Stamps with Thermographic printing - Update

Category Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Thermographic printing

Belgium 2017 Europa Belgian Castles 

Issue date 12 June 2017

The Europa Annual theme 2017 was dedicated to Castles and BPost has issued a special miniature sheet featuring a fictional sand castle with 5 stamps.

The sheet and stamps has special sand-effect feel when touched with the help of thermographic printing. Red shiny particles are noticeable on the printing giving it a depth feel.


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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 Caledonia 2016 Astronomy in New Caledonia

Issue date 05 August 2016

The 26th “Nuits des Etoiles” event was held on 5, 6 and 7 August 2016. Sky-watching fans in New Caledonia, all over France and in various countries in Europe and Africa are invited to join fellow stargazers in contemplation of the seasonal constellations and visible planets (this year, these include Jupiter, Mars and Saturn), or to watch out for eagerly awaited shooting stars.

The stamp illustrates the most powerful telescope in New Caledonia, the Dobson 600, recently built by the members of the New Caledonian Association for Astronomy (ACA); it also shows the stars of the famous Southern Cross, the best known constellation in the southern hemisphere. 

The luminous beauty of the stars has been highlighted by using glow-in-the-dark printing technology: the stars on both the single stamps and stamp sheets light up in the dark!

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Silver Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps made from different materials - Silver

Netherlands 2017 Orange Lioness European Football Champion

Issue date 31 August 2017

To commemorate the winning of the Women European Football Championship 2017 by the Orange Lionesses Club, Post NL has issued a special silver stamp featuring the Club logo. Produced in limited quantity 2300 pieces by the Royal Dutch Mint. The Stamp can be used for Registered Post within Netherlands.

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Wood and Wood Paper Stamps - Update

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

Russia 2016 The 50th Foundation Anniversary of the State Historical and Ethnographic Museum-Reserve "Kizhi" Souvenir Sheet

Issue date 08 August 2016

The Kizhi Open-Air Museum was established in 1966 on the island of Kizhi with a current collection of over 53000 exhibits featuring objects of ethnography, archeology, works the Old Russian painting, modern paintings and drawings, manuscripts and printed books, documents and photographs. 

The stamp on the souvenir sheet depicts the Kizhi Ensemble consisting of two churches and the bell tower built in XVIII-XIX centuries, the souvenir sheet margins bear a schematic map of the Kizhi Open-Air Museum.

1000 numbered special souvenir sheet were printed on 3-ply plywood with a thickness of 1mm and enclosed in a frame. The number on my sheet is 069

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Odd Shaped Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Odd Shaped Stamps    

United Kingdom 2007 Beatles Album Covers Odd Shape Stamps        

Issue date 9 January 2007

Royal Mail to commemorate the 50th anniversary meeting of John Lennon and Paul Mccartney to form the Beatles Band, has issued 6 stamps featuring the band’s most iconic album covers mentioned below

64p 'Help!'
64p 'Abbey Road'
72p 'Let it Be'
72p 'Revolver'
1st class 'With the Beatles'
1st class 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'

The stamps are odd shaped in the form of album cover sleeves

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Stamps with Interactive Games - Update

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Austria 2017 Birthday Party Jigsaw Puzzle Miniature Sheet

Issue date 10 March 2017

For the occasion of celebrating a Birthday Part, Austrian Post has issued a special Christmas Comic Jigsaw Puzzle Stamps featuring a Children celebrating a Birthday Party Scene.

The stamps are self adhesive and in the jigsaw format

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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet - Update

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Subcategory - Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet 

Spain 2017 The Generation of the 60s

Issue date 16 July 2017

The 1960s laid the foundations for a new Europe, but above all, for a new Spain that was beginning to open up to the world, to show its values ​​and resources, its culture and, above all, its identity.

The topics chosen among the subscribers by voting for the stamps of this new block sheet have been:

May 68: student revolts and massive strikes that rocked France in May 1968 changed the lives of generations. Young university students disenchanted with educational reforms, disgruntled workers or the rejection of the Vietnam War, converged leading to closures and demonstrations that left many wounded and the sensation of a revolution that could not be.

Kennedy assassination: John F. Kennedy, president of the United States, was killed on Friday, November 22, 1963 in Dallas. He received several deadly shots as he paraded with his wife in the presidential car. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of the murder although today it is still speculating on the conspiratorial character of that act.

First heart transplant: in 1967 the South African surgeon Christian Barnard, 44, and head of the department of thoracic surgery, performed for the first time a human heart transplant, a fact that caused a sensation all over the world.

Man's Arrival to the Moon: Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the Moon, on July 20, 1969, before the eyes of millions of people around the world, who lived this historic moment through television. It remained his famous phrase: "this is a small step for man, but a great leap for humanity".

The block sheet that brings together the four seals, presents a punch with the numbers 6 and 0.

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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet - Update

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Subcategory - Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet

Spain 2017 The Generation of the 70's odd shaped MS with odd shaped stamps

Issue date 16 July 2017


There are many great events that took place in that decade, but these are topics chosen from subscribers by voting for the stamps of this new block sheet:

Fiber Optic Discovery: In 1970, four researchers working at the company Corning Glass, manufactured the first optical fiber. They did this by applying titanium residues to silica. Little by little the technique was improved and on April 22, 1977, General Telephone and Electronics sent the first telephone transmission through fiber optics in California.

Spanish monarchy: Francisco Franco died in 1975 and began an intense political transition in Spain. That same year Juan Carlos de Borbón is proclaimed king and two years later, the 15 of June of 1977 the first elections were celebrated from the Civil War. The coalition Union of Democratic Center (UCD), led by Adolfo Suárez was the most voted.

