Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Hidden Stamp Images


The other day Michael was
talking about the above
stamps so I thought
I would do a detail
list of the stamps.

Since 1997, the United
States Postal Service has
placed hidden images on
select commemorative stamps.

but you'll never see them
with a magnifier.
That's because the images
are only viewable using
a special "stamp decoder."

This decoder is made from
"nearly a thousand tiny
elongated lenses
called "lenticules."

To view the hidden images
you simply place the decoder
over the stamp and like magic,
they pop out of the design.

All the stamps listed below
have hidden images.
Each description tells you
what image to look for.

What you will see with the
decoder is in red
You probably already have
some of these stamps
in your collection.

The images serve two purposes:
to entertain collectors and
to act as a
counterfeiting deterrent.
You'll find they're great fun.
And without the decoder,
you're really not fully
appreciating your stamps.

3036 $1.00 Red Fox-Fox
3167 32¢ U.S. Air Force - "USAF'
3168 32¢ "The Phantom of the Opera" -
2 Masquerade Masks.
3169 32¢ "Dracula"-3 Flying Bats.
3170 32¢ "Frankenstein"-
3 Bolts of Electricity.
317 32¢ "The Mummy"-
2 Ancient Egyptian Deities.
3172 32¢ "The Wolf Man"-
2 Howling Wolves.
3178 $3.00 Mars Pathfinder -
"USPS Mars Pathfinder July 4, 1997"
3206 32¢ Wisconsin Statehood
- Badger.
3230 32¢ Dog
- Bone, Doghouse.
3231 32¢ Fish -
8 Bubbles.
3232 32¢ Cat -
Paw Print, Mouse.
3233 32¢ Parakeet -
Birdcage.
3234 32¢ Hamster -
Exercise Wheel.
3238 32¢ Space City -
2 Spacecraft's & figure.
3239 32¢ Space Ship Landing -
Spacecraft.
3240 32¢ Person in Space Suit -
Spacecraft.
3241 32¢ Space Ship Taking Off -
Spacecraft.
3242 32¢ Large Domed Structure -
2 Spacecraft.
3261 $3.20 Space Shuttle Landing -
"Enterprise/Columbia/
Challenger/Atlantis/
Endeavor/Discovery"
3262 $11.75 Piggyback Space Shuttle -
"Enterprise/Columbia/
Challenger/Atlantis/
Endeavor/Discovery"
3321 33¢ Skateboarding -"Gnarly"
3322 33¢ BMX Biking-"Rad"
3323 33¢ Snowboarding - "Sweet"
3324 33¢ Inline Skating -"Phat"
3472 $3.50 Capitol Dome -
"Priorm Mail"
3473 $12.25 Washington Monument' -
"Express Mail"
3647 $3.85 Jefferson"Memorial -
"Priority Mail"
3648 $I3.65 Capitol Dome -
"Express Mail"
365l 37¢ Ham-Houdini -
Houdini in Chains
3808-ll 37¢ Early Football Heroes
Not sure about this one.
3838 37¢ U.S. Air Force Academy -
Falcon
3862 37¢ National WW II Memorial -
U.S.A. Flag
Happy Stamping.

3 Comments:

Blogger cddstamps said...

brilliant piece.. sorry not been around past week.. will write soon

best wishes.. Michael

3:34 AM  
Blogger Buddy said...

Michael I so gald that you like it after reading your blog you know that is where I go the ideal for this post so I should say thank you for the ideal to do a detail list of stamps that I knew had hidden images on them.

7:21 AM  
Blogger -Mark said...

Mystic Stamp has a nice page on stamps with hidden images:

http://tinyurl.com/6oj2kq

or

http://www.mysticstamp.com/spOfferDetail.asp?soID=87

9:55 AM  

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