3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Russia 2025 Arctic Tourism Indigenous Peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Holographic Stamp

Issue date 17 December 2025

Russia Post has issued a special miniature sheet titled "Arctic Tourism Indigenous Peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Territory" with holographic foil printing.

The miniature sheet depicts representatives of indigenous peoples in national costumes living in the Krasnoyarsk Territory: the Enets, the Nenets, the Dolgans, the Selkups, the Kets, the Nganasans, the Chulyms and the Evenks against the backdrop of the Arctic Landscape.

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Russia 2025 Happy New Year Polar Bear Stamp with holographic foil 

Issue date 12 December 2025

Russia Post Marka has issued a special stamp titled Happy New Year featuring a Polar Bear (artwork by Natalia Shomovskaya: a polar bear with a snowflake - Winner of the Annual Drawing Competition for New Year Stamps and Postcards) printed with holographic foil.

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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheets - Update

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Subcategory - Odd Shaped Miniature Sheets - Update

Russia 2016 Happy New Stamp Odd Shaped Stamps

Issue date 01 December 2016

Russia Post Marka as part of its Annual Program for Christmas has issued a special miniature sheet of 4 triangular  stamps depicting a New Year circle dance in a skating rink. 

Bought this sheet thinking it would be holographic (considering all the colors in the heading of each stamps) as with all its Christmas Stamps issuance but not so - Anyways its still an Odd Shaped Triangular Stamp for my collection. (Do not collect odd shaped stamps but still some do pop up in my posts on and off again and again). Adds to my collection of Russian Unusual Stamps anyways.

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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheets

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Cloth Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Cloth Stamps

Australia 2020 Mid Century Fashion Focus Silk Stamps Miniature Sheets

Imperf and Perf Silk Paper Miniature Sheets

Front of Folder

Back of Folder

Issue date 01 November 2020

Australia Post as part of its Annual Impression Series has issued a special folder of 6 sheets with Two of the sheets printed on silk paper - One perf and the other imperf sheet. These stamps are a reissue of the 16 June 2020 stamps titled - Mid Century Fashion Focus - dedicated to the Australian Fashion Photographers ( Athol Shmith, Helmut Newton, Henry Talbot and Bruno Benini) from the Mid 20th Century.

The issue was a limited edition of 200 folders and the number on my sheet is 200/200. (the last one!!! - These are all issued during the covid lockdown - no delivery and postal offices non functioning in Canada)

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Cloth Stamps

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

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

Singapore 2026 Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse Souvenir Sheet 

Issue date 23 January 2026

Singapore Post as per their Annual issue for the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse has issued a special laser cut collector sheet with a stamp of SGD10 along with specially designed Red Packets.

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/CutOuts

Odd Shape Miniature Sheet

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Embossed Stamps - Update

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Hong Kong China 2025 Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse Embossed Stamp with Gold and Silver Foil 

Issue date 05 January 2026

Hong Kong Post as part of its annual Issue program has issued a special miniature sheet with embossed stamps and 22 Karat Gold foiling on the Horse Stamp. The Snake Stamp had silver foil printing.

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Embossed Stamps

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

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Hong Kong China 2026 Chinese Lunar Year of the Horse Stamp with laser cut perforations

Issue date 5 January 2026

Hong Kong Post as part of their Annual Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse has issued a special HKD 50 Stamp with Laser Cut Art on the Stamps.

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/CutOuts

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Extra Wide Length Stamps - Update

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Romania 2025 The Consecration Of The National Cathedral - Miniature Sheet

Issue date 24 October 2025

Posta Romana has issued an extra wide stamp on a souvenir sheet measuring 264 x 68 mm (stamp size: 252 x 36 mm) to commemorate the consecration of the National Cathedral in Bucharest, the most representative edifice of Romanian Orthodoxy. The grandeur of the Cathedral, the largest Orthodox Cathedral in the world, is symbolically reflected by the postage stamp, whose dimensions exceed those of the previous philatelic record published by Guinness World Records.

It beats the previous widest stamp by  Philippine Postal Corp stamp  234 mm x 40 mm (Second) "Christmas Mass in Churches along the Pasig River " issued in November 2025. The previous holders of this record were by Sri Lanka Post stamp  205 mm x 30 mm (Third) issued in 2024,  Philippine Postal Corp stamp 200mm x 35mm (fourth) commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the first Philippine Republic, Kyrgyzstan Post in 2023 (Fifth) featuring Kyrgyzstan’s Chaar-Tash mountain range commemorating the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. The stamp is 184 millimeters (7.2 inches) long.

