King Wangchuk mourning
Bhutan 1973 - Gold Foil
Jigme Singye Wangchuck - was the king of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in favor of his eldest son, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in 2006. During his reign, he advocated the use of a Gross National Happiness index to measure the well-being of citizens rather than Gross domestic product.
In 2010, CTT Portugal release a stamp and souvenir sheet "Pedras Ornamentais". The ornamental stones are decorative elements in Portugal's architecture. This design was made by sculptor Jorge Pe-Curto.
The stamp and souvenir sheet is embedded with Lias and Pink marble powder. You can only notice it's uniqueness when you touch the stamps.
The stamp design shows the site of old Lisbon with Sao Jorge Castle. It is where the ceremony of the Aga Khan award for architecture was held.
The souvenir sheet is made of silk paper with intaglio printing technique.
Intaglio is the family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink.
Today, intaglio engraving is used largely for banknotes, passports and occasionally high-value postage stamps.
CTT Portugal has issued a special souvenir sheet stamp on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This stamp sheet is printed on Khadi cloth, a type of cloth that Mahatma Gandhi wore.
China 2016
Asian International Stamp Exhibition Stamp
This is an uncut version of the stamp sheet. The stamp is printed on a special Xuan Paper (some call it Pearl coated paper or iridescent paper). This stamp sheet also displays the serial number when exposed to UV light
The stamp sheet shows the Bronze Phoenix Lantern, which is a Han Dynasty (206 BC 220) bronzeware discovered in the area of Nanning City and now displayed in the Guangxi Museum.
China 2017
Chinese Dinosaur Stamp Sheet Set
These Stamps Set are unique with design perforation of Dinosaurs. Not only that, these stamp sheets when exposed to UV Light shows the dinosaur bones and even the serial number.
