I haven't heard of Pakistan issuing a stamp on plastic, and Scott and Gibbons don't state that the stamp is printed on anything other than paper. The design is Scott #510, however.
Countries are issuing stamps in different formats. I listed some of the different styles along with a few country names as follows (off the top of my head): holograms (US, Canada), scented paper (Korea), stamps printed on wood (Paraguay, Switzerland), stamps printed on polyurethane (Austria), embroidered stamps (Switzerland, Austria), and it looks like simple plastic (Pakistan but not sure), lenticular plastic for 3-D effect (sand dune countries, Bhutan), plastic records (Bhutan), CD ROM discs (Bhutan), various metals like aluminum and silver (Russia, Netherlands, Bhutan, Tonga, sand dunes, Qatar, Jordan), wood chips, powdered rocks (Hong Kong, Guernsey). Canada issued some hockey souvenir sheets where the sports image moves like a movie. As technology advances, we'll see plenty more stamps like this.
I edited this to add a few more items and countries.
I looked at my copy of the stamp from your image, and mine is on regular paper.
Michael, that is fascinating. I had no idea so many different materials were used for stamps! It would probably make a great exhibit for SOR and elsewhere!
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It's kind of like a puffy sticker, but it's not that soft. I can press it down, but I have to put a bit of finger pressure on it. Thanks for the responses.
Hi Everyone;
I think you have a stamp that has been coated or dipped in Decoupage epoxy. That is a
two-part epoxy used to create a collage of decorative objects. I once knew a guy who
took cigar boxes covered them with stamps and then sealed with Decoupage epoxy and
sold them on Etsy.com to stamp collectors, as gifts.
Keep on Stampin'....
TuskenRaider
It's too perfectly done to be homemade in my opinion. It evenly tapers down to each edge. Also the perfs are maintained. It has a uniform thickness.
Adam, I meant to ask if the cancel was on the plastic material or not?
I will check great question.
From what I can tell it was cancelled on the plastic material. See picture. The cancellation ink is affected by the plastic material. I took this with a USB microscope.
See photo.
If someone could please post the normal paper stamp dimensions in mm and the perforations please. I just want to check. Thanks!
One more thing after more carefully examining it is that the plastic is slightly thicker on the right side of the stamp. There is also plastic material joining two of the perfs together on the bottom right. Also there are 2 spots where the shiny material is on the back. It is dull otherwise on the back.
Here is an image of the, for lack of a better term, "regular" stamp:
It is a small, horizontal definitive, Pakistan Scott #510.
From perf to perf it measures 24.5 mm x 20.5 mm
The design measures 20.5 mm x 17.0 mm
The perfs gauge at 11.5 x 12
Thanks Michael. Everything matches what you posted.
Adam
I came across a very unusual stamp from Pakistan. It's made from plastic. It feels similar to a vinyl sticker. Any ideas on what this might be?
Thanks again.
Adam
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
I haven't heard of Pakistan issuing a stamp on plastic, and Scott and Gibbons don't state that the stamp is printed on anything other than paper. The design is Scott #510, however.
Countries are issuing stamps in different formats. I listed some of the different styles along with a few country names as follows (off the top of my head): holograms (US, Canada), scented paper (Korea), stamps printed on wood (Paraguay, Switzerland), stamps printed on polyurethane (Austria), embroidered stamps (Switzerland, Austria), and it looks like simple plastic (Pakistan but not sure), lenticular plastic for 3-D effect (sand dune countries, Bhutan), plastic records (Bhutan), CD ROM discs (Bhutan), various metals like aluminum and silver (Russia, Netherlands, Bhutan, Tonga, sand dunes, Qatar, Jordan), wood chips, powdered rocks (Hong Kong, Guernsey). Canada issued some hockey souvenir sheets where the sports image moves like a movie. As technology advances, we'll see plenty more stamps like this.
I edited this to add a few more items and countries.
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
I looked at my copy of the stamp from your image, and mine is on regular paper.
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
Michael, that is fascinating. I had no idea so many different materials were used for stamps! It would probably make a great exhibit for SOR and elsewhere!
....
It's kind of like a puffy sticker, but it's not that soft. I can press it down, but I have to put a bit of finger pressure on it. Thanks for the responses.
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
Hi Everyone;
I think you have a stamp that has been coated or dipped in Decoupage epoxy. That is a
two-part epoxy used to create a collage of decorative objects. I once knew a guy who
took cigar boxes covered them with stamps and then sealed with Decoupage epoxy and
sold them on Etsy.com to stamp collectors, as gifts.
Keep on Stampin'....
TuskenRaider
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
It's too perfectly done to be homemade in my opinion. It evenly tapers down to each edge. Also the perfs are maintained. It has a uniform thickness.
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
Adam, I meant to ask if the cancel was on the plastic material or not?
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
I will check great question.
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
From what I can tell it was cancelled on the plastic material. See picture. The cancellation ink is affected by the plastic material. I took this with a USB microscope.
See photo.
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
If someone could please post the normal paper stamp dimensions in mm and the perforations please. I just want to check. Thanks!
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
One more thing after more carefully examining it is that the plastic is slightly thicker on the right side of the stamp. There is also plastic material joining two of the perfs together on the bottom right. Also there are 2 spots where the shiny material is on the back. It is dull otherwise on the back.
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
Here is an image of the, for lack of a better term, "regular" stamp:
It is a small, horizontal definitive, Pakistan Scott #510.
From perf to perf it measures 24.5 mm x 20.5 mm
The design measures 20.5 mm x 17.0 mm
The perfs gauge at 11.5 x 12
re: Plastic stamp (Pakistan)
Thanks Michael. Everything matches what you posted.
Adam