Yesterday I received a Postcrossing postcard from South Africa with this AWESOME stamp! I grant you I don't get too much mail from South Africa, so all their stamps are pretty novel to me, but I just had to share this one. It is a dinosaur skeleton displayed in 3D! I wish I had 3D glasses to appreciate it properly. (Where does one find cheap 3D glasses these days, anyway? Like under 5 bucks? I'd buy 'em just to dig this stamp!)
That is an outstanding stamp. I can only wish to be so lucky and receive a copy on a South African postcard.
ReplyDeleteThat stamp looks amazing, even without 3D glasses. Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteUse permanent markers to color a red rectangle and a blue rectangle on a piece of clear plastic ... hold them up to your eyes and that should give you a rough 3D view :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous, PostMuse - thanks for the tip! I am ashamed to admit I don't have any of those materials at hand, but they shouldn't be hard to scare up.
DeleteIf the coloured plastic doesn't work, try some coloured cellophane. Or if you live near a cinema that shows 3D movies, see if you can get a pair there. At my local cinema you pay $5 for the glasses when you buy a 3D movie ticket.
ReplyDeleteSo cool. I am going to South Africa this summer, and I'll head straight to the post office to get some of these! Yowza.
ReplyDeleteWhat a coincidence -- I received one of these from a Postcrossing postcard a few weeks ago~ NeatO.
ReplyDeleteJust came across some red/blue 3d glasses leftover from a party - wow, that stamp looks good. Really clever idea.
ReplyDeleteThis is indeed very beautiful stamp, part of set of 10 values. 5 stamps shows scientific reconstruction of some Dinosaurs found on territory of South Africa, another 5 shows their fossils. The set issued as quite big Sheet: http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/images/sets/South_Africa_2009.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe first ever stamps of Dinosaurs with 3D effect. The method used to create this effect, is known as an anaglyph. An anaglyph is a stereo image that requires special glasses with red and green (or blue) lenses for 3D viewing. To achieve the effect, two views of a picture are printed in two colours, usually red for the left eye and blue or green for the right eye. Originally is supplied with special glasses.
Read more about these stamps: http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/description/stamps/south_africa_2009.html
Thanks so much for this excellent, detailed information!
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