CD Rom Stamps - Update

Category - Multi sensory (Sight, Touch, Hear)
Subcategory - CD Rom Stamps

Bhutan 2009 – Multimedia CD Rom Stamps

Issue date 21 February 2009

On 21st February 2009 coinciding with the 29th Birthday of His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the 5th Druk Gyalpo of the Kingdom of Bhutan, Bhutan Post issued its second issue in a series of world's first CD-ROM postage stamps. These stamps are mini-CDs that fit into exquisitely decorated, self-adhesive envelopes. When affixed to a larger envelope, the CD-ROM stamp can be used as postage. When inserted into a computer, the CD-ROM plays an 8-minute video about Bhutan.

"Bhutan: Voting for Happiness" illustrates the country's peaceful transition from heredity monarchy to constitutional democracy. "Bhutan: Coronation 2008" documents the coronation of Bhutan's new king, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.

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CD Rom Stamps

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with 3D Hologram
     
Malaysia 2014 - Malaysia World Youth Stamp Exhibition 2014 Day 3 Flora Miniature Sheet stamp with holographic foil printing          

Issue date 3 Dec 2014

On the occasion of the Malaysia World Youth Stamp Exhibition 2014 (KLwyse) held from December 1st to 6th 2014 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) a special miniature sheet featuring the  Hibiscus released on the third day of the exhibition.

The flora-themed miniature sheet highlights the Hibiscus and Rafflesia flowers.

The Hibiscus (hibiscus rosa-sinensis) was officially chosen as the national flower in 1960 by Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s first Prime Minister. The Rafflesia (Rafflesia arnoldii) stamp featuring a holographic foil printing, is a rare flower that is native to Malaysian rainforests and known for its exotic and unique appearance.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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Odd Shaped Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Odd Shaped Stamps 

Croatia 2012 Valentine's Day Heart Shaped Stamp    

Issue date 01 February 2012

Croatian Post to celebrate Valentine's Day, issued a heart shaped stamp. St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February, 14th and glorifies and honours love and affection. 

Traditionally, it is a day when those in love show their love for each other giving each other flowers, sweets and - typically - postcards especially illustrated for the occasion and known in English speaking countries as Valentines.

The holiday got its name after one of the first Christian martyrs and was for the first time proclaimed as holiday by Pope Gelasius I far back in 496.

 In Paris France 1400, the High Court of Love was founded just on Valentine’s Day - a court which deliberated, argued and judged over "the disputes of heart".

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Odd Shaped Stamps

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps 

Australia 2014 Year of the Horse Stamp - Silk Stamp miniature sheet

Silk Stamp with perforation

MS with Self Adhesive Stamps with Mesh Perforations

Issue date 7 January 2014

Christmas Island has issued a folder celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year 2014 which is the Year of the Horse as per Chinese Zodiac. It is from this folder that I received a part of it (which is the Silk Stamp version of the Miniature Sheet issued).

In Chinese culture, people born in the Year of the Horse - 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002 and 2014 - are regarded as hardworking, sociable, optimistic and energetic.

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

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Stamps with Hidden image - Update

Category - Sight

Subcategory - Stamps with Hidden image

USA 2003 South Eastern Lighthouses - Stamps with hidden images

Issue date 13 June 2003

The United States Postal Service has issued a sheet of 20 self-adhesive "Southeastern Lighthouse" stamps featuring the following lighthouses in the South Eastern sea side of USA : 

Old Cape Henry Lighthouse (Virginia), 

Cape Lookout Lighthouse (North Carolina), 

Morris Island Lighthouse (South Carolina), 

Tybee Island Lighthouse (Georgia), and 

Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse (Florida). 

Note that on the top row of stamps in this sheet includes a design variety; the "37 / USA" inscription on the Cape Lookout Lighthouse stamp (second stamp from left top row) is lower in the stamp design than on the other stamps in the sheet.

Also the stamps include a hidden image which can be viewed by a Special Stamp Decoder issued by USPS (featured in an earlier post on this blog).

