Card Stamps - Update

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Austria 2024 200 Years Piatnik - Herz Card Stamps

Issue date 23 May 2024

Austria Post to commemorate 200 years of Piatnik - Herz, a Viennese company that produces and sells games, playing cards and puzzles since 1824, has issued a set of 4 miniature sheet printed on a playing card design with "Ace" stamp in 4 different types of playing card. The cards are sold as a pack of 5 playing cards of one color design with one stamp (Ace) and remaining 4 cards with Cinderella stamps of the same color design (King, Queen, Jack, 10).

A similar set was issued by Correos Spain in 2020 - click here

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Card Stamps

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Extra Wide Length Stamps - Update

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Sub Category - Extra Wide Length Stamps 

Sorry for the long awaited post. I do not update the blog till I receive the stamps in hand.. 

Philippine 2024 125th Anniversary of the first Philippine Republic

Issue date 12 June 2024

Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLPost) to commemorate the 125th Anniversary of the first Philippine Republic, has launched a postage stamp to commemorate important historical events that marked the start of the journey towards Philippines Independence Day and Nationhood. 

The sheetlet strip of three (3) measures 200mm x 35mm, setting the world record for being the World's Longest Postage Stamp. It beats the previous widest stamp by Kyrgyzstan Post in 2023 featuring Kyrgyzstan’s Chaar-Tash mountain range commemorating the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. The stamp is 184 millimeters (7.2 inches) long and the second longest stamp 170mm-long (6.7 inches) issued by Thailand Post in 2017 commemorating the 70th anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s accession to the throne.

According to PHLPost, the stamp illustrates the Philippines’ journey to nationhood from the historic proclamation of independence on June 12, 1898 to the declaration of the first Philippine Republic in 1899. The stamp commemorates the following events in Philippine history:

Declaration of Philippine Independence in 1898

Arrival of President Emilio Aguinaldo in Malolos, Bulacan

Inauguration of the first Philippine Republic at the Barasoain Church in 1899

Philippine-American War

Aguinaldo’s odyssey in northern Luzon

Apolinario Mabini in Pangasinan

Aguinaldo’s capture in Isabela

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Extra Wide Length Stamps

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

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Sub-Category - Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps 

French Polynesia 2011 Chinese Horoscope - Dragon Stamp with Glow in Dark Printing

Issue date 22 December 2011

La Poste French Polynesia to commemorate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Water Dragon 2012 has issued a special Stamp printed with Phosphorescence ink for the Glow in the Dark under UV light.

My sheet number is 27987

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

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Stamp with Double Back Printing

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France 2010 Football stamp with Double back printing

Issue date 13 June 2010

Phila Poste France has issued a special stamp with back to back printing with stamps on both sides (On the front: "tu y crois" and on the back: "à fond") with either side to be used at a time.

The stamps were issued to commemorate the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa.

Other countries has also issued back to back printing of stamps but the stamps printed were self adhesive which means 2 stamps even though printed back to back could be still used as 2 separate stamps unlike the one issued by France in this issued which allowed it to be used only once unless one removed the stamp from the envelope and stuck it reversed on another envelope which is usually a remote possibility one it is used.

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Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing - Update

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Subcategory - Thermochromic Stamps

Finland 2006 Snow Art Stamps with thermochromic ink printing

Issue date 22 September 2006

Finland Post has issued a special booklet of 4 self adhesive stamps depicting Ice and Snow Art. The first stamp depicts an ice horse sculpture, sculpted by a team comprised of Steve Brice, Charles Dash, Carl Eady and Michael Gresham for the Blue Ice Art event in Pello in 1999.  The second stamp shows the high wall of Kemi Snow Castle. The Third Stamp shows an ice wall built by Kimmo Frosti, the bricks of which are made of ice from Lake Saimaa. The fourth stamp shows a snow lantern made of snowballs.

The blue ink of the face values turns white when touched. The heat-sensitive ink on the stamps will keep for roughly 1.5 years, after which the face values will stay white.

The face value 1 is blue generally 

The face value 1 changes to white when heat applied 

MI Catalog number = FI MH1815-1818

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Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing

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Stamps with Braille - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Braille / Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs

Liechtenstein 2022 Equality Stamp with Braille embossing and holes

Issue date 14 November 2022

Liechtenstein Post to promote the concept of Equality has issued a special stamp printed with the Equal Sign in Braille. The equals sign (=) is graphically depicted once in Braille and once in black print. The neon yellow background draws the viewer’s attention to the sign.

For correct legibility of the character on the special stamp, the upper two dots were punched and the lower four dots were raised.

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Stamps with Braille

Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs

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Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing - Update

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Subcategory - Thermochromic Stamps

Switzerland 2024 Pro Patria - The Fifth Switzerland Stamps printed with thermochromic ink

Issue date 21 March 2024

Swiss Post dedicated 2 special stamps printed with Thermal ink to Pro Patria - The Fifth Switzerland represented by Swiss Nationals living outside of Switzerland. Since 1916, the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA), a local community group, has been organizing holiday camps in Switzerland for young Swiss citizens between the ages of 15 and 18 who are resident abroad. Among the items on last summer’s agenda was the creation of the new Pro Patria stamps with the goal of producing two stamps representing the fifth Switzerland.

The first stamp depicts a cheese fondue with the black pan printed with thermochromic ink which when heat applied shows the Swiss Cross. The second stamp shows a woman with a black heart which when heated warms out to the Swiss Cross again.

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