Most Unusual Stamps - SBC

Discover the world's most unusual, strange, peculiar, weird and downright bizarre postage stamps in this top 10 countdown.
Correction: the "lemon" stamp is a quince fruit. (I still smell lemon ;)

[@LadyTomoyo1]

In 2014 Bpost (Belgium) issued a stamp sheet for "earth hour". Part of the image was only visible under uv light, so you received a little light with the sheet when you bought it. Thank you for the video!

[@ExploringStamps]

A reminder to turn your lights off... ah thats very clever (and pretty cool). Thanks for watching :)

[@siam1883]

Delighted to see you back in action! I'll keep my eyes open as I go through international stamp mixtures and send on any unusual examples.

[@VondaInWonderland]

That was a great one!!! I need to get some record stamps, and total eclipse of the sun stamps! My daughter and I drove to Wyoming to see it in totality. It was the most incredible experience! It was a super hot day, but when the sun was totally covered, we got so cold, just that fast! When the sun came back out, I started sweating again. It was mind blowing ♥

[@willardtaylor6249]

Along with the 1973 record stamps shown in this video, Bhutan issued a large number of 3 dimensional stamps in the late 1960’s and 1970’s. These used plastic to create the effect. Italy issued 2 stamps in 1956 that appear 3 dimensional with special glasses.

[@DennisMorrison1955]

I went to eBay after looking at this thinking it would be really cool to add the record stamps to my collection. Holy Smoke, those are expensive!!!!! But they are awesome cool. I will have to wait a bit!

[@ExploringStamps]

You are not kidding... the full set is up there in the $300 range.. I settled for just one, and then someone sent me another. Super awesome though :)

[@sarahgoodman6279]

What?! A talking stamp?! This list was incredible!! Definitely going to try and get some of these for my collection! Thanks for introducing us to these unique stamps!

[@johnhowe50]

I have a small collection of novelty stamps including chocolate smelling from Switzerland, from Austria a glass stamp and one embedded with Swarovski crystals also from Austria an inset of leather to celebrate football (soccer), a pure silver stamp from France, silk from Thailand also a granite dust speckled stamp, many rose-scented issues and gold issues showing the king in ceremonial robes, Hungary has issued a minisheet displaying the royal crown in gold and pieces of coloured glass to represent jewels and a few from the UK's Royal Mail. My favourite unusual stamps are those using lenticular images making the illusion of movement on the stamp.

[@ExploringStamps]

I think novelty stamps are just wonderful. Your collection sounds pretty interesting. I have the chocolate smelling ones, but I'd really like to see the Swarovski ones at some point. Thank you for sharing John :)

[@andriy3863]

Love your video's, please continue recording them!

[@zelphx]

What can I say? I greatly enjoy your videos and have not found their equal among philatelic posters on KZbin. Thanks a TON, from NorCal.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Bradley! Glad you found the channel and like the videos, more to come 😃. Thanks for watching in NorCal!

[@garyholdener2470]

I had no idea these novelty stamps existed; so, this is a very good video about a segment of philately with which I was unfamiliar. As always your video is excellent! Thank you for continuing this philatelic journey. I've never enjoyed this hobby more!

[@ExploringStamps]

I had no idea as well, it turns out there is a lot more out there of some crazy stamps, just reading a few of these comments point me to others. Thanks for watching :)

[@AaronHuber]

Highly entertaining, great choices for these unique stamps.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Aaron, glad you liked it :)

[@philallen2841]

Many thanks for yet another interesting video. Whilst 'novelty' stamps are not my cup of tea, they do bring a quirky touch to philately. Many thanks again for your videos, I am working my way through them, and finding them very interesting and informative. More, more....please.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Phil, and welcome to the channel. Glad you are enjoying the videos, more videos are to come :)

[@LouisGedo]

Another great episode!

[@janpiwowarczyk2858]

There is actually one made of silver with John Paul II and there is a one from Buthan portraying Penny Black with some gold.

[@MillerMeteor74]

It's all very interesting. I have many kinds of unusual stamps from Bhutan. I have some of the steel foil stamps, the embossed plastic stamps, the 3D stamps, the circular foil stamps, and the scented rose stamps, though the scent is long gone from them. I also have some of the die-cut self-adhesives from Tonga. Most of these I've had since the 80s, I'd guess, a long time anyway.

[@sallyw3000]

Great episode. I love the lenticular stamps like the Art of Magic U.S. stamp that has the rabbit popping out of the hat.

