Stamps with Crystals - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals

Updating from a previous post to a correct Country, category from the year 2013.. others still in progress of updating.

Hungary 2011 – Holy Crown of Hungary with Glass Crystals MS

Magyar Posta celebrates Hungary’s new Fundamental Law by issuing a special commemorative stamp block on 25 April 2011.

On 25 April 2011 the President of the Republic of Hungary signed Hungary’s new Fundamental Law, which replaces the 1949 constitution that came into force at a time when the country was deprived of its self-determination. The new Fundamental Law is the foundation of all the country’s law and the symbol of a truly free and democratic Hungary, through which a transitional period has been brought to an end. It is a covenant between Hungarians of the past, present and future, and points to the paramount need for spiritual and intellectual renewal. The new Fundamental Law respects the achievements of the country’s historic constitution and the Holy Crown, which embodies the continuity of Hungary’s one-thousand-year-old constitutional state and national unity.

On Magyar Posta’s numbered philatelic specialty the Holy Crown of Hungary printed in 23 carat gold leaf rising from the plane of the paper is featured. The border is adorned with a work by Miklós Köllő, the statue of King Saint Stephen from the dome hall of the House of Parliament, as well as its vaults. When placed under UV light, the inscription in Hungarian “May there be peace, freedom and concord” is visible. On the special stamp block with red numbering, cut glass crystals sparkle in the place of the precious stones decorating the Holy Crown. Only 20,000 version with crystals.

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Stamps with Crystals

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Wood and Wood Paper Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps made from different material - Wood

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French Andorra 2011 BOSCOS Wood effect Paper Stamp

                          

Issue date 09 May 2011

To celebrate the International Year of Forests, the theme for Europe Post’s postage stamps for 2011 is trees and forests. The self-adhesive stamp issued by Andorra Post is made with a special wood effect paper.

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Wood and Wood Paper Stamps

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3D - Motion stamps - Update

Category - Sight / Touch

Subcategory - 3D - Motion Stamps 

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Great  Britain 2011 - FAB The Genius of Gerry Anderson 3D Motion MS

Issue date:  11   January 2011

London-based GBH's Special Stamps Issue: FAB – The Genius of Gerry Anderson set has been created for the UK's Royal Mail to honor the work of Super Mario nation legend Gerry Anderson MBE and his team at Century 21 Productions.

GBH's lenticular stamps feature the countdown and launch sequence of all the legendary Thunderbirds craft from the iconic 1960s series' title sequence.

FAB: The Genius Of Gerry Anderson marks the 50th anniversary of six ground-breaking series, which began with Supercar in 1961.

Fittingly, the issue also features the first ‘moving’ pictures on British stamps, by virtue of lenticular images incorporated into a miniature sheet devoted to the best-loved show of all, Thunderbirds.

The idea is to recreate the program’s dramatic '5-4-3-2-1' opening sequence. The countdown begins with Thunderbird 5, the Earth-orbiting space station, on the border. A moving image of lift-off can then be revealed for Thunderbirds 4, 3, 2 and 1 by tilting the four stamps back and forth.

Philip Parker of Royal Mail Stamps said: 'Gerry Anderson’s sophisticated puppetry, combined with his taste for state-of-the-art special effects and futuristic super-vehicles, caused a sensation in the 1960s. Collectors and TV fans alike will enjoy the chance to see the opening credits of Thunderbirds again, but this time through the technology of stamps!'

MINIATURE SHEET

1st class Thunderbird 4 - Thunderbird 4 is a submarine piloted by Gordon Tracy.

60p Thunderbird 3 - Thunderbird 3 carries out deep space rescues in the capable hands of Alan Tracy.

88p Thunderbird 2- Piloted by Virgil Tracy, Thunderbird 2 transports International Rescue’s equipment wherever it’s needed.

97p Thunderbird 1-Thunderbird 1 is always first on the scene of a rescue, piloted by Scott Tracy.

HOW IT WORKS

To create the lenticular stamps in the miniature sheet, frames from the original television footage were divided into micro thin slices, which were micro printed onto the back of a special magnifying lens.

When these images are viewed at an angle of about 47° through a lens ridged with tiny curved lenticules, the light is refracted in such a way that all of the slices from one particular frame reform to show the complete image.

As the miniature sheet is moved, the light refraction changes, and a sequence of 36 frames can be seen.

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3D - Motion stamps - Update

Category - Sight / Touch
Subcategory - 3D - Motion Stamps 

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Malaysia 2011 - Underground Engineering Excellence 3D Lenticular Miniature sheet

Issue date: 21 November 2011

A  3D miniature sheet was issued in Malaysia in 2011 to promote and show the Excellence of Underground Engineering.  The issue commemorates the Kuala Lumpur SMART Tunnel construction.

As Malaysia suffered in the past from many flooding, a solution was sought to keep traffic going on. Tunnels used to flood, roads as well. A special tunnel was designed and constructed between 2003 and 2007. It is called the 'SMART' tunnel : Stormwater Management And Road Tunnel.

The purpose of this tunnel is to keep traffic going on under normal conditions even with small flooding of the city. The tunnel is designed to divert the floodwater.

