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

Category - Sight
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

Category - Sight
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

Category - Touch
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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Cloth Stamps

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations 

Spain 2024 Health and Wellbeing - Parkinson Asturias Association Stamp with Design perforations

Issue date 23 July 2024

Correos Spain has issued a special laser cut stamps with tulip petals perforations to promote Health and Well Being in Spain by highlighting the Parkinson Asturias Association of Spain. 

The petals of one of the Tulip has been laser cut and can be seen on the reverse of the stamp

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/CutOuts

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Extra Wide Length Stamps - Update

Category - Sight

Sub Category - Extra Wide Length Stamps

Liberia 2000 New York United Nations Conference of Heads of State Extra wide stamp

Issue date 06 January 2000

Liberia Post through its Philatelic Agency has issued an extra wide stamp measuring 315mm x 69.5mm for the entire sheet to commemorate United Nations Conference of Heads of State in 2000. This was a painting done by Liu Yuyi and Cathy H M Liu. This stamp was issued for collectors by an overseas stamp agent IGPC during the 1999-2004 Liberian Civil War and not sold in Liberia, but only distributed by the overseas philatelic agency IGPC for distribution onto the philatelic market. 

Till today it is the widest stamp as compared to the recent issue by Romania  252x36mm  for the stamp and 264x68mm for the entire sheet. This Liberian issue would claim the title of the world's widest stamp but postal authorities do not recognize this title due to it not being issued by the Liberian Postal Authority but by and external agency IGPC.

For reference of the size of the stamp against the earlier one issued by Philippines

Referenced against a Spanish Wooden sheet 

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Extra Wide Length Stamps

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Cloth Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Cloth Stamps 

Afghanistan 2005 50th Anniversary Afghanistan - China Diplomatic Relations Silk Stamp

Issue date 20 Jan 2005 

Afghanistan Post in collaboration with China Post has issued a Silk Stamp to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and China. 

This was the first silk stamp ever printed since the founding of the New China (1949) in more than half century and its material came from Huzhou in Zhejiang where was the origin of ancient silk. 

The left side of the stamp is the Chinese national flag and the wall of Jiayuguan city, and the right side is the Afghan flag and an ancient castle in Afghanistan.

At the top and bottom of the sheetlet are headings “People’s Republic of China-the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Diplomatic Relations between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” and “Silk Road” in Pashto language, Chinese and English. 

The four corners were decorated with the Chinese Han Dynasty design against the background of walking camels. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and Afghanistan, this set of stamps presents a miniature of two ancient civilizations along with the Silk Road. 

My first unusual stamp from Afghanistan.

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Cloth Stamps

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps / Odd Shaped Miniature sheet

South Korea 2023 10 Years of BTS debut Stamps with 3D Holographic Foil

Issue Date 13 June 2023

South Korea Post to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Debut of Korean Pop Band BTS first album on 13 June 2013 has issued a special edition mini-sheet of 10 Stamps priced at KRW 7,770 featuring their 10 album covers with holographic foil around the album and on its headings.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

Odd shaped Miniature Sheet

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps 

Australia 2025 Opals Stamps with Holographic foil Printing

Issue date 17 July 2025

Australia Post has issued a special Folder "Opals Embellished Stamp Pack" featuring Australia's national gemstone, Opals which display a wide play of colors, produced by the diffraction and interference of light by the microscopic spheres of silica that form the structure of the opal. (Brought to light with the holographic foil printing)

The Opals depicted are some of the wide variety of Opals found in opal-mining sites of Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales. Regular stamps of the Opal series without the holographic foil were also printed for sale.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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