John Paul II: in August 1978 Pope John Paul I was appointed Pope, who died only suddenly after 33 days. After his death came John Paul II, the first Polish pope, and the first non-Italian after almost 5 centuries.

Invention of disposable syringe: some great inventions came to stay and make life much easier such as disposable syringe, which arrived in 1973 from the hand of the Spanish Manuel Jalon Corominas, also inventor of the mop.

The block sheet that brings together the four seals, presents a die with the numbers 7 and 0 with a flowery pattern that reminds us of that time.

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Stamps with Interactive Folds - Update

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Spain 2017 Origami Stamp

Issue date 17 July 2017

Origami is defined as the art of creating paper figures without cutting or using glue, only folding a square of paper.

The paper figures can take many forms, including flowers, animals, objects, faces or architectural elements.

Paper folding originated in China in the 1st or 2nd century CE, arriving in Japan in the 6th century, where it became part of Japanese culture, and has continued to grow in popularity and complexity since then. At first, only Japan’s upper classes could enjoy it, due to the high price of paper.

It was introduced to the West via the caravans of the Silk Road and spread rapidly as a cheap and easy pastime.


Eventually, the two main centres of paper folding were Spain in the west, where it is called papiroflexia, and Japan in the east, with the name origami. Both countries developed a classic bird figure, which became a long-standing tradition: the crane in Japan and the pajarita in Spain.

Correos Spain has issued a special stamp which can be folded into a Bow Tie following the instructions on the Souvenir sheet. The stamp also incorporates Augmented Reality where one can download a tutorial on how to mount the bow tie.

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations

Singapore 2017 Wedding Jewelry 

Issue date 12 July 2017

Singapore Post has issued a special Wedding Jewellery souvenir Sheet featuring four exquisite and intricate necklaces used during weddings. The limited edition wedding jewelry (1,888) serialised Collectors’ Sheets comes with four $10 stamps with a total face value of $40. These sheets are specially printed using offset lithography with 22K gold and shiny film hot foiling with embossing to bring out the intricacy and details of the necklaces.

The first stamp in the series features a Heavenly Match necklace, part of the Si Dian Jin (四点金) set of dowry jewellery, with interlocking dragon and phoenix motifs – well-loved mythical creatures that, according to Chinese tradition, bring good fortune and protection. The necklace is an illustration of the famed Chinese phrase, Long Feng Pei (龙凤配), which represents the idea that both majestic creatures are a perfect couple - a match made in heaven.

The second stamp is of a Peranakan Intan necklace with flora and fauna motifs. This piece has been designed in an art nouveau style combined with Asian aesthetics.

The third stamp features a mangalsutra, an ornate necklace of yellow gold with a design based on a wedding bell. This is one of the many jewellery items worn by an Indian bride to symbolise different aspects of the union with her husband.

The fourth stamp is of a necklace with diamonds set in yellow gold. This piece, named My Fair Lady, is inspired by jewelry worn by members of the Eurasian community.

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Wood and Wood Paper Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps made from different material - Wood

Austria 2017 20th Anniversary Austrian Federal Forestry Office Oak Wood Stamp

Issue date 28 July 2017

On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary Austrian Federal Forestry Office, Austrian Post has issued its first wood self adhesive stamp in the shape of an Oak Tree using oak wood.

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Stamps with Interactive Games - Update

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Austria 2016 Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle Miniature Sheet

Issue date 11 November 2016

For the occasion of Christmas 2016, Austrian Post has issued a special Christmas Comic Jigsaw Puzzle Stamps featuring Santa Claus and Children during the Christmas Season.

The stamps are self adhesive and in the jigsaw format

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Scented Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Scented Stamps

Oman 2012 Salalah Tourism Festival - Frankincense Scented Stamp

Issue date 21 June 2012

On the occasion of the Salalah Tourism Festival, Oman Post has issued a special scented Miniature sheet featuring the Frankincense aromatic resin whose oil is religious ceremonies in the east which is attributed to its properties as an antiseptic, disinfectant, astringent etc

The miniature sheet has a faint scent of the aromatic resin

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Stamps with Crystals - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals

Liechtenstein 2017 Golden Wedding of Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie of Liechtenstein with Ruby

Issue date 06 June 2017

The royal couple in Liechtenstein, Hans-Adam II and Marie, will celebrate their golden wedding on 30th July and to commemorate this Golden Anniversary, Liechtenstein Post has issued limited edition of a special Miniature sheet with three stamps differing in size and value will appear: “Vaduz Castle” (value: CHF 1.30), “Royal Couple” (value: CHF 2.20) and “Crown” ( value: CHF 2.80). 

The limited edition of 1250 Miniature sheet features a ruby on the crown.

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Stamps with Crystals - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals

Jersey 2012 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year MS affixed with Daimond

Issue date 06 February 2012

Jersey Post has issued 600 Limited Edition Souvenir Miniature Sheets with a genuine 1.25mm diamond nn the occasion of the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s Accession. Each hand cut diamond is affixed to the aptly named ‘Diamond Diadem’ worn by The Queen on one of two stamps contained within the Limited Edition Souvenir Miniature Sheet.

This is the first time that a British stamp has been adorned with a real diamond and these unique Souvenir Miniature Sheets are securely presented in a deluxe presentation box with a numbered certificate (No. 206 above).

The Imperial State Crown also appears on the Souvenir Miniature Sheet and is enhanced with spot embossing and translucent hot foiling.

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