Silver Stamps - Update

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

Netherlands 2023 Dutch Car Brands - Spyker 60 HP Silver Stamp

Issue date 22 March 2023

Netherlands PostNL has issued a special Silver stamp to commemorate Dutch Car Brand - Spyker 60 HP which in 1903 the Dutch car manufacturer Spyker produced the world's first car with four-wheel drive, brakes on all four wheels, a six-cylinder engine and top speed of 110 kilometers per hour. 

The Stamps is enclosed in a special folder to prevent any oxidation of the Silver Stamp.

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Silver Stamps

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Flock Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Flock Stamps

Hong Kong 2003 Chinese Lunar New Year Animals - Dragon Snake Horse Sheep Flocked Stamps 

Issue date 19 January 2003

Hong Kong Post as part of Series of Chinese Lunar New Year Animals (First Series of 4 Animals) has issued a set of 4 Special Stamps featuring the Dragon, Snake, Horse and Sheep on Flock Paper.

The Animals featured are part of the 12 Zodiac signs of the Chinese Lunar New Year Calendar (12 Year Calendar)  and used in Chinese Horoscope readings for Personality traits, Fortune and Compatibility matching of marriage partners. The four animals are part of the last 4 years Chinese Lunar New Year Animals - Dragon (2000), Snake (2001), Horse (2002) and Sheep (2003).

Flock Stamps involves an exclusive spraying process where very fine cellulose fibres are applied to the special gummed stamp paper, adding a soft, fabric like, smooth textured, velvety feel to the surface of the stamp.

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Flock Stamps 

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Flock Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Flock Stamps

Hong Kong 2007 Chinese Lunar New Year Animals - Monkey Rooster Dog Pig Flocked Stamps 

Issue date 04 February 2007

Hong Kong Post as part of Series of Chinese Lunar New Year Animals (Second Series of 4 Animals) has issued a set of 4 Special Stamps featuring the Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig on Flock Paper.

The Animals featured are part of the 12 Zodiac signs of the Chinese Lunar New Year Calendar (12 Year Calendar)  and used in Chinese Horoscope readings for Personality traits, Fortune and Compatibility matching of marriage partners. The four animals are part of the last 4 years Chinese Lunar New Year Animals - Monkey (2004), Rooster (2005), Dog (2006) and Pig (2007).

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Flock Stamps 

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Flock Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Flock Stamps

Hong Kong 2011 Chinese Lunar New Year Animals - Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Flocked Stamps 

Issue date 22 January 2011

Hong Kong Post as part of Series of Chinese Lunar New Year Animals (Third Series of 4 Animals) has issued a set of 4 Special Stamps featuring the Rat, Ox, Tiger and Rabbit on Flock Paper.

The Animals featured are part of the 12 Zodiac signs of the Chinese Lunar New Year Calendar (12 Year Calendar)  and used in Chinese Horoscope readings for Personality traits, Fortune and Compatibility matching of marriage partners. The four animals are part of the last 4 years Chinese Lunar New Year Animals - Rat (2008), Ox (2009), Tiger (2010) and Rabbit (2011).

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Flock Stamps 

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps 

Japan 2011 Phila Nippon 2011 Stamp with holographic foil

Issue date  21 January 2011

Japan Post to commemorate the Japan World Stamp Exhibition 2011 (PHILANIPPON’11) held from July 28th to August 2nd at PACIFICO YOKOHAMA in Yokohama has issued a mini sheet with stamps depicting popular Japanese anime characters Astro Boy, Doraemon, Pikachu, Hello Kitty with the last stamp from the 

Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga ("Animal-person Caricatures") scrolls, These stamps were printed with holographic foil printing.

Doraemon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio from 1969. The series has also been adapted into a successful anime series and media franchise.

Pokémon is a media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, a Japanese consortium between Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995, and is centered on fictional creatures called "Pokémon", which humans, known as Pokémon Trainers, catch and train to battle each other for sport.

Hello Kitty, is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, created by Yuko Shimizu in 1974 and currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi. She is depicted as an anthropomorphic white Japanese Bobtail cat-inspired character with a red bow.

Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga ("Animal-person Caricatures") is a famous set of four picture scrolls, or emakimono, belonging to Kōzan-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan. The Chōjū-giga scrolls are also referred to as Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans in English. Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga is also credited as the oldest work of manga (mid-12th century). The scrolls are now entrusted to the Kyoto National Museum and Tokyo National Museum.

