Card Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Card Stamps

North Korea 1993 Card Stamps

Issue date 29 May 1993

North Korea has issued a (credit card sized) card stamps sheet containing 6 stamps of Won 1.50 each. 

It was later reprinted with an over print value of Won 1.60 each.

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Card Stamps

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Cloth Stamps - Update

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Australia 2015 Year of the Goat Stamp pack Folder with Silk Stamp

The above stamp (2nd one in folder) is the silk minisheet with normal gummed back

The above stamp (3rd one in the folder) is the self adhesive minisheet with mesh perforations

Issue date 08 January 2015

Christmas Island has issued a folder celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year 2015 which is the Year of the Goat as per Chinese Zodiac (Yes It is also My Chinese Zodiac symbol). The Goat is a symbol of Independence and the person born in this year are very creative and has capacity for deep affection. 

The miniature sheet depicts the Chinese Tu Tribal wedding where the groom presents a female goat to his in-laws to symbolise good nature, calmness, tenderness and purity of their daughter.

The stamp pack folder features a traditional gummed stamp minisheet, a self adhesive minisheet with mesh perforations and a minisheet printed on silk. All three minisheet has been embellished with a Milford Astor Turquoise foil on the title and the calligraphic symbol on the $2.10 stamp.

Stamps produced for Christmas Island can be used for posting in Australia and all Australian Territories.

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Cloth Stamps

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Stamps with Interactive (QR/Bar/Augmented Reality/C) codes

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Croatia 2011 QR Code stamp - 20th anniversary of the issuance of postal stamps by Croatian Post.

Issue date  09 Sep 2011

Hrvatske pošte, the national postal service of Croatia, incorporate a novel functionality in each of 3.10 Kuna (0.56 U.S. dollars) stamps which has a unique code printed below the QR Code. 

Scanning the QR Code takes the user to a mobile site where the unique code can be entered and view confirmation on the receipt of your mail as well as additional data about its route. Users can find out when the mail was sent, how many kilometers it had travelled, when it reached its destination and more. 

The QR Code stamp was produced to mark the 20th anniversary of the issuance of postal stamps by Croatian Post.

The QR code (short for “quick response”) is a two-dimensional code that resembles a standard bar code, with one key difference: it can be read using a mobile phone. A textual message is embedded within the square making up the code, most often a web address. After reading the QR code, the internet browser of the user’s phone immediately redirects to the address contained in the QR code. In comparison with writing web addresses, this technology allows for access to the desire web address quickly and easily, without any typing.

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Stamps with Interactive (QR/Bar/Augmented Reality/C) codes

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Stamps with Seeds - Update

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Belgium 2010 Blossoming Flowers Miniature Sheet with Seeds

Issue date 15 March 2010

Belgian Post has issued a miniature sheet on the occasion of the Flower and Plant Exhibition at Ghent. The miniature sheet  features 2 blossoming flowers - Nicotiniana Alata and Lychnis Coronaria along with seeds on the bottom left end gutter of the Miniature sheet. These seeds can be planted in the moist soil for growing the 2 plants featured on the miniature sheet.

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Stamps with Seeds
Miniature Sheets with Materials Affixed

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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet - Update

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Namibia 2008 Centenary of the Discovery of Diamonds in Namibia - Odd shaped MS with diamond shaped stamps 

Issue date 15 April 2008 

Namibia issued a beautiful Diamond shaped miniature  sheet with four stamps on Diamonds to commemorate Centenary of  Discovery of Diamonds in Namibia (1908- 2008). 

The Fluvial diamonds were washed down the Orange river and deposited along Namibian coast  millions of years ago. 

The four stamps depict the following
N$ 2.00 – Land Mining
N$ 2.00 – Marine Mining
N$ 2.00 – Uncut Diamonds
N$ 2.00 – Diamond Jewellery 

The miniature sheet also depicts the Bogenfeld Arch which is a rock formation on  the atlantic coast line of the Namib desert. It is situated about 100 kilometres in the south of Lüderitz and is a natural sea-arch formed by the action of waves.