The other longest stamp issued by Liberia in comparison measures 315mm x 69.5mm though not recognized by the Guinness World Records as it was issued by a Third Party Agency IGPC during Liberia Civil War (1999-2004). 

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Extra Wide Length Stamps

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Cloth Stamps - Update

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One word to describe this issue "Awesome". Immortalizes the Artist's Vision in the paintings. 

Australia 2025 Ngana Nyitting - Art of Kevin Bynder Canvas Stamps 

Issue Date 19 November 2025

Australia Post as part of the 2025 Annual Impression Series has reissued the Stamps designed by Indigenous Artist Kevin Bynder. The stamp imagery is based on the ancestral lands, totems and culture of Bynder’s Maternal and Paternal Grandparents. Ngana Nyitting means “My Dreaming” in the Yamatji (Ngana) and Nyungar (Nyitting) languages (per Australian Post website). Regular Stamps were issued earlier on 16 September 2025. This first Mini sheet with stamps is printed on Canvas.

The other 3 mini-sheets in the folder odd shaped miniature sheets with raised embossing. 

These Stamps on miniature sheet were issued to members of the Australian Stamps Collecting Community through preorder during the 2025 Impression Series release in November 2025.

The reverse of the sheets and stamps seen below to fully appreciate the intricate embossed detailing in the sheet and stamps.

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

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Spain 2024 Health and Wellbeing - Parkinson Asturias Association Stamp with Design perforations

Issue date 23 July 2024

Correos Spain has issued a special laser cut stamps with tulip petals perforations to promote Health and Well Being in Spain by highlighting the Parkinson Asturias Association of Spain. 

The petals of one of the Tulip has been laser cut and can be seen on the reverse of the stamp

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/CutOuts

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Extra Wide Length Stamps - Update

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Sub Category - Extra Wide Length Stamps

Liberia 2000 New York United Nations Conference of Heads of State Extra wide stamp

Issue date 06 January 2000

Liberia Post through its Philatelic Agency has issued an extra wide stamp measuring 315mm x 69.5mm for the entire sheet to commemorate United Nations Conference of Heads of State in 2000. This was a painting done by Liu Yuyi and Cathy H M Liu. This stamp was issued for collectors by an overseas stamp agent IGPC during the 1999-2004 Liberian Civil War and not sold in Liberia, but only distributed by the overseas philatelic agency IGPC for distribution onto the philatelic market. 

Till today it is the widest stamp as compared to the recent issue by Romania  252x36mm  for the stamp and 264x68mm for the entire sheet. This Liberian issue would claim the title of the world's widest stamp but postal authorities do not recognize this title due to it not being issued by the Liberian Postal Authority but by and external agency IGPC.

For reference of the size of the stamp against the earlier one issued by Philippines

Referenced against a Spanish Wooden sheet 

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Cloth Stamps - Update

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Afghanistan 2005 50th Anniversary Afghanistan - China Diplomatic Relations Silk Stamp

Issue date 20 Jan 2005 

Afghanistan Post in collaboration with China Post has issued a Silk Stamp to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and China. 

This was the first silk stamp ever printed since the founding of the New China (1949) in more than half century and its material came from Huzhou in Zhejiang where was the origin of ancient silk. 

The left side of the stamp is the Chinese national flag and the wall of Jiayuguan city, and the right side is the Afghan flag and an ancient castle in Afghanistan.

At the top and bottom of the sheetlet are headings “People’s Republic of China-the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Diplomatic Relations between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” and “Silk Road” in Pashto language, Chinese and English. 

The four corners were decorated with the Chinese Han Dynasty design against the background of walking camels. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and Afghanistan, this set of stamps presents a miniature of two ancient civilizations along with the Silk Road. 

My first unusual stamp from Afghanistan.

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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South Korea 2023 10 Years of BTS debut Stamps with 3D Holographic Foil

Issue Date 13 June 2023

South Korea Post to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Debut of Korean Pop Band BTS first album on 13 June 2013 has issued a special edition mini-sheet of 10 Stamps priced at KRW 7,770 featuring their 10 album covers with holographic foil around the album and on its headings.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

Odd shaped Miniature Sheet

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Australia 2025 Opals Stamps with Holographic foil Printing

Issue date 17 July 2025

Australia Post has issued a special Folder "Opals Embellished Stamp Pack" featuring Australia's national gemstone, Opals which display a wide play of colors, produced by the diffraction and interference of light by the microscopic spheres of silica that form the structure of the opal. (Brought to light with the holographic foil printing)

The Opals depicted are some of the wide variety of Opals found in opal-mining sites of Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales. Regular stamps of the Opal series without the holographic foil were also printed for sale.

