Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps
China 2018 SCO Qingdao Summit Silk sheet
Issue date 09 June 2018
China Post to commemorate the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, issued a commemorative silk stamp sheet.
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Cloth Stamps
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Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals
Liechtenstein 2018 Moonstone Personal Stamp with Crystal
Issue date 12 July 2018
A special issue Personal stamp created by the a Philatelic company Hermann E Sieger GmbH as part of a subscription service, and issued by Liechtenstein Post, a Moonstone crystal stuck to the stamp featuring an image of Owl on the stamp.
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Stamps with Crystals
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Category - Sight
Subcategory - Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps
Isle of Man 2018 50th Year of 2001 A Space Odyssey Stamp Set
Issue date 14 June 2018
To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's film '2001 : A Space Odyssey ' (1968) , Isle of Man Post Office has issued a special set of 8 stamps with hidden secrets printed on the stamps.
The film was released in 1968 one year before the moon landing and was a fore front in depicting space frontiers even before space travel began by Man. The film was inspired by the Arthur C. Clarke book 'The Sentinel'.
25p Stamp - depicts Stanley Kubrick in the midst of creating movie magic
30p Stamp - features Arthur C Clarke whose short story ' The Sentinel' from which '2001' was adapted. Arthur C. Clarke is pictured on the set standing in front of the pod.
52p Stamp - features the docking scene at Space Station V decades before today's ISS (International Space Station) was a reality.
75p Stamp - shows the Monolith - a featureless black structure in the film which provides the time link between past, present and future.
83p Stamp - features one of the space stewardess on the stamp.
GBP 1.40 stamp - features the defining image of the Star Child.
GBP 1.93 stamp - features the film astronaut Dr.Dave Bowman played by actor Kier Dullea.
GBP 2.01 stamp - features HAL all seeing all hearing
Spoiler Alert - Details of Hidden Images follows.. so if you don't want to know whats in the image please skip this section
25p Stamp - Under UV Light the stamp shows Arthur C. Clarke's quote 'The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.' It also shows some music score on the bottom half of the stamp
30p Stamp - Under UV light the stamp features Stephen Kubrick quote 'The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent'. It also shows some music score on the bottom half of the stamp.
52p Stamp - Under UV light the stamp features the words from the movie 2001 - A Space Odyssey - Open the pod bay doors please, HAL. In the classic 1968 movie, astronaut Dave Bowman asked eerie supercomputer HAL to open the ship's pod bay doors and let him back inside.
75p Stamp - features the words 'Eighteen months ago, the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. ' under UV light.
83p Stamp - features the words 'You are cleared through Voiceprint Identification' under UV light.
GBP 1.40 stamp - features the words 'My God, it's full of stars' under UV Light which was Dave Bowman's final words as he entered the monolith in the movie 2001 - A Space Odyssey
GBP 1.93 stamp - features the words ' I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit' seen under UV Light spoken by HAL in the movie.
GBP 2.01 stamp - features the words spoken by HAL 'I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.' (seen under UV Light) in response to Dave Bowman's plea to HAL to open the pod doors.
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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps
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Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Materials affixed - Crystals
Liechtenstein 2018 Garnet Personal Stamp with crystal
Issue date 26 July 2018
A special issue Personal stamp created by the a Philatelic company Hermann E Sieger GmbH as part of a subscription service, and issued by Liechtenstein Post, a Garnet crystal stuck to the stamp featuring an image of Flamingo on the stamp.
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Category - Smell
Subcategory - Scented Stamps
USA 2018 Frozen Deserts Scented Stamps
Issue date 20 June 2018
USPS has issued a special booklet of 20 stamps featuring 10 different stamp designs - each stamp will feature a watercolor illustration of two different ice pops on a stick. The stamps will be the first-ever scratch-and-sniff stamps issued by USPS.
The forever stamps is equal to first class mail one ounce mail price.
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Scented Stamps
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Category Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Rock Dust
South Korea 2018 Must Visit Tourist Destinations (4th Part)
Issue date 24 May 2018
South Korea Post has issued the 4th Series (of four Stamps) featuring Must-visit tourist destinations for Koreans. The four special stamps highlights the breathtaking views of 4 mountainous national parks - The Juwangsan National Park, The Taebaeksan National Park, The Mudeungsan National Park and The Bukhansan National Park.
The four stamps on the sheet of 16 stamps has a special printing process which includes rock dust being printed on the stamp.
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Stamps with Rock Dust
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Category - Sight
Subcategory - Metal Foil Stamps - Aluminium foil
Australia - 2016 Span World Tour of Bridges Booklet
Issue date 15 March 2016
Australia Post issued three $1 domestic-rate stamps featuring metropolitan bridges - Tasman Bridge, Gladesville Bridge and Story Bridge.
The Tasman Bridge built in 1964 - a five-lane bridge crossing the Derwent River, Hobart Tasmania.
The Gladesville Bridge over the Parramatta River in Sydney, NSW and built in 1964.
The longest cantilever bridge in Australia, Story Bridge was opened in 1940 and is set in Brisbane, Queensland.
The booklet features an aluminium stamp page topcoated with Vinyl primer having an adhesive backing.
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Metal Foil Stamps
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