[@ExploringStamps]

I love those as well! I use them on my outgoing mail and have a few for my collection as well 🙂

[@juliebooton1360]

That was a very impressive list - I was just thinking unusual shapes! The UK had a series of stamps with stickers that could be arranged as desired - 2003 Royal Mail Self Adhesive 1st class x10 sheet Fruit & Veg MINT c/w face stickers

[@antoniosousa621]

Great...you´re back...don´t forget the portuguese stamps made of cork and the postage stamps inside a tin of preserves that celebrates the Portuguese canning industry...

[@ExploringStamps]

Wow, I just looked those up, very cool! I must get ahold of a cork stamp. The tin can is a brilliant idea!

[@thegreenviking1422]

very nice episode. :). quite a novelty area of collectability. thematic was taken to another level..lol

[@ExploringStamps]

LOL, you are not kidding. Definitely an area of collectability... Although I dont come across many collectors that specialize in novelty stamps.

[@abhishekpurwar9932]

Myself from India do collect Novelty stamps and MSs

[@FilipiKnows_TV]

you are so amazing!!! I love your videos!!!

[@hobbiescentrale7105]

Great work. Keep them coming.

[@ExploringStamps]

Will do! Thanks Dave.

[@hugolallemand4571]

Really nice stamps and very original !

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Hugo, I enjoyed looking out for these stamps... There are a lot more crazy and unique ones out there.

[@abhishekpurwar9932]

Pls. Keep posting your videos. I really love them

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you, I will try keep posting more videos, thanks for watching :)

[@abhishekpurwar9932]

I too collect odd shaped stamps and have many. Pls. Make more videos on this theme

[@StefanoBertacchi]

Great video and great stamps! I will provide the list of my top 10 unusual stamps soon! :D

[@ExploringStamps]

Excellent! There is no shortage of unusual stamps, so I am curious to see what you come up with :) Glad you liked the video.

[@abhishekpurwar9932]

Pls share your list with me too

[@srinathnarayanan7343]

Very informative video.. I have the Origami stamp from Spain as well as the stamp having the fish's scale from Faroe Island.

[@Searow-ot9uw]

Welcome back!! :-p

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you, just popping in and out of the KZbin world, posting the odd video ;)

[@abuobaidah2531]

Your videos are super amazing 🤗🤗🤗

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you :D Glad you like them!

[@bakatstravarenmattsson3418]

Embossed stamps were the very first gimmick stamps i think. i'm a big fan of gimmicks so thanks for the tips!!

[@indiancurrencyandstamps7079]

Great job sir, keep it up this gives us knowledge and joy at the same time, thanks

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you are enjoying them, thanks for watching 😃

[@jxavier3876]

A cover sent with the folded bird would be an interesting piece.

[@spencerphillips5023]

Right after you showed the total solar eclipse stamp, I went to the Mystic Stamp Company webpage and bought it.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thats a great one to own! you will be glad you got it :)

[@bodhisattyaguha1443]

Very intresting video. I have seen diamond shaped stamps from Siera Leone and stamps with metal foil stamps from Russia.

[@ExploringStamps]

Interesting, I have seen the diamond ones, those would be cool to get. But I didnt know about the metal foil ones.

[@kathleenm.padovano4827]

fascinating thank you really enjoyed your sharing your collection

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it Kathleen, thanks for watching :D

[@MihneaRaducu]

Bhutan issues also scanable stamps with music. Liechtenstein issued Swarowski stamp. And Austria and Italy issued textile stamps. Ah, Austria also ceramic and wood stamp :) And U.S that magic rabbit stamp.... I am so lucky ; )

[@mustangrebus]

Recently Canada post released a woven stamp celebrating the Toronto Maple Leafs 100 anniversary. I bought the first day cover.

[@ExploringStamps]

I remember those coming out last year, they look really cool... the first day cover would make a great collector's item for both the philatelist AND the Leafs fan.

[@mustangrebus]

...and that's what I bought.

[@Figy7]

Interesting collection!

[@rbullmb]

I see you mentioned Tonga, they make several odd shaped stamps, round, island and heart.

[@davidlandsnes326]

Svarovski crystals and meteorite dust on Austrian stamps pale in comparison to some of these examples. Thank you on bahelf of myself and countless stamp collectors by playing a Bhutanese phonograph stamp!

[@burtigame7073]

record stamp what the hell thats so cool

[@tedmenzies2934]

In 2019 New Zealand issued a set of stamps to celebrate the country's "space pioneers". Including famous astronomers and rocket scientists. To make the stamps extra special, they were dusted with meteor dust. They are quite out of this world. 😅

[@MultiOzwaldo]

Still smiling! Joint issues are a great idea also.