Old Cape Henry Lighthouse (Virginia) - hidden image Date 1792

Cape Lookout Lighthouse (North Carolina) - hidden image Date 1859

Morris Island Lighthouse (South Carolina) - hidden image Date 1876

Tybee Island Lighthouse (Georgia) - hidden image Date 1867

Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse (Florida) hidden image Date 1907

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with 3D Hologram   

Italy 2005 Mars Exploration Sheet with Hologram Stamps   

Issue date 21 September 2005

Poste Italia issued a stamp with hologram to commemorate Italy's participation in the MARS exploration. The hologram image shows the SHARAD radar flown on the MARS Reconnaissance Orbiter Spacecraft  which was used to survey the internal structure of the Martian Polar Caps to find traces of ice and water. The sheet consists of 4 stamps of EUR0.80. 

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Scented Stamps - Update

Category - Smell
Subcategory - Scented Stamps

Spain 2015 Europa Stamp with Pine Scent

Issue date 23 April 2015

Spain Postal Authorities in keeping with the common Europe 2015 theme of "Old fashioned Toys", issued a Scot Pine Scented self adhesive stamp featuring a wooden toy train.

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Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Thermochromic Stamps

France 2008 Tex Avery Thermochromic Souvenir sheet

Issue date 03 Mar 2008

France Post celebrated the centennial of the birth of Frederick 'Tex' Bean Avery, one of Hollywood's pioneers in the field of animated cartoons at the France Stamp Festival by issuing in 2008 three stamps depicting Droopy, the redheaded showgirl, and the wolf and a souvenir sheet depicting all three characters with Droopy with a Droopy the Dog caption "You know what? I'm Happy" in English and French printed with thermo-sensitive ink. This caption is not visible but with application of heat of the hands, the caption appears.

Many of Avery's Warner Brother's Production efforts--Porky's Duck Hunt, The Shooting of Dan McGoo, All This and Rabbit Stew--are among the best cartoons ever made. Avery also created characters as The Wolf, The Girl (an impossibly sexy lass, usually known as "Red"), Droopy the Dog ("Hello, you happy people"), and the short-lived but unforgettable Screwball Squirrel for the Droopy cartoon show.

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Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing

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Stamps with Seeds - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamp with materials affixed - seed

Spain 2015 International Year of the Soil - Stamp with Seeds

Issue date 26 June 2015

To commemorate the UN declared "International Year of the Soils 2015" Spanish Philately has issued a special stamp featuring Petunia seeds which one can plant in the soil along with the slogan "Renew the soil - Plant me".  The image on the stamp shows the contrast of fertile soil with the food produced from it and a forest full of plants, alongside cracked, barren soil resulting from the deterioration of the ecosystem.

Healthy soils play an important role in preventing droughts.

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Card Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Card Stamps 

Kiribati 1995 UN 50th Anniversary Card Stamp 

Issue date 24 October 1995

On the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, Kiribati - a small island country in the Pacific Ocean close to the Island of Hawaii issued 2 stamp cards.

One credit card sized stamps made of 30c x 10 tear-away card stamps and the other with 5 registered mail stamps (no value) along with $1 x 5 tear-away card stamps.

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Card Stamps

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Stamps with Hidden image - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with Hidden image

Netherlands 2006 Zoo Animals Miniature Sheet with hidden image on the stamps

Decoder lens

Front of booklet

Hidden image seen with lens - Basically comparison of weight of Animals between stamps

Issue date 04 October 2006

Netherland Postal authority TNT has issued a miniature sheet with a set of stamps featuring Zoo animals from the Blijdorp Zoo, Rotterdam, with a hidden image on each stamp which can be viewed by a special decoder lens.

You must be wondering how to get this decoder lens. This special decoder lens was issued along with the booklet of stamps featuring the same topic ZOO animals.

Decoder lens on last page of booklet

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Cork Stamps - Update

Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadian Philatelists...

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

Ecuador 2009 Bicentenary of Independence Cork Stamp

Issue date 22 July 2009

Correos Del Ecuador (Equador Post), to commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of Ecuador's first declaration of independence from Spain in 2009, has issued a special stamp made of cork with a ink feather quill to depict the signing of the declaration of independence.

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