Transparent Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Sub Category - Transparent Stamps

Australia Antarctic Territory 2017 Deep Sea Creatures with Transparent stamps

Issue date November 2017

Australia Post has issued a special miniature sheet under the Impression series East Antarctic Deep Sea Creatures which is printed on a self adhesive substrate with transparent backing and to be viewed from front and back. The folder also contains a miniature sheet from the stamp Issue and also 4 metallic finish medallions.

The stamp features 4 Deep Sea Creatures from the East Antarctic Territory Sea- Sea Star, Neosquid, Pink Anemone and Deep Sea Bryozoan.

Only 120 folders were issued and mine was the last one ordered. Following picture shows transparency of the miniature sheet with the Apple logo seen behind the Sheet.

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D Holographic foil

Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) 2016 Ice Flowers minisheet with holographic foil printing

Issue date 20 September 2016

The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is the largest part of the continent of Antarctic claimed by any nation. The region was placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933 and its three year-round stations, Mawson, Davis and Casey, are administered by the Hobart-based Australian Antarctic Division.

The ice flowers or ice ferns represented on these stamps are the names given to the intricate ice patterns that form on glass at AAT stations throughout the winter months.

The icy patterns seem to grow like plants and resemble ferns or flowers, hence their name. Dust and other matter present on the glass can change the way these formations occur.

This minisheet features six embellishments. From left to right, the $1 light-blue stamp is foiled with a translucent pearl foil; the $1 purple-blue with a clear holographic foil and embossed with a hand-sculptured embossing die (as is the top-left of the minisheet itself); the $2 orange stamp is foiled with a clear foil and debossed; and the $3 grey-green ice flower stamp is foiled with a metallic silver-gold foil and embossed with a hand-sculptured embossing die.

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Disclaimer - Information about the stamp issues on this page has been taken from the net and are for informational purposes only. No copyright claim is made for the above mentioned information/pictures. The pictures have been scanned from my collection.