With new innovations in printing, there are many out of the ordinary, in fact, very unusual stamps which have been printed by various countries in recent times.
This thread will show stamps printed on many different types of material other than paper, and others which are really unusual, such as those with different "stuff" affixed or attached to them.
The thread will now show the thousands of stamps and S/S in various shapes which have issued in recent years as there is already another thread showing these, and with so many now issued, they cannot really be classified as "unusual" any more.
First shown are examples of stamps with different types of "stuff" attached/affixed to them.
STAMPS WITH ROCK, SAND AND POWDER AFFIXED
This 2002 strip from Gibraltar has limestone affixed to it.

This 2003 S/S from Russia has real clay affixed to the tennis court (as does a larger souvenir sheet showing the same design).


This 2003 set from Thailand has clay affixed to the pottery (as does the perf and imperf souvenir sheets containing the same stamps).


This 2005 strip from Brazil has gravel affixed to the road.


This 2006 S/S from Austria has meteorite dust affixed to it.



This 2007 set from Thailand has little pieces of rock affixed to each stamp (as does a large souvenir sheet containing the same set of stamps).



This 2008 stamp from Aland has little pieces of rock attached to it.

This 2009 set of stamps from Guernsey has little pieces of granite affixed to the bottom tabs.

This 2009 set from Norway has meteorite dust inside the small capsule affixed to each stamp (as does the souvenir sheet containing both stamps).

This large 2009 S/S from France has little pieces of stone affixed to it (in the gray section)


This 2009 Portugal stamp has stone (or something similar) affixed to the file, so when rubbed, it makes a scraping sound.

This 2010 S/S from South Africa has limestone affixed to it in different places.


This 2010 strip from Russia has sand affixed to it.

This 2010 set from Iceland has volcanic ash affixed to each stamp.


This 2010 S/S from Argentina has sand and dust affixed to each stamp.





This 2010 stamp from Portugal has marble dust affixed to it (as does the S/S showing similar design)


This 2010 S/S from Croatia has some type of stone/powder affixed to the stamp at the bottom.



This 2010 S/S from Morocco has sand from the Sahara desert affixed to each stamp and the bottom of the sheet.




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