Introduction

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Over the years, new printing processes have made possible the

printing of many unusual stamps - stamps printed on all

sorts of foil, metal, material, fabric, 3-D stamps, holograms,

lenticular (movement) stamps and others.

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Because they are so philatelic, I purposely do not show many stamps

issued by Shajah, Fujeira, Manama, Ajman and Ras Al Khaima.

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When you get to the bottom of each page, please click on

"older posts" and the next page will open - there are quite

a few pages that now make up this blog.

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The first section shows stamps which have

been printed on unusual types of material
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Printed on cork

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On Wednesday 26th December 2007, the world’s first stamp made entirely from cork was issued in Portugal. Designed by the Portuguese engraver Joao Machado, it is made from wafer-thin “paper cork”, a thickness of just 0.35mm, with a print run of 230,000. Every stamp is unique due to the cellular nature of cork.

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Portugal 2007 - world first cork stamps

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Portugal 2007 - personalized stamp from Amorim

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Ecuador 2009

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Portugal 2011 - prestamped cork postcard

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Printed on polymer

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Austria 2008 - Type 1

A small number of post offices had for sale on only the very first day

of issue the soccer ball stamp printed on polymer in blocks with

margins around the stamps as shown - after the first day, for

some reason these were withdrawn from sale and all post offices

from then on only sold the stamps as singles without the margins

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Type 1 pair on registered letter to Australia

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Austria 2008 - Type 2

This is the normal single stamp as issued without

margins and with white colour on the back

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Type 2 on covers

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Austria 2008 - Type 3

Sometime after the stamps were issued, there was a very small

second printing done, this time with brown backing paper on

the back as shown - evidently these sold out quickly

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Type 3 on registered letter

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Austria 2008 - Type 4
A very small number with brown backing paper are also known
to exist in blocks - it is understood that these blocks were never
on sale at post offices or from the philatelic bureau
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Type 4 on registered letter to Australia

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Printed on plastic

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Bhutan 1971 History of Sculpture Sc 126-126G

Heat moulded to look/feel 3 dimensional

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Bhutan 1971 History of Sculpture Sc 126 h & i

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Bhutan 1972 Famous Men Sc 145-145E

Heat molded 3 dimensional
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Bhutan 1972 Famous Men S/S - Sc 145 f
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Bhutan 1973 plastic records - Sc 152-152F

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Registered Bhutan to Germany

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Bhutan registered to Alaska
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1990 USA - from ATM machines

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Printed on wood

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Gabon 1982 22nd Anniversary of Independence - Sc C253A

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Djibouti 1983 Air France 50th anniversary - Sc C187a
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Imperf

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Gabon 1984 Hamburg '84 Philatelic Exhibition - Sc 268a
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Djibouti 1985 Audubon Bicentenary - Sc 593a
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Imperf

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Paraguay 1986 Madonna - ScC645
. Djibouti 1987 Leprosy - Sc C231A
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Imperf
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China 2004 - Joint issue with Gabon

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Gabon 2004 - Joint issue with China

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Switzerland 2004 - Sc 1188
The stamp is made from 120-year-old fir trees from Swiss forests

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.Italy 2007

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Stamp Card front and back

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Printed on card

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The following stamps are all printed on some type of card

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Bhutan 1968 Paintings - printed on card with textured

finish - Sc 96-96O

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Bhutan 1968 Paintings S/S - Sc 96 p, q, r & s

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Bhutan 1970 Paintings with textured finish - Sc 114-114O

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Bhutan 1970 Paintings S/S - Sc 114 p, q, r & s

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Bhutan 1972 Paintings with textured finish - Sc 144-144G

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Bhutan 1972 Paintings S/S - Sc 144 h & i

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St Vincent 1992 printed on card to look

like baseball trading cards - Sc 1693-1704

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Guyana 1993 Disney Movie Posters - set of 50

Printed on card

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Guyana 1995 Babe Ruth - printed on card

to look like baseball trading cards - Sc 2913

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Guyana 1995 Nolan Ryan - printed on card to

look like baseball trading cards

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