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Scented Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Scented Stamps  / Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet

Spain 2024 Strawberry Train Madrid-Aranjuez Scented Stamps

Issue date 25 Jun 2024

Correos Spain has issued a special strawberry-scented stamp on the Strawberry Train to commemorate the historic train line from Madrid to Aranjuez (famous for local Strawberries). 

The Strawberry train connects the Capital of Spain Madrid to the Mediterranean Sea (Aranjuez). Currently the train makes a tourist route where passengers can enjoy a pleasant trip from the 19th-century Delicias station in Madrid to the Aranjuez station.

The die cut odd shaped miniature sheet features 6 stamps of the Strawberry Train.

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Scented Stamps

Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet

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Stamps with Crystals - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals

Oman 2025 Omani Gemstones with Crystals affixed

Issue date 30 October 2025 

Oman Post issued a special set of 6 stamps each of 2 Omani Rials featuring the Gemstones of Oman - Amethyst, Black Agate, Dendritic Agate, Green Agate, Quartz and White Agate. The Special limited Edition of the miniature sheet of the Stamps were affixed with their respective Crystals. Miniature sheet with just stamps 500 Omani Baisa value was also issued on 27 October 2025.

My Stamp sheet number is 912/1000

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Stamps with Crystals

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Costa Rica 2010 Swarm of Fish in the Gulf of Papagavo Holographic ATM stamp

Issue date 18 August 2010

Costa Rica Post has issued an ATM stamp depicting a swarm of Fish in the Gulf of Papagavo. The one that I have is mint with no values.

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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheets - Update

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On a snowy day with 40 cm of snow.. thought I pick up one of the many odd shaped miniature sheet in my collection to update on my blog ...Hope you like it.

Belgium 2024 Universe Stamp shaped Miniature sheet 

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Issue date 26 August 2024

BPost or Belgium Post has issued a self adhesive miniature sheet in the shape of a stamp with 10 round stamps depicting the planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in eight stamps. The ninth stamp depicts the James Webb telescope which confirmed the existence of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. The tenth stamp depicts the 7 planets around the star TRAPPIST-1 habitable zone, located about 40 light-years from Earth.

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Odd shaped Miniature Sheet

Odd Shaped Stamps

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3D - Motion stamps - Update

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Subcategory - 3D - Motion Stamps / Odd Shaped Stamps

Waiting for new Stamps in this category - meantime adding my old collections not updated yet on this blog

North Korea 2007 Beijing Olympics 3D motion Stamps (multiple images)

Image taken from the net for illustration purposes

Issue date 15 October 2007

North Korea Post as part of the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics has issued a souvenir sheet with set of 5 Stamps depicting the 5 mascots of the Beijing Olympics in one angle and when tilted at a different angles shows the various icons of Chinese and Korean culture.

Image 2 of the same souvenir sheet

The stamps/ souvenir sheet were made of plastic and the stamps were round shaped. Be careful when buying this sheet. Dealers are showing 2 different images to entice customers to buy 2 sheets instead of one using different 2 images as above. There is however a perf and an imperf version of the same sheet. Also the regular paper sheet is available as seen below.

updated 02feb2026

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Lottery Stamps

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Subcategory - Lottery Stamps

Lottery Stamps are usually stamps sold with a chance to win a prize. Was contemplating to introduce this category for a long time but never got to it.. Will recategorize some of the earlier post with scratch and win stamps to include this category of Stamps. 

Japan 2025 Lunar New Year of the Horse Lottery Prize Stamps

Issue date 30 October 2025

Japan Post has issued its annual Lunar New Year of the Horse Lottery Prize Stamps. A set of 4 stamps were issued of which 2 stamps has a unique number in the selvage attached. These numbers if winning usually offers prizes from Japan Post The draw date for the Japan Post New Year's lottery stamps (nengajo) in 2026 is scheduled for January 19, 2026. The winning numbers are typically announced on the official Japan Post website. 

Prizes typically range from cash and e-money to gift catalogs and special stamp sheets.

These stamps are first in my collection though I have posted stamps earlier which were special stamp sheets won in the lottery.

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Happy New Year to my subscribers.. My first post for the year 2026

South Korea 2025 Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse 2026

Issue date 1 December 2025

South Korea Post as part of the Annual Series of New Year's Greetings, has issued a special odd shaped souvenir sheet with 16 stamps of 2 different stamps with horse image - 2026 being Year of the Horse in the Chinese Zodiac signs. One of the stamp has embossing with silver foil printing while the other stamp is printed with Red holographic foil.

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