (Cinderella stamp)

The United Nations Stamps features 3 stamps from its 3 stations - New York (USD 6), Vienna (EUR 5) and Bern (CHF 6)

Will post the other stamps on receipt.(Pending is the Cyprus and the UPU stamp)

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Cloth Stamps

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3D Printed Stamps - Update

Category - Sight / Touch
Subcategory - 3D Printed Stamps

Austria 2025 Edelweiss Reloaded 3D printed Stamps

Issue date 18 October 2025

Austria Post in collaboration with Hämmerle & Vogel company (producer of embroidered stamps) has issued a special stamp with 3D printing featuring the Edelweiss Flower. 

The 3D printed flower is soft and flexible and can be felt on the stamp. Even the green lettering on the stamp has a raised effect due to the 3D printing. When a light is shone on one side you can clearly see the shadows of the raised part on the other side.

The Edelweiss reloaded flower is printed in different layers giving a layered un even feel across the printed flower. The flower is printed like a comb teeth each of varying height to form the full flower.

Only drawback envelope cover with stamp may not pass through automated sorting machine. Wonder if it will survive the automated sorting process.

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3D Printed Stamps

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch / Sight
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps / Embossed Stamps / Stamps with Glitter

Indonesia 2025 Phila Korea 2025 Traditional Dresses Silk Stamps

Issue date 17 September 2025 

Post Indonesia to commemorate the World Stamp Exhibition (Phila Korea) 2025 held in Seoul Kores has issued a set of 3 self adhesive Limited edition Silk Mini sheet featuring 2 stamps of Traditional costumes worn by ladies in Indonesia (Kebaya) and South Korea (Hanbok).

The silk mini sheet was limited to 2000 sets of three sheets only. (My sheets are numbered 1509 / 2000)

One of the mini sheet is perforated with embossed varnish, The second sheet has imperf stamps with embossed Varnish while the third mini sheet has perf stamps with embossed varnish and Glitter.

Embossed Stamps with varnish

Embossed Stamps with Varnish and Glitter

Embossed stamps with glitter

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Cloth Stamps

Embossed Stamps

Stamps with Glitter

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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

South Korea 2025 Lovely Baby Stamp with holographic foil printing

Issue date 8 May 2025

Korea Post has issued a sheetlet of 16 stamps of 4 different Round stamps featuring the Lovely Baby (logo printed with holographic foil).

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3D - Holographic Stamps

Odd Shaped Stamps

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Scented Stamps - Update

Category - Smell
Subcategory - Scented Stamps  

France 2025 Croissant Scented Stamps

Issue date 10 Oct 2025

La Poste has issued a special scratch and sniff scented stamp commemorating the Artisan Croissant with a scent of butter and flaky crust when the stamp is rubbed with the finger.

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Scented Stamps

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