Multi-Sensory Stamps Sets - Update

Category - Multi - Sensory 
Subcategory - Stamps set with different printing technology

Rearranging an earlier post to reflect the correct country and category.

Jersey 2013 Superman Multi-Sensory Stamp set

Issue date - 07 June 2013

The Jersey Post has issued a set of Superman Stamps Set ahead of the release of the latest Superman film, Man of Steel, which stars Henry Cavill who comes from Jersey.

The Stamp set consists of 6 stamps featuring Superman's various super powers and a lenticular miniature sheet. The miniature sheet - 3 GBP features a lenticular stamp which when tilted shows the Man of Steel flying across the stamp.

The 45p stamp features a close up of Cavill, triggering an augmented reality app through Smartsy.(2024 update - the smartsy app not available for download as with all other Augmented Reality apps)

The 55p transparent stamp illustrates Superman’s most famous power – flying.

The 60p stamp with Simili silver foiling reflecting the Man of Steel’s strength.

The 68p stamp, a Heat Sensitive stamp is printed on monochromic ink, which when warmed reveals the earth behind Superman. (See below whole sheet has the Earth area blacked out)

The 80p stamp, a thermographic stamp uses actual crushed granite from Beauport Bay, which is Cavill’s favourite spot in Jersey.

The 88p Stamp, features a hidden message from Superman's father Jor-El which is visible only in the dark (glow in dark invisible ink used). 

Updated pictures/ videos 2024

Silver foil stamp

Transparent Stamp

Augmented Reality Stamp (Smartsy App 2024 not available for download)

Thermochromic Ink Stamp

Stamp with Rock (Granite) dust

Glow in the Dark under UV light Stamp

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3D - Motion stamps

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

Metal Foil Stamps

Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing

Stamps with Rock Dust

Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

Transparent Stamp

Multi-Sensory Stamps Sets

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps 

A hologram stamp from one of many in my collection not updated on my blog yet ...

Jersey 2012 The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Stamp

Issue date 01 Jun 2012

On the Occasion of the The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration Jersey Post has issued a holographic portrait stamp of The Queen.

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3D Holographic Stamps

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Unusual Postal Souvenirs - Update

Category - Sound
Subcategory - Unusual Postal Souvenirs

Jersey 2020 250th Anniversary of L Beethoven 1770 - 2020 limited edition LP Sleeve with 12" Vinyl Record

Front

Back

Issue date 26 March 2020

Jersey Post have produced 200 special edition 12" transparent vinyl records to commemorate to 250 years of Ludwig van Beethoven, The vinyl record features some of Beethoven's famous compositions. The record comes with a gatefold album cover containing a mint set of six stamps and a Miniature Sheet.

The tracks featured on the record are as follows:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando
Stefan Vladar, Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
08:47

Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Muller-Bruhl
08:06

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Edlinger
06:56

Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50
Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Jean

09:54

A teaser of the music played on vinyl by Jersey Post is seen below

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Unusual Postal Souvenirs


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3D - Motion Stamps Update

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

Jersey 2018 Frankenstein 200 years 

Issue date 18 June 2018

To commemorate 200 years of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’, Jersey Post has issued a special 3D lenticular Miniature Sheet which portrays the creature as he is brought to life. The innovative technology allows his eyes to open and close, with electricity flashing on and off around the laboratory.

Eyes closed

Eyes opened

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3D - Motion Stamps

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Scented Stamps - Update

Category - Smell 
Subcategory - Scented Stamps / Odd shaped stamps

Jersey 2017 Jersey Bee Keepers Centenary Honey Scented Stamps

Issue date 03 October 2017

The honey scented Miniature Sheet issued by Jersey Post on the occasion of 100 years of the Jersey Bee Keepers Association, features an illustration showing the three different castes of honey bee; queen, drone and worker bee, with the worker bee featured on the hexagonal stamp. On rubbing the hexagonal stamp the infused honey scent is released.


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Scented Stamps 
Odd shaped Stamps


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Stamps with Crystals - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals

Jersey 2012 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year MS affixed with Daimond

Issue date 06 February 2012

Jersey Post has issued 600 Limited Edition Souvenir Miniature Sheets with a genuine 1.25mm diamond nn the occasion of the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s Accession. Each hand cut diamond is affixed to the aptly named ‘Diamond Diadem’ worn by The Queen on one of two stamps contained within the Limited Edition Souvenir Miniature Sheet.

This is the first time that a British stamp has been adorned with a real diamond and these unique Souvenir Miniature Sheets are securely presented in a deluxe presentation box with a numbered certificate (No. 206 above).

The Imperial State Crown also appears on the Souvenir Miniature Sheet and is enhanced with spot embossing and translucent hot foiling.

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Stamps with Crystals

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Wood and Wood Paper Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps made from different material - Wood

Jersey 2017 Durrell and Darwin Wood stamp miniature sheet

Issue date 14 June 2017

Jersey Post to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust with support from the Darwin Initiative, has issued a special miniature sheet.

The Miniature Sheet, which has been printed on FSC certified sycamore, features a portrait of Charles Darwin and is the first Jersey stamp to be printed on wood.

The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust was established as an international charity by naturalist and author, Gerald Durrell OBE in 1959. It has partnered with the Darwin Initiative on many occasions during the course of its conservation programme.

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Wood and Wood Paper Stamps

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Cloth Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps

Jersey 2015 Queen Elizabeth II The Longest Reigning British Monarch Silk Miniature Sheet

Issue date 9 September 2015

Jersey Post has issued a Silk Miniature Sheet commemorating Queen Elizabeth II - The longest reigning British Monarch. The miniature sheet features a painting commissioned by Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2013 depicting the Queen standing on the Cosmati pavement, the spot where every English Monarch has been crowned since it was commissioned by King Henry III in the 13th century.

Princess Elizabeth, aged 25, acceded the throne on the death of her father King George VI on 6 February 1952. On September 9, 2015 Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest reigning British Monarch surpassing the reign of her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria who ruled for precisely 23,226 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes.

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Cloth Stamps

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Stamps with Seeds - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamp with materials affixed - seed

Jersey 2014 Remembrance Poppy with real seeds

Issue date 06 May 2014

Jersey Post has issued a special stamp set incorporating real poppy seeds to help raise funds for the Poppy Appeal throughout the year. The stamp set consists of six stamps and a Miniature Sheet which feature specially commissioned paintings of poppies to commemorate the historic and significant occasion of the Centenary of the First World War on 4 August 2014.

Poppy seeds have been encapsulated in two of the designs the 46p and 56p stamp, sealed behind a thin, transparent, bio-degradable plastic cover. The stamps can be used for posting letters as usual but they can also be planted, gradually decomposing as the seeds start to grow, producing the striking red flowers which are so strongly associated with remembrance.

Special seed stamp packs containing the two seed stamps are priced at £1.50 and, for every packet sold, 75p will be donated to the Jersey Branch of the Royal British Legion. Full instructions on how to plant the seed stamps are included in the packet.

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Stamps with Seeds

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