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.