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3D Holographic Stamps

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3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens - Update

Category - Sight
Sub Category - 3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens / Embossed Stamps

Iraq 2021 Christmas 2020 3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens and Embossing

Issue date 20 January 2021

Iraq Post to commemorate Christmas has issued a special Souvenir sheet featuring an Embossed Nativity Scene printed on a special sheet with a transparent Vinyl Lens giving a special 3D depth to the picture. Some of the sellers put description of the stamps as 3D holographic foil. The stamps does show some diffraction of light when tilted. Similar to the ones issued in 2018 (Poet) and 2020 (Mother of Sorrows Church)

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3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Sub-Category - Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps 

Belgium 2024 Luminous Nature Stamps with Glow in the Dark under UV

Issue date 26 August 2024

Belgium Post to highlight the natural occurrence of bioluminescence or fluorescence in living organism that actively emit or reflect light. 

a. Omphalotus illudens – False luminous clytocybe, 

b. Lamprohiza spendidula – Splendid glowworm or splendid lampyre, 

c. Fluorite at night, 

d. Fluorite by day, 

e. Noctiluca scintillaus – Single-celled algae

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

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Scented Stamps - Update

Category - Smell/ Sight
Subcategory - Scented Stamps / Stamps with Varnish / Glow in Dark under UV Stamps

Indonesia 2024 Asian International Stamp Exhibition Scented Stamps

Issue date 3-7 July 2024

Indonesia Post to commemorate the 2024 Asian International Stamp Exhibition and Competition has issued a set of 5 rose scented Souvenir sheet for each day of the 5 day event. The souvenir sheet is printed with Glow in the Dark under UV printing on all the sheets and varnish has been applied to some areas of the Sheet.

Special thanks to Irene Chen for her help in obtaining these sheets. The sheets are numbered 0453/1000.

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Scented Stamps

Stamps with Varnish Printing

Glow in Dark under UV Stamps

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3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens - Update

Category - Sight
Sub Category - 3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens

Iraq 2020 Mother of Sorrows Church in Iraq 3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens

Issue date - 30 September 2020

Iraq Post to commemorate the Churches in Iraq has issued a special Souvenir sheet featuring Mother of Sorrows Church in Iraq printed on a special sheet with a transparent Vinyl Lens giving a special 3D depth to the picture. Some of the sellers put description of the stamps as 3D holographic foil. Silmilar to the one issued on the Iraqi Poet Mudhafar Al Nawab in 2018

Looks like a network of hexagonal lens in front of the stamp when titled,

Closeup shows a hexagonal lens lattice 

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3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps 

Canada 2005 Christmas Snowman Stamp with holographic foil printing

Issue date 2 November 2005

Canada Post has issued a special stamp featuring The snowman, an icon of the winter season in North America and is  portrayed among shimmering snowflakes and northern lights.

The glistening snowflakes has been created through the use of clear holographic hot stamping. 

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3D Holographic Stamps

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3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens

Category - Sight
Sub Category - 3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens 

Iraq 2018 Iraqi Poet - Mudhafar Al-Nawab 3D Stamp with Transparent Vinyl Lens

Issue date - 5 September 2018

Iraq Post to commemorate the Iraqi Poet Mudhafar Al-Nawab has issued a special Souvenir sheet featuring a photograph of the Poet printed on a special sheet with a transparent Vinyl lens giving a special 3D depth to the picture. Some of the sellers put description of the stamps as 3D holographic foil.

On closer view you will see a lattice of Square Lenses.

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

Category - Hearing/Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with Interactive (QR/Bar/Augmented Reality/C) codes  

Oman 2018 Traditional Omani Music with Augmented Reality Stamps

Issue date 6 March2019

Oman Post has issued a special miniature sheet of 4 stamps on the theme Traditional Music and Performing Arts. The stamps feature four performing arts. 

The first is Al Azi, a traditional Omani music performed in various styles all over the Sultanate, and accompanied by dancing and recitation of poetry. 

The second, Al Rawah, a drummers-based performance originating from Musandam, usually performed by men and women during weddings. The most unique characteristic about this dance is its name, which changes according to the time it is performed. It is called ‘Serh’ in the morning, ‘Sudar’ during mid-day, ‘Rwah’ in the afternoon, and mostly known for its evening time name of ‘Siri’. 

The third stamp highlights the Barghoum, a blowing instrument, made from the horns of wild goats or Oryx, which gives no more than two musical tones. 

The fourth and final stamp showcases two rhythmic musical instruments, the Kasir, known for its technical aesthetic role in performing basic rhythmical beats, and the Rahmani, which provides a deep pitch in all different patterns of traditional Omani music.

The videos can be seen using the OMAN Stamps App from the App Store of your mobile phone (Sadly as of today date it did not work on my iphone else I would have posted a video demo of the same that it works as described)

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Stamps with Interactive (Augmented Reality) codes

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