Top 10 Most Creative Stamps for 2011
10 Embroidered Stamps from Austria and Brazil
9 Brazilian Bat Postage Stamps - Cut in the shape of bats!
8 Canada's Biggest Stamp - At a $10 value it's a Whale of a stamp! Due to its high value, several security features are used in the new $10 stamp. The whale's scientific name (Balaenoptera musculus) is written in intaglio micro printing. As well, a large cluster of krill (the whale's food of choice) and a diver are printed in tagging that can only be seen using ultraviolet light.
7 Aromatic Scratch-and-Sniff Postage Stamps Debut in Germany + Scented Stamps from French Polynesia The scent - which is only released upon scratching the stamp's surface - is made possible with scented oils wrapped in microscopic capsules.
6 Animation Stamps from Israel and Hungary
5 Book Stamp from Netherlands + Crime Novel Stamps by Sweden + Special Journal Devoted to Traditional French Flavors. There are micro-texts embedded in the stamps about the authors and their works. Try to find them!
4 Stamps with Diamonds + World's First Postage Stamps Made from Thai silk
3 Calligraphy Stamps + World's First Ceramic Stamps from China
2 Special Volcano Stamps from Iceland + Sahara Postage Stamps by Morocco
All the stamps are silkscreen printed with very fine-grained trachyandesite ash which fell at Eyjafjallajokull in April. The trachyandesite magma has ca. 60% silica content and comes from a depth of 7 km with a temperature of more than 1100°C when it reaches the glacial ice.
1 )Moving Stamp with the World's Smallest and Shortest Film by Netherlands
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