[@sauravkumar5589]

Amazing video!!

[@ExploringStamps]

thank you Saurav!

[@NoSpaInHere]

There is always something new in philately, thank you for this video! Austria has some unusual stamps, which I may send to you if you need them for another video ;-) : stamps made of wood, china, glass or leather, with tree semen, Swarovski crystals, football plastic and dust from a meteor, with knitware and some more!

[@ExploringStamps]

Woah, I didnt know about several of these. a stamp with meteor dust is crazy! I got to look these up, thanks for the information, and thank you for watching :)

[@NoSpaInHere]

If you google for "Austria meteor stamp", you'll find it. If you need any help getting it, just let me know. I'd love to send you a little "Thank you" for your entertaining vidoes, which must cost a lot of time!

[@compuwarrior]

a set of commemorative stamps was done to mark the 10th anniversary broadcast of Sherlock by the BBC the stamps have hidden text on them related to the episodes that can only be seen if you put them under a UV light

[@abhishekpurwar9932]

You can make a video on unusual Miniature sheets too. Nowdays, India also has forayed into it

[@mrleast313]

Keep up the good work 🙂

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Oliver. :)

[@mocanualexandru1983]

Very good idea!!! I have only Iceland volcano stamp and maybe i will have US solar eclipse stamp

[@ExploringStamps]

Those Volcano ones are epic, dont lose them!! :) Does Romania do any novelty/unusual stamps that you know of?

[@mocanualexandru1983]

Exploring Stamps no :(

[@markchoma9822]

I have the volcano stamps and all of the Tongan banana stamps. They're my favorites.

[@g.k.chauhansr.chemistctpp4327]

I have unusual stamps on covers commercially used and that is so cool and interesting.

[@ExploringStamps]

Excellent, unusual stamps on covers prove that they can be used on mail and not just something for a collector to put in their album :) Cool that you have them, thanks for watching!

[@JohnWiedenhoeft]

Oh man, you completely missed Austria! They made stamps from porcelain, leather, lace, glass as well as a miniature ski 😅

[@yvescote1231]

Fantastiques timbres!

[@claire2470]

WOOOOOOOW! AS IN WOOOOOOOW! ALL are amazing and interesting! And number 1 deserved it. . . (Meanwhile. . .checking again my collection for some unusual😅)

[@NisargSutaria]

Awesome :-)

[@stephanhawthorne4432]

How are you meant to soak stamps? Have you done a Long video of that? How did they used to take stamps off paper in the old days? Do different countries use aggressive glue? France? Africa? Does removing hinges hurt stamps? I find it difficult to soak stamps. Very difficult.

[@igorsantana6599]

Another unusual stamp is the Corinthians centenary (2010), made with fabric

[@senemorcaykalyoncu6369]

THE BEST EPISODE EVER...

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you 😊

[@ringpop6177]

Great Video Hope they make a US volcano ash stamp from Hawaii

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh I think they really should! I had the same thoughts while watching the news coverage of the Kilauea Volcano there.

[@002DrEvil]

I'm disappointed I don't own any of these stamps but there's always hope for the future.

[@ExploringStamps]

Definitely keep a look out for them, also a lot of countries seem to be coming out with more and more unique stamps, so they may be some more crazy ones to come out in the future. Thanks for watching :)

[@TsukiCondor]

I like this idea of new series,Very celver title

[@TsukiCondor]

6:55 Woah you own one 😁🤘🇧🇹

[@ExploringStamps]

Good to know, just trying the idea of it out, maybe I will make more countdown videos about other stamp topics..

[@ExploringStamps]

You called it!!

[@justinlowery1006]

I remember you saying on a vid you liked danzig stamps got some if your interested

[@JH-ct9fj]

Nbr. 1 is so sick

[@arturogarciadeparedes2394]

To celebrate the 500 year of the foundation of the city of Panama. Panama issue a set of five stamps on 2019 a pulverized stone powder from the stones of the ruins was added to the stamps you can actually feel the grainy surface of the stamps. Thus you can have a piece of history

[@wolfgangbischoff4514]

Checkout Austrian stamps, we have stamps made of textile, the tip of a ski, with metroid dust, ... :)

[@dddeeevvvx]

The UK 2001 Nobel prize set has a hologram stamp I believe

[@ExploringStamps]

I'll check them out! Thanks for letting me know and for watching :)

[@1048choci]

Subscribed 😇😍😀

[@ExploringStamps]

Yay :D thank you!

