Cloth Stamps - Update

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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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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

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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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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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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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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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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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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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