Stamps with Rock Dust - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with matter affixed - Rock dust

Ecuador 2012 – Giant Turtle of Galapagos Islands - Stamp with pulverized volcanic rock as part of ink.

Issue date 24 Jun 2012

Giant Turtle of Galapagos Islands. New issue from Ecuador. Stamp with pulverized volcanic rock as part of ink.

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Stamps with Rock Dust


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Stamps with National Anthems

Category - Sight 
Subcategory - Stamps with National Anthems

Nepal 2008 National Anthem Stamp

Issue date : 13 November 2008 

"Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka" (Nepali: सयौं थुँगा फूलका "Made of Hundreds of Flowers") is the national anthem of Nepal. It was officially declared as the national anthem of Nepal on August 3, 2007.

Printed by Cartor Security Printing.


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Stamps with Interactive Games - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Interactive Games / Odd Shaped Stamps

South Africa 2010 30 years of the Pan African Postal Union: Bridging the digital divide MS with Tangram Design/ Hologram on sheet

Issue date 7 January 2010

South African Post to celebrate 30 years of the Pan African Postal Union has issued a miniature sheet ‘Bridging the digital divide to highlight how the postal service technology has helped in daily tasks. This miniature sheet was issued to raise awareness of the power of technology in the African daily life.

The stamps issued have various forms (square, triangle, rectangle and trapezoidal shape) and can used as a Tangram logic puzzle. It also features hologram foil on the ms in panes 5, 1(box part), 2(circle part) and pane 7 (behind 2 children).

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Stamps with Interactive Games

Odd Shaped Stamps
3D - Holographic Stamps

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Joint Stamp Issue - Siamese issue

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Subcategory -  Joint Stamp Issues Siamese issue

Siamese Joint Issue - Two stamps from different countries, issued setenant or part of the same souvenir sheet Stamps with a different design Although setenant, stamps can be used for postage only in their originating countries

Gibraltar / Isle of Man 2005 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar Siamese Issue

Issue Date - 21 October 2005
Gibraltar - Isle of Man
200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar.  

Two different stamps, one from each country, part of one single souvenir sheet. Each country issued its own mixed souvenir sheet in which the stamps are the same but there is a slight difference in the text. Stamps, paintings: A, the death of Horatio Nelson (1758-1805); B, the funeral of Nelson. Gibraltar issued also a souvenir sheet containing only stamp A. On January 9, 2005, Isle of Man issued already stamp B, as part of a series of 2x4 different se-tenant stamps, in the frame of the first series related to the Trafalgar battle anniversary. Multicolored.

The two mixed souvenir sheets can be identified by the name of the issuing country and the logo of the respective post offices printed on it. Jersey issued on the same day five stamps and one miniature sheet with a different design.

Each of the souvenir sheet can also be classified as an Omnibus Joint Stamp Issue.

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Joint Stamp Issues - Omnibus issue


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Joint Stamp Issues - Omnibus issue

Category - Sight/Touch
Subcategory - Omnibus and Joint Stamp Issues / Stamps with Crystals

An Omnibus Issue, in Philately, is an issue of stamps by several countries with a common subject and which may share a uniform design. Omnibus issues are to be distinguished from joint issues which are usually much smaller in scope.

Since there are many Joint Issues and Omnibus Issues, I have clubbed these 2 category together.  

Hongkong - Austria 2006 Joint Issue on Fireworks affixed with Swarovski Crystals 

Issue date 22 August 2006

Issued Jointly by the Austrian Post and Hong Kong Post on 22 August 2006. Austrian Post issued a set of two EUR 3.75 stamps on fireworks while Hong Kong Post issued a set of two HKD 50 stamps on a miniature sheet with "Crystal Fabric". The above souvenir sheet shows one stamp each from each country issue on the same sheet

"Crystal Fabric" is a  textile fabric covered (hot fixed) with many tiny Swarovski Crystals to highlight the gorgeous bursts of fireworks.  This unique material makes light refraction possible and produces a glittering effect that cannot be found in other ordinary stamps.

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Stamps with Crystals

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3D - Motion Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D - Motion Stamps 

Hong Kong 2014 Weather Phenomena 3D Motion Stamp

Issue date 27 March 2014

Hong Kong Post issued a set of six stamps and two sheetlets with the theme "Weather Phenomena", one HKD20 sheetlet is printed with lithography plus a lenticular effect to show the trajectory of Typhoon Vicente. The stamp sheetlet showcases the satellite image of Typhoon Vicente when it approached Hong Kong in July 2012 and the Hurricane Signal No. 10 was issued by the Hong Kong Observatory.


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3D - Motion Stamps

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Stamp with a Miniature Book Attached - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamp with Materials attached - Miniature Book

Vatican City 2010 Reopening of the Vatican Library

Issue date 20 September 2010

On September 20, 2010 Vatican City issued a stamp that is an actual miniature book to celebrate the reopening of the Vatican Apostolic Library after an extensive renovation. The miniature book stamp is inserted into a slot on a backing card that shows the Salone Sistino of the Library.

The Euro 3.90 mini book stamp measures 3 by 4 centimeters.

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Stamp with a Miniature Book Attached


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