Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps / Odd Shaped Stamps / Special perforations/ Glow in the dark under UV

China 2024 Mogoa Grottoes Silk Stamp Souvenir Sheet

Issue date 3 August 2024

China Post has issued a special silk souvenir sheet featuring the Mogoa Grottoes with 2 odd shaped stamps and unusual perforations on the stamps.

The Mogao Grottoes are located on the eastern foot of Mingsha Mountain and the western bank of Dangquan River, 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province.

The souvenir sheet features the Statues of Buddaha Sakyamuni, His Two Disciples and the Four Bodhisattvas, Sui Dynasty from the Mogoa Grottoes.

The souvenir sheet uses fluorescent ink, displaying a gradient halo effect under ultraviolet light on the stamp, which  reflects the deep and intricate visual impression of the cave interiors. 

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Cloth Stamps

Stamps with Design Perforations

Odd Shaped Stamps

Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV 

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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 

Germany 2026 Sponge Bob Stamp printed with Interactive Codes Read with Special Tiptoi Pen

Issue date 2 Mar 2026

Deutsch Post (Germany) has issued a special Stamp with Interactive code featuring Sponge Bob Square Pants and Friends (Patrick and Sandy) from Bikini Bottom by creator Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018), suitable for franking standard letters up to 20g and postcards within Germany. 

The Stamp is printed with Interactive Codes when read with a Pen Reader from Tiptoi Pen brings out the music of SpongeBob's exciting world at Bikini Bottom. You need to buy the Tiptoi Pen from Ravensburger.de and download the audio file onto the pen which will play the file when pressed on the Start Button Icon (as in all Ravensburger books). A special charger station which can download the audio file to the pen but it is not necessary. Just connect the pen to you PC via USB and copy the downloaded audio file (gme* file) and insert it into the  drive of your tiptoi® pen. Once the audio file is copied disconnect the pen and use as discussed above.

Click on the Stamp to download the .gme audio file for SpongeBob

Keep Sound ON to listen pen interaction 

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Stamps with Interactive Codes

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps / Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet / Embossed Stamps

Turkey 2019 Year of Turkish Culture in Japan

Issue date 27 June 2019

Turkey Post to commemorate the Year of Turkish Culture in Japan has issued a special odd shaped stamp on Satin paper featuring the images of Ankara (Blue Mosque) and that of Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto (old Capital of Japan).

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3D - Motion stamps - Update

Category - Sight / Touch
Subcategory - 3D - Motion Stamps 

Turkey 2013 Mersin XVII Mediterranean Games 3D Motion Stamp 

Issue date 10 June 2013

PTT Post Turkey to commemorate the 17th Mediterranean Game (MERSIN) held in Mersin, Turkey, from June 20–30, 2013 has issued a special laser cut folder with a special 3D lenticular motion 5 Turkish Lira   stamp featuring a Chelonia Mydas Turtle (Green Sea Turtle).

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3D - Motion Stamps

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Transparent Stamps - Update

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Sub Category - Transparent Stamps

Switzerland 2026 Hockey26 Transparent Chalk Paper Stamp

Issue date 5 March 2026

Swiss Post to commemorate the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland has issued a special stamp printed on translucent/Transparent (like butter paper - light passes through the stamp ) chalk paper representing an ice rink surface. The 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships will be held in Zurich and Fribourg May 15-31.

 The chalk paper stamp features an ice hockey puck on a white field with the typical red and blue lines, as well as a part of a hockey stick.

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Transparent Stamps 

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Unusual Postal Souvenirs - Update

Category - Sight / Touch

Subcategory - Unusual Postal Souvenirs 

Russia 2018 Happy New Year - Snow Maiden  3D - Motion Stamp Postal Souvenir 

Issue date 04 December 2018

Russia Post Marka as part of its Annual Program to celebrate Happy New Year has issued a special 3D Lenticular Motion stamp Postal Souvenir featuring the Snow Maiden with movement in both her arms when tilted at an angle.(Not Valid for Postage) 

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Unusual Postal Souvenirs 

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

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

Russia 2016 Abramtsevo State Historical, Artistic and Literary Museum-Reserve Souvenir Sheet Glow in the Dark under UV light

Issue Date 25 October 2016 

Russia Post Marka has issue a special souvenir sheet depicting the portraits of Sergei Aksakov and Savva Mamontov on the stamp against the backdrop of the main manor of the Abramtsevo Museum Reserve. 

The souvenir sheet glows in the dark under UV light revealing hidden elements.

