Stamps with Vinyl Disc Form - Update

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Sub-Category - Stamps with Vinyl Disc Form

Paraguay 1989 Luis Del Parana GALOPERA Gramaphone music record affixed on Miniature Sheet 

Issue date 25 May 1989

The 1989 Paraguay Miniature sheet has a transparent gramophone record attached to the front of the miniature sheet featuring a song of Luis Alberto del Paraná of the music group Los Paraguayos.

Los Paraguayos, a music group consisting of musicians from Paraguay. Since its foundation in the 1950s, the group has featured many singers and musicians, playing guitars, bongo drums and a Paraguayan harp, including Luis Alberto del Paraná, Reynaldo Meza, Angel "Pato" Garcia and Carlos Espinoza. The group performs many South American and Mexican tunes and songs, including classics, such as Guantanamera, El Cóndor Pasa and La Bamba.

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Unusual Postal Souvenirs - Update

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Subcategory - Unusual Postal Souvenirs

Happy Easter to all my Catholic friends..

Italy 2015 Turin Shroud Blister pack with Linen Replica

Issue date 22 April 2015

Italian Post has issued a blister pack featuring the miniature linen replica of the Turin Holy Shroud displayed during the Exposition of the Holy Shroud in Turin Italy during the period 19 April 2015 till 25 May 2015. The blister pack also featured the Italy Ostension (Presentation) of the Holy Shroud stamp which was issued in March 22, 2010. The linen canvas is placed in a box that allows you to see both sides displaying the Holy Shroud and on the back of the blister pack there is  a brief history on the relic with a reproduction of the Turin Cathedral.

The Shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud (Italian: Sindone di Torino, Sacra Sindone or Santa Sindone) is a length of linen cloth bearing the image of a man that is believed by some Christians to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Cloth Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Cloth Stamps

Hong Kong 2016 Chinese Lunar Year of the Monkey silk Stamp Sheetlet

Issue date 16 January 2016

The Chinese New Year falls on 08 February 2016. To celebrate this occasion, Hong Kong Post has issued a HKD 50 Silk Sheetlet depicting a Monkey and other fruits of good fortune.

According to Chinese Five Elements Horoscopes, Monkey contains Metal and Water. Metal is connected to gold. Water is connected to wisdom and danger. Therefore, we will deal with more financial events in the year of the Monkey. Monkey is a smart, naughty, wily and vigilant animal. If you want to have good return for your money investment, then you need to outsmart the Monkey. Metal is also connected to the Wind. That implies the status of events will be changing very quickly. Think twice before you leap when making changes for your finance, career, business relationship and people relationship.

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

New Zealand 2016 Native Glow Worms with Glow in dark effect printing

Issue date 2 March 2016

New Zealand native Glow worms (scientifically known as Arachnocampa luminosa,) are not worms but the larval stage of the fungus gnat.  The fungus gnat can glow at all stages of its life (except in the egg stage), but it’s during the larval stage that it shines the brightest. The famous blue-green ‘glow’ is a chemical reaction created in what is the glowworm equivalent of the human kidney. The total life cycle of the fungus gnat takes around 11 months, with the glowworm stage being the longest in the life cycle, averaging around nine months.

The photographs featured on these stamps have been taken by New Zealand photographer Joseph Michael, whose Luminosity series came to global attention in 2015. These stunning photographs were taken using long exposure techniques and were shot over many long nights deep in the glowworm caves of the North Island.

The minisheet features four gummed stamps as well as a $2.00 self-adhesive stamp. The stamps have been printed using glow-in-the-dark ink to replicate the effect of glowworms in the wild - simply expose them to sunlight and then step into a dark space to see the stamps light up.

80c - Mangawhitikau Cave

Mangawhitikau Cave is famous for its extensive display of glowworms. Tours depart from the Spellbound office located in the Waitomo Caves village and artificial lights are kept out during the tours so the glowworms can be viewed in their full glory.

$1.40 - Nikau Cave

Nikau Cave is located in Waikaretu, a sheep and cattle farming area approximately 90 minutes' drive southwest of Auckland. This delightful tourist cave was known to Mäori and early settlers. Privately owned, the cave has no paths, handrails or lights. Tourists take torches and clamber up a streambed beneath stalactites, shawls and delicate straws.

$2.00 - Ruakuri Cave

RuakurÏ was the ‘wildest’ of the early Waitomo tourist caves – with hidden waterfalls, ‘a ghost walk’, galleries and decorated chambers. It was named for the wild dogs (kurÏ) that lived in the cave entrance, which was used by Mäori long before Europeans arrived.

$2.50 - Waipu Caves

The Waipü Caves are in a scenic reserve about 10 kilometres inland from the little boutique village of Waipü. They were first used as tourist caves in the 1870s, a decade before Waitomo Caves, when tourists were transported by horse and buggy.

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Stamps with Crystals - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals / Embossed Gold Stamps

Guinea 1972 Richard M. Nixon and Mao Tse-tung Gold foil embossed stamp with red rubies affixed

Issue date 01 Jan 1972

In 1972, Guinea issued a 1,200-franc airmail stamp on gold-color metallic foil with 2 red rubies affixed commemorating US President Richard M. Nixon’s trip to China. The stamp features the embossed images of the US President Richard M. Nixon and the Chairman Mao Tse-tung of the People's Republic of China on gold foil. The stamp features 2 ping pong bat and the 2 rubies as the ping pong ball.

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Stamps with Hidden image - Update

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Just back from trip to India..Will be shortly blogging on new acquisitions...

USA  1998 Bright Eyes Pets - Stamps with Hidden Image

Issue date 20 August 1998 

For centuries, people have domesticated animals for a variety of different reasons.  These pets provide both physical and emotional benefits.  Known as "man's best friend," the dog was the first domesticated animal.  The goldfish was the first fish kept as a pet.  A member of the carp family, they were first kept in people's home in China thousands of years ago.  There are more than 500 million domestic cats worldwide, but are most common in the United States and Europe.  Due to its high intelligence level, the parakeet makes a great pet. Although they are not as popular a pet as the dog and cat, the parakeet can be very affectionate.  Hamsters have been a popular pet since the late 1930's.  The tiny rodent is extremely fast and hard to catch, which is why they are generally kept in a cage.

USPS has issued sheet of 20 stamps of 32 cents each with 5 different stamps featuring a Dog, Fish, Cat, Parakeet and a Hamster. These stamps have a hidden image which can only be seen with a special Decoder lens issued by US Postal service in an earlier issue.

Bright Eyes Dog, Hidden Image: Dog bone and dog house

Bright Eyes Fish, Hidden Image: 8 Bubbles

Bright Eyes Cat, Hidden Image: Paw print and mouse

Bright Eyes Parakeet, Hidden Image: Bird cage

Bright Eyes Hamster, Hidden Image:  Exercise wheel 

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