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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet

Odd Shaped Stamps

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs

Spain 2015 - Spain - Croatia Joint Issue - Bobbin Lace Stamps with holes in the Spain Issue

 

Issue date 31 March 2015

To commemorate the Bobbin lace, the postal authorities of both Croatia and Spain has issued a joint stamp issue on the bobbin lace from Seville (Spain) and Lepoglava (Croatia). The Stamps from Spain features perforations in the design of the stamp, like real lace while stamps from Croatia does not feature any perforations.

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs
Joint Issue Stamp

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Stamps with Interactive Games - Update

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Austria 2015 Easter Bunny Miniature Sheet with a Jigsaw Puzzle Miniature sheet

Issue date 07 March 2015

To commemorate the Easter Bunny, Austrian Post has issued a 4 stamp Jigsaw Puzzle along with 4 envelopes with different puzzle piece missing so that one of the 4 stamps fits on the puzzle on the envelope cover.

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Stamps with Interactive Games

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Flock Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Flock Stamps

Switzerland 2015 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia - Skin Tone Flock Stamps

Issue Date 07 May 2015

Swiss Post issued a Skin Tone Flock Stamp which gives a feel touch to the stamp. This special stamp was specially released for the Swiss Pavilion at 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.

The stamp was designed by the Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz.

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Flock Stamps

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Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing - Update

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Hong Kong 2015 Sports in Hong Kong Souvenir Sheet with Thermochromic Ink Printing

Issue date 23 April 2015

Hong Kong Post has issued a set of 6 stamps depicting the various sports played in Hong Kong

The six stamps features six different sports, namely, cycling ($1.70), table tennis ($2.20), football ($2.90), athletics ($3.10), badminton ($3.70) and swimming ($5).

Hongkong Post has for the first time issued set of thermochromic ink printed stamps. The silhouettes of the athletes are printed in thermochromic ink and their colours vary with a change in temperature. The stamps are also available on a souvenir sheet.

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Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing

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Embossed Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Embossed Stamps/Odd shaped Stamps

Switzerland 2015 Ammonite Embossed Odd Shaped Stamp MS  

Front

Back

Issue date 26 Feb 2015

Ammonites are spirally coiled fossils found on the fossil rich Swiss Jura Mountains. These fossils are the remains of creatures related to octopus and squid that first appeared around 400 million years ago, spread throughout the world’s oceans, then died out at the same time as the dinosaurs approximately 65 million years ago.  

Ammonites had an outer shell like a snail, but the inner part of the shell had chambers of the kind we can still see today in the living pearly nautilus.

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Embossed Stamps
Odd Shaped Stamps


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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

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Singapore 2003 Night Creatures with Glow in Dark under UV Printing

Issue date 20 March 2003

Nocturnal creatures of Asia - Tarsier (Tarsius spectrum), Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Babirusa (Babyrousa Babyrussa or 'pig deer'), Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), illustrated in cartoon-style in this issue by Singapore Post. 

The eyes of the animals & and the stars can glow in the dark under a UV light.

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps 


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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with 3D Hologram  

Hong Kong 2015 Astronomical Phenomenon with 3D Hologram Stamp

Issue date 17 March 2015

Hongkong Post has released a set of special stamps on the theme of "Astronomical Phenomena", featuring seven astronomical phenomena - Solar Eclipse, Meteor Shower, Comet, Saturn's Ring Tilt Variation, Sunspot, Moon-Planet Conjunction and Lunar Eclipse along with a Sheetlet with a 3D hologram Stamp of the moon.

The $20 stamp sheetlet released by Hongkong Post has a 3D printing effect is applied to a stamp for the first time, aiming to give the Moon a life-like appearance

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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Stamps with Interactive Folds - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Interactive Folds

Tonga 2015 Chinese New Year - Lunar Year of the Ram 

Issue date 05 January 2015

Tonga Post has issued an interesting 3D Gift Box hanging ornament for the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Ram 2015 featuring 4 self adhesive stamps on a 3D foldable box Miniature sheet.

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Stamps with Interactive Folds

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