• Finally, my dear friend, I am acquiring an estate where I will be able to properly receive you! 
• C.T. Aksakov.

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps 

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps

Hong Kong China 2020 Zhang Da Qian Paintings Museum collection Silk Stamp

 

Issue date 21 May 2020

Hong Kong Post has issued a set of Stamps titled “Hong Kong Museums Collection Selection from the Chih Lo Lou Collection” of which a 20 HK Dollar stamp featuring the Splashed-colour Landscape by Zhang Daqian was printed on Cotton Paper (A 10 HK Dollar stamp was also printed on normal paper)

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Cloth Stamps

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

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

United Kingdom 2025 Stranger Things Miniature Sheet with Glow in the Dark under UV printing

Issue date 13 Jan 2026

Royal Post has issued a set of 10 stamps featuring the key characters and contain hidden elements revealed under UV light. 

The Miniature Sheet, designed by Kyle Lambert and featuring the four young Hawkins heroes riding their iconic 1980s bikes, is presented in a separate sheet and also contains hidden elements under UV light. Kyle Lambert’s action-packed artwork – with hidden features of the Upside Down revealed under UV light 

In the souvenir sheet, the lightning streaks light up, the Welcome to Hawkins Sign lights up, and the beams from each of the bicycle head lights beams path lights up.

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps 

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Scented Stamps - Update

Category - Smell
Subcategory - Scented Stamps

Australia 2016 Nostalgic Fruit Recipes Prestige Booklet with scented Stamps

Apple Scented stamps (Rub and Sniff) - only these stamps are scented. The other 4 sheets are not scented 

Issue date 01 November 2016

Australia Post as part of its Annual Impression Series has issued a special scratch and Sniff Apple Scented postage stamps of old Fruit Lables in a special Prestige Booklet titled Nostalgic Fruit Recipes. The stamps in this booklet is a replication of old Fruit Box Labels on a stamp which was issued as normal stamps earlier on 07 June 2016 under the Nostalgia Fruit Labels stamps.

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Scented Stamps

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3D - Stamps with Laminated Prismatic Ribbed Plastic Surface - Update

Category - Touch / Sight
Sub category -  3D - Stamps with Laminated Prismatic Ribbed Plastic Surface

Madagascar 2014 China Madagascar Relations 3D Stamp

Issue date 12 May 2014

Madagascar Post to commemorate Madagascar's Diplomatic Relation with China has issued a special 3D souvenir sheet with 6 stamps containing landscapes of Madagascar and China Three Malagasy landscapes (Tsingy De Bemaraha National Park, Alley of the Baobabs and  Palais De La Reine - The Queen's Palace)  and three Chinese landmarks (Winter frost landscapes of Heilongjiang - Black Dragon River, Three Gorges on the Yangtze River and Nuwa Palace or Wahuang Palace)  were printed on the stamps. A normal paper souvenir sheet was also printed.

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3D - Stamps with Laminated Prismatic Ribbed Plastic Surface

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps

Russia 2025 Arctic Tourism Indigenous Peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Holographic Stamp

Issue date 17 December 2025

Russia Post has issued a special miniature sheet titled "Arctic Tourism Indigenous Peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Territory" with holographic foil printing.

The miniature sheet depicts representatives of indigenous peoples in national costumes living in the Krasnoyarsk Territory: the Enets, the Nenets, the Dolgans, the Selkups, the Kets, the Nganasans, the Chulyms and the Evenks against the backdrop of the Arctic Landscape.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps 

Russia 2025 Happy New Year Polar Bear Stamp with holographic foil 

Issue date 12 December 2025

Russia Post Marka has issued a special stamp titled Happy New Year featuring a Polar Bear (artwork by Natalia Shomovskaya: a polar bear with a snowflake - Winner of the Annual Drawing Competition for New Year Stamps and Postcards) printed with holographic foil.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheets - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Odd Shaped Miniature Sheets - Update

Russia 2016 Happy New Stamp Odd Shaped Stamps

Issue date 01 December 2016

Russia Post Marka as part of its Annual Program for Christmas has issued a special miniature sheet of 4 triangular  stamps depicting a New Year circle dance in a skating rink. 

Bought this sheet thinking it would be holographic (considering all the colors in the heading of each stamps) as with all its Christmas Stamps issuance but not so - Anyways its still an Odd Shaped Triangular Stamp for my collection. (Do not collect odd shaped stamps but still some do pop up in my posts on and off again and again). Adds to my collection of Russian Unusual Stamps anyways.