[@1048choci]

Exploring Stamps Thank you very much for posting the videos...in this time of lockdown I thought its better to revisit my childhood collection and I wanted to learn more on how to preserve the stamps and study their origination...your channel is the perfect one to follow...gaining knowledge and entertained...keep posting more videos...ton of thanks from Hyderabad, India

[@HelmarBHerman]

Uganda, 1895. The stamps were typed on a typewriter by the missionaries

[@hansproebsting7391]

Australia produced a stamp printed on wood in 2015. It depicted trees.

[@ExploringStamps]

Ah awesome, I have to keep a look out for those. I got ahold of a cork stamp from Portugal that someone recommended in the comments, I love it.

[@christinebravomom5711]

I sincerely hope the USPS never, ever does scented stamps. I am highly allergic to fragrances. I got a rose-scented postcard once from some marketer. It not only made me sick, but stunk up all the mail in my box!

[@user-he1ce9fs3l]

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[@SarahPiper-rc6qr]

My mum just came back from the post office and she brought 5 stamps. 3 say “I love you. We shouldn’t be apart a minute longer” and 2 say “ I always thought that I’d be the person that you’d cheat with, not on”.

[@moritztraub3706]

The most unusual stamp is in my opinion the porcelain stamp from Austria.

[@ExploringStamps]

That sounds unusual! I will look out for it, thanks Moritz!

[@rbullmb]

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[@ExploringStamps]

I love these! I got myself a set ⚾️⚽️🏀🎾

[@lucatoscani1525]

the one from bhutan is amazing ahah

[@ExploringStamps]

It sure is! Someone sent me another record stamp from that set, it includes a folk song from Bhutan. Epic!

[@lucatoscani1525]

@@ExploringStamps i don't really care about the value but i checked on ebay and they go minimum for 90 $ each

[@ExploringStamps]

Thats crazy. I think I once saw the set for $400 at a stamp show... They appeal to stamp collectors and Vinyl collectors I suppose, so that could increase the price.

[@rbullmb]

Tonga 3D Sedan Chair Stamp: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYW0ZWZvgZtkjaM

[@bobbiwest6625]

The first odd stamp ive ever seen is a pink and gold heart from Tonga. Its thick like a piece of thin cardboard. I dont know the year of issue. And its large. Take care.

[@dausk675]

I want them all, I don't think it's going to be cheap though

[@ExploringStamps]

The Bhutanese records are expensive, especially if you try to get the full set. But the other ones are not too bad, keep an eye out for them.

[@S.I.M.P.L.E.T.O.N]

You left out the Grenada UFO stamp that was talked about on the Xfiles. It's real and the background story would make at least a half hour KZbin video.

[@AJSMON]

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[@stampsparadise624]

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[@rayanali7954]

You should own a post office you'll make great money 😀😀😀

[@coincollectingfun]

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[@abuobaidah2531]

Pakistan in 1976 also issued a gold embosed stamp printed by silk screen process by cartor france on the ocassion of birth centenary of founder of pakistan muhammad ali jinnah

[@ExploringStamps]

Very cool, I will have to keep an eye out for one of those stamps. Thanks for sharing! :)

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[@GULFRAZMAJEEDseye8eyes]

Origami Stamp Great China

[@sriraamk9380]

Great video ! I do love these kind of unique stamps - though they may be “ gimmicky “ :) I believe in this new age , these kind of stamps keep the enthusiasm about stamps going on ! You never know , they might kindle interest in some young people :) I always follow a blog about these stamps philaquelymoi.blogspot.com/?m=1 I don’t know the blogger , but I give him the due credit and he does have a huge collection of these stamps

[@ExploringStamps]

I agree with you. They can definitely inspire interest into the hobby, and I believe they add a whole new dimension to the story that the stamps can tell. Thank you for introducing me to this blog, I did not know about it... Awesome :)

[@Esa294]

Hi sir. How are you.? Your videos is very good. Its very interesting. I am from india. i have a youtube channel ( telling about stamps)

[@shari249]

Unusual? well, stamps made of Gold. actual gold n not gold foil. It might not be new to other countries, but it is to mine. Brunei Darussalam. It was a 2017 issue to commemorate The 50th Anniversary of the Accession to the Throne of Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaullah.

[@kmashlock]

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[@kLkTk]

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[@ExploringStamps]

Nice work :)