Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Lottery Stamps

Category - Sight
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.

Disclaimer - Information about the stamp issues on this page has been taken from the net and are for informational purposes only. No copyright claim is made for the above mentioned information/pictures/video. The pictures have been scanned/taken from my collection. 

Tuesday, 6 January 2026

3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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

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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Disclaimer - Information/Pictures about the stamp issues on this page has been taken from the net/Scanned from my collection and are for informational purposes only. No copyright claim is made for the above mentioned information/pictures/video.  These stamps are part of my collection