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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheets

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch

Subcategory - Cloth Stamps

Australia 2020 Mid Century Fashion Focus Silk Stamps Miniature Sheets

Imperf and Perf Silk Paper Miniature Sheets

Front of Folder

Back of Folder

Issue date 01 November 2020

Australia Post as part of its Annual Impression Series has issued a special folder of 6 sheets with Two of the sheets printed on silk paper - One perf and the other imperf sheet. These stamps are a reissue of the 16 June 2020 stamps titled - Mid Century Fashion Focus - dedicated to the Australian Fashion Photographers ( Athol Shmith, Helmut Newton, Henry Talbot and Bruno Benini) from the Mid 20th Century.

The issue was a limited edition of 200 folders and the number on my sheet is 200/200. (the last one!!! - These are all issued during the covid lockdown - no delivery and postal offices non functioning in Canada)

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Cloth Stamps

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

Category - Touch/Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations / Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet

Singapore 2026 Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse Souvenir Sheet 

Issue date 23 January 2026

Singapore Post as per their Annual issue for the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse has issued a special laser cut collector sheet with a stamp of SGD10 along with specially designed Red Packets.

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/CutOuts

Odd Shape Miniature Sheet

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Embossed Stamps - Update

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Sub Category - Embossed Stamps

Hong Kong China 2025 Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse Embossed Stamp with Gold and Silver Foil 

Issue date 05 January 2026

Hong Kong Post as part of its annual Issue program has issued a special miniature sheet with embossed stamps and 22 Karat Gold foiling on the Horse Stamp. The Snake Stamp had silver foil printing.

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Embossed Stamps

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations 

Hong Kong China 2026 Chinese Lunar Year of the Horse Stamp with laser cut perforations

Issue date 5 January 2026

Hong Kong Post as part of their Annual Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse has issued a special HKD 50 Stamp with Laser Cut Art on the Stamps.

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/CutOuts

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Extra Wide Length Stamps - Update

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Sub Category - Extra Wide Length Stamps

Romania 2025 The Consecration Of The National Cathedral - Miniature Sheet

Issue date 24 October 2025

Posta Romana has issued an extra wide stamp on a souvenir sheet measuring 264 x 68 mm (stamp size: 252 x 36 mm) to commemorate the consecration of the National Cathedral in Bucharest, the most representative edifice of Romanian Orthodoxy. The grandeur of the Cathedral, the largest Orthodox Cathedral in the world, is symbolically reflected by the postage stamp, whose dimensions exceed those of the previous philatelic record published by Guinness World Records.

It beats the previous widest stamp by  Philippine Postal Corp stamp  234 mm x 40 mm (Second) "Christmas Mass in Churches along the Pasig River " issued in November 2025. The previous holders of this record were by Sri Lanka Post stamp  205 mm x 30 mm (Third) issued in 2024,  Philippine Postal Corp stamp 200mm x 35mm (fourth) commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the first Philippine Republic, Kyrgyzstan Post in 2023 (Fifth) featuring Kyrgyzstan’s Chaar-Tash mountain range commemorating the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. The stamp is 184 millimeters (7.2 inches) long.

The other longest stamp issued by Liberia in comparison measures 315mm x 69.5mm though not recognized by the Guinness World Records as it was issued by a Third Party Agency IGPC during Liberia Civil War (1999-2004). 

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Extra Wide Length Stamps

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps / Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet / Embossed Stamps

One word to describe this issue "Awesome". Immortalizes the Artist's Vision in the paintings. 

Australia 2025 Ngana Nyitting - Art of Kevin Bynder Canvas Stamps 

Issue Date 19 November 2025

Australia Post as part of the 2025 Annual Impression Series has reissued the Stamps designed by Indigenous Artist Kevin Bynder. The stamp imagery is based on the ancestral lands, totems and culture of Bynder’s Maternal and Paternal Grandparents. Ngana Nyitting means “My Dreaming” in the Yamatji (Ngana) and Nyungar (Nyitting) languages (per Australian Post website). Regular Stamps were issued earlier on 16 September 2025. This first Mini sheet with stamps is printed on Canvas.

The other 3 mini-sheets in the folder odd shaped miniature sheets with raised embossing. 

These Stamps on miniature sheet were issued to members of the Australian Stamps Collecting Community through preorder during the 2025 Impression Series release in November 2025.

The reverse of the sheets and stamps seen below to fully appreciate the intricate embossed detailing in the sheet and stamps.

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