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30 October 2016

Mysterious Stamps

The topic today in  Sunday Stamps-II is Bizarre or unexplainable. I guess somebody else will post the same stamps...


On 15 September 2016, Royal Mail issued a six-stamps set to mark the centenary of Agatha Christie's first crime novel, and also the 40th anniversary of her death.

The Special Stamps depict key scenes and principal characters from six iconic novels: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Orient Express, The Body in the Library, And Then There Were None and A Murder is Announced. 

To add even more mystery, the six stamps contain hidden secrets in the form of microtext, UV ink and thermochromic ink. These concealed clues can be revealed using either a magnifying glass, UV light or body heat and and provide pointers to the mysteries’ solutions.


I have received the two I am posting, but I haven't still had the time to find the hidden clues*...  Now I feel like reading again all these novels.


*Explained here.

12 comments:

  1. Helen30 October, 2016

    Now that is cool! An actual mystery on the stamps! It's a bit spooky how the second stamp posted has the shape of a skull "hidden" in it.
    If you solve the mysteries, please update us ;-)

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  2. amarie30 October, 2016

    Wow, les timbres sont magnifique

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  3. viridian31 October, 2016

    Now I want to read these books too!!!

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  4. VioletSky31 October, 2016

    You'll have to let us know what the hidden clues were!
    These are a winner for mysterious stamps.

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  5. Elena31 October, 2016

    I looove these stamps, I'd love them even if I weren't a long time Christie's fan :-)

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  6. Bob Scotney31 October, 2016

    I'm off to buy the stamps.

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  7. Mail Adventures31 October, 2016

    Thanks for your comments! These are really superb stamps. I'm grateful that a friend sent two of these!

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  8. Maria31 October, 2016

    Wow that's so cool to find hidden clues! Reminds me of a stamp that you can taste, from Belgium I think ... let us know please once you find the hidden clues from these stamps.

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  9. John's Island31 October, 2016

    Wow, haven't seen stamps that cool for a while. Very nice! Hope you will give us an update if you find the clues and solve the mystery!

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  10. Mail Adventures31 October, 2016

    So... you can read about the hidden clues here. Not only of the two stamps I received, but of the six stamps of the series. Really cleer series!

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  11. M02 November, 2016

    There is an augmented reality app - Aurasma - which plays with one of the stamps.

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Thank you for coming. All your comments make me extremely happy.