The First Stamp shows three images of the construction of the tunnel, while the second stamp shows three images - the breakthrough of the tunnel and scheme of tunnel.

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3D Printed Stamps - Update

Category - Sight / Touch
Subcategory - 3D Printed Stamps

Finally got mine.. after a long delay..

Luxembourg 2026 National Day 3D Printed Stamp

Issue Date 22 June 2026

Post Luxembourg Philately to commemorate Luxembourg's National Day on 23 June has issued a special edition of the regular stamp issued in May 2026 featuring HRH Grand Duke Guillaume and his Royal Crest. The Royal Crest in this special edition (limited to 1000 copies) is printed on a 3D printer which uses a liquid photopolymer as ink and is applied to the stamp sheets in the form of very fine droplets, which are then hardened under UV light. Additional layers are over printed on the hardened droplets to create a relief imprint of the Monogram Crest of  HRH Grand Duke Guillaume. The 3D printing was printed by the Austrian Company - Hämmerle & Vogel.

       

The Stamp sheet is housed in a special card paper folder to protect the raised 3D printing on the Stamp.

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3D Printed Stamps

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Extra Small Sized Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Sub category - Extra Small Size Stamps 

Romania 2026 Bull Head Small sized Stamps

Issue date 26 February 2026

Romania Post has issued the smallest stamp in the world at 7.5 x 9 millimeters (0.29 x 0.35 inches) created by Romfilatelia to mark the Centenary of the International Federation of Philately (FIP) features the historic Romanian "Bull's Head" design - the first official stamp of Romania.

The stamp was recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records as the worlds smallest stamp on 23 May 2026.

This stamp as compared to standard Canadian Stamp

As compared to the recent Belgian (2025) Issue -  10mm x 20mm

As compared to the Australian Bonsai Stamps issue - 6.5 x 9.375 millimeters

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps / Odd Shaped Stamps / Glow in the Dark under UV Stamps / Thermochromic Stamps

One of the most beautiful Stamp Set and Souvenir sheet from China Post incorporating 4 different printing technology. A big shout out and thanks to Rohit Jain (Toronto Canada) for these stamp set. This set was sitting in my unpublished Blog holographic material box for quite some time as the holographic effect was difficult to detect initially when I first got it (thought only one stamp and the souvenir sheet had cold foil printing) but once tilted properly the effect could be seen in all the stamps. Discovered other features on the stamp and souvenir sheet while researching the stamps for 3D holographic foil printing. 

China 2024-20 Daocheng Yaling Stamps Set - Multi printing techniques.

Issue date 28 September 2014

China Post has issued a special set of 4 Stamps and 1 Special Souvenir sheet themed "Daocheng Yaling". The four stamps and the Souvenir sheet is also printed with Cold Foil Stamping which gives a holographic imprint to the Mountains (in the first stamp) and the lakes in the remaining three  stamps.

The 4 stamps titled

- Xianuoduoji (120 Fen) The eastern peak of the "Three Holy Mountains" (Sanhu Zhu), with an altitude of 5,951.3 meters. (Picture Top Left)

- Luorong Pasture(120 Fen) An alpine pasture at an altitude of approximately 4,150 meters, used for grazing by nearby villagers. (Picture Top Right)

- Five-color Sea (120 Fen) The highest lake in Daocheng Yading, with an altitude of approximately 4,600 meters, a circular shape, and an area of 0.7 hectares. (Picture Bottom Right)

- Xianainri (120 Fen) The northern peak of the "Three Holy Mountains", with an altitude of 5,998.5 meters. (Picture Bottom Left) 

The souvenir sheet Yangmaiyong depicts the southern peak of the "Three Holy Mountains", standing at an altitude of 6,033.0 meters. The souvenir sheet is designed in the shape of an eye with a round pupil (so stamp can be eye shaped or round shaped as per the perforations), with the beautiful scenery of Daocheng Yading's snow-capped mountains and lakes reflected in the pupil.  The border features rare flora and fauna of Daocheng Yading Area. 

The Fourth Stamp (Bottom Left Stamp) and the Stamp on the Souvenir Sheet is printed with thermochromic ink, which when heated to temperature above 45℃ the white mountains on the fourth stamps turn grey from white while the mountain on the Souvenir Sheet turn from white to blue. This technological design aims to advocate environmental awareness, alert people to the hazards of global warming and effects of the Greenhouse warming.

first few seconds mountains are white then turn blue with heat

Room Temp (SS)

After Heat applied (SS)

The Mountain Range are white before turning grey with heat

At Room Temperature Mountains are white (4th Stamp)

Mountains turn grey on heat (4th Stamp)

On the souvenir sheet, the beautiful scenery of Daocheng Yading's snow-capped mountains and lakes reflected in the pupil which under UV light the pupil suddenly exudes the magnificent snow-capped peak rising straight into the blue sky, with melted snow water flowing down the mountainside in rhythmic cascades forming spectacular waterfalls (Can only be seen under UV light).

Pupils explode with UV light showing the streams and water falls on the mountains

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Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing

Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

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