Saturday, 18 November 2023

Plexi-Glass Stamp - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Plexi-glass Stamp  / Stamps with NFC technology 

Austria 2023 100 years of ÖBB The Austrian Federal Railways Acrylic Stamp with NFC




Issue date 30 September 2023

Austria Post to commemorate the hundred years of the Austrian Federal Railways - ÖBB has issued a special Stamp made of recycled acrylic material with NFC technology to bring out the augmented Reality features of the stamp. Each stamp has an allonge with different station names printed on it and has a magnetic strip at the back. There are 1,031 different versions which identifies to the total number of Austrian Station on the ÖBB network. These Allonge can be separated from the stamp. (so it will a challenge to collect the set of 1031 different ones)


The NFC is embedded in the back and can viewed when seen against a bright light. The NFC can activated for the Augmented Reality using a smart phone camera (just keep your NFC function ON in your smart phone settings - check if it activates with the front or back camera of your smartphone)


Use your finger to swipe the train up down sideways etc and click on the 3D modelling icon to see the augmented reality train on your screen.. can’t record on phone as too long video cannot upload.

The List of Stations is attached for ready reference -  



To view other stamps in this category